Help Keep Alvaro Orozco In Canada
Alvaro Orozco, a gay Nicaraguan who unsuccessfully attempted a refugee claim in 2007, was arrested late last week in Toronto while waiting for a bus on his way out to…
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Cephalodrone.
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Cool new site – SkySurvey.org
Check this out: Sky Survey The Photopic Sky Survey is a 5,000 megapixel photograph of the entire night sky stitched together from 37,440 exposures. Large in size and scope, it…
And so it begins
Two Supreme court justices announce retirements. Both were appointed by Liberal prime ministers. Majority in the House. Majority in the Senate. And now he gets to appoint more top-court justices.…
Binnie and Charron Retire
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA, May 13, 2011 – The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, announced today that Justice Ian Binnie and Justice Louise Charron have written to…
Why Buy Local
This info-graphic was assembled by elocal.com and makes an exceptionally compelling argument as to why people should at least consider buying local when they’re in the grocery store and elsewhere:…
Controlling gas prices is a bad idea
Listening to the radio over the last few days, there’s been more talk of getting the government to step in and control rising gas prices. I don’t think anyone understands…
Duped
Again. All I know is I sure as hell didn’t vote for these guys.
Gas Prices and the Conservative Majority
I feel it’s safe to say that as long as we’ve got a Conservative majority, it’s very unlikely that we’ll see any kind of investigation into the price of gas…
Vancouver Mayors Go To Bat for Insite
Vancouver mayor, former mayors go to bat for supervised injection site Filed under: Uncategorized
Trail motion deferred…
Quick note: town council has deferred a motion naming the trail on top of the berm beside the Shipyards after former leisure services director Peter Dunbar. Councillor Ian Chadwick asked…
Market calm as uncertainty ends
^NOT^ The Conservatives won the election, right? With a majority? So what the fuck is happening to the market? I thought all of the business papers said that such an…
MayDay 2011: Yer Blues, Orange Crush and RIP LPC
In 2015, the only thing that will defeat the Cons is a concerted effort. The 'death by a thousand cuts' approach by Canada's progressives will only ensure that we never…
A new Canada, what will happen?
Here are the results as of this morning from the CBC’s Canada Votes 2011: The Conservative majority is obviously bad for me, but I have to say I’m not unhappy…
Convicted fraudster endorses Harper Government (as do most newspapers in the country)
Conrad Black: Exeunt the poltroons of separatism Tee-hee. I’m sure Stephen appreciates your support, Conrad. You are a stark reminder of exactly what type of people owns these rags and…
Prediction time!
Hey all, I’ve been playing with my spreadsheet. It’s silly, fun, and a waste of time. That aside, I’ve taken the shift between polling numbers in 2011 (allowing for the…
The most useful flowchart
I saw this linked on Reddit as “This is quite possibly the simplest and most Zen flowchart I’ve ever seen”, and I like it:
Live tweeting Can-Quadra all candidates forum
No fancy widget this time, but you can follow my comments on Twitter under #QuadraDb8 for the Vancouver Quadra all candidates debate at UBC.