Brian Stewart: Why are we eliminating the CSIS watchers? By Brian Stewart, special to CBC News Posted: May 31, 2012 6:55 PM ET http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/05/31/f-vp-stewart-csis.html Following in the ‘footsteps’ of the…
So many big changes are happening in Bill C-38 that some significant issues like the changes to the Federal Contractors Program (FCP) have escaped attention. Part 4 Division 42 of…
There has been a modicum of public outcry over the working of bill 37, the Animal Health Act, over whether people will be restricted from speaking publicly about threats to…
CEO Marc Mayrand tells MPs, who swept to government on a wave of fraudulent phone calls, to police themselves better. How’s that worked out so far? Well, there are now…
There’s a new article up over at YouSustain called How To Become More Sustainable that turned out well. I think it’ll give a lot of people some perspective on where…
–Outlaw Snowy Bear and Jamie It was a nice warm evening, and I got together with about 80 other of Regina’s finest people to make our voices (and our pots…
After 8 years and 3,000 posts, it was time for a change. Before you are the shiny new colours wordpress has to offer, thanks to some help by the web…
“Someone at a very high level was manipulating the Mazza scheme through the cabinet approvals process against the advice and warnings of senior civil servants.” – Tory MPP Frank Klee,…
As a newspaper reader, and an old-school newspaperman, it saddens me to hear that the Edmonton Journal will no longer publish a Sunday edition. Having a newspaper to read every…
Okay, kids, gather around, and I’ll tell you a tale of courage and honesty that you will be sure to think is fiction, but, no, it really happened, once upon…
Okay, kids, gather around, and I’ll tell you a tale of courage and honesty that you will be sure to think is fiction, but, no, it really happened, once upon…
Asbestos was a miracle mineral, preventing fires in places we didn’t wan to burn. Then people started dying from it. “Antibacterial” soap was lauded by people as the solution to…
While most of the time Warren Kinsella is a scheming, puerile, self-aggrandizing hypocrite (the list of examples is far too long but suffice it to bring up his recent outrage…
What a Greek euro exit could mean for Canada CBC News Posted: May 25, 2012 1:44 PM ET This doesn’t sound like much of a Canadian crisis to me, and…
I admit it. I jumped the gun with my Congratulalien last year. When the Ontario government announced that all schools—including Catholic schools—must allow the formation of student-run GLBT support groups,…
Friday night I spent at Beer Bros with the best sort of party companions: Tweeters! Far from having their noses and thumbs buried in their phones, these Tweeters are social…
Originally appeared on BackoftheBook.ca How can I write this without sounding, well, paranoid? I believe the RCMP is watching too many people, and abusing its resources. There are plenty of…
Song on a May Morning Now the bright morning-star, Day’s harbinger, Comes dancing from the East, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The…
Much has been made of potential doctor shortages resulting from the no-holds barred death match between the Ontario Medical Association and Health Minister Deb Matthews. It is notable that last…
Robocalls critics: At least Tories aren't calling us Nazis or chld pornographrs huff.to/KeEbpt via @HuffPostCanada #cdnpoli #elxnfraud— Reclaim Democracy (@Colettestweeter) May 25, 2012 The Conservative Party’s latest salvo in response…
