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1 16%
The Tyee
May 23 How Rob Ford's Meltdown Could Save Toronto (in Opinion): Mayor's latest outrageous behavior may be catalyst city needs to open de-amalgamation debate.  
May 23 Bitumen Doesn't Float (in News): Study debunks Enbridge claims that oil sands crude spill is standard clean-up.  Related Stories Difficult Truths about 'Difficult Oil' (in News) VIDEO: Vancouver's Dilbit Dilemma (in News) Using Bitumen to Fuel Green Energy (in News)
2 15%
rabble.ca | News for the rest of us
May 23 Briefing from the frontlines of resistance to the TPP negotiations in Lima, Peru : On May 17, the Council of Canadians hosted a live broadcast from Lima where trade justice activists were attending a 17th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations that continue in the Peruvian capital this week. The online broadcast, viewable at the link below, was an opportun...
May 23 Harper spins Canadian mining in Peru : There are numerous controversial gold, silver and copper mining projects driven by Canadian companies in Peru. These mines include Barrick Gold's Pierina gold mine near Mareniyoc, Candente Copper Corp's proposed Cañariaco Norte copper mine in the Lambayeque region, the proposed Conga gold ...
3 15%
Peace, order and good government, eh?
May 19 Sunday morning: Lazy: If you're not wide awake yet, this should do the trick.
May 18 Friday night blues blogging: This is Rory Gallagher playing solo on Too Much Alcohol. And this is Ray Wylie Hubbard appearing on Letterman performing Mother Blues. Son Seals was a professional musician at 13 and a bandleader at 19. At 29, he moved to Chicago where he was signed by Alligator Records and beg...
4 14%
Inside Politics (CBC)
May 23 Trudeau files formal request for details of Wright/Duffy payment deal: Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has put his challenge to the PM to release the details of that now notorious $90 K 'gift' from his now former chief of staff Nigel Wright to Senator Mike Duffy in writing. Hit the jump for the full post.  Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has put his cha...
May 23 Let the late-night sittings begin!: Thanks to the motion passed -- under closure -- yesterday evening, the pre-recess legislative blitz mode as the Conservatives scramble to get as many bills through the Commons as possible before the clock runs out. On the House to-do list today: report stage debate of the government's bi...
5 14%
OpenMedia.ca
May 22 That's amazing: Over 138,000 of you worldwide have spoken out against the TPP’s global threat to Internet freedom. That’s amazing and our voice is getting stronger – but as we gain momentum lobbyists are also ramping up the pressure for Internet censorship rules though closed-door meetings with our government r...
May 22 Cell phone providers still avoiding responsibility : Why it is that customers get charged to make changes to their accounts over the phone but not for making the same changes by themselves online? According to a customer service agent working for one of the Big Three cell phone companies—Bel...
6 8%
Pundits' Guide to Canadian Federal Elections
May 15 ‘Fear is better than Hope’ and other Lessons from Tuesday’s BC Election: The Vancouver harbour, whose future was almost certainly decided by the 2013 BC Election, on E-Day (May 14, 2013). [Welcome, National Newswatch readers!] Christy the Campaigner's 20-point comeback, against the most technically proficient campaign the BC NDP has ever run, contains a number of les...
May 4 Guest Post: A Referendum on Electability – The 2013 LPC Leadership Race: Although crazy work commitments are keeping me away from all the blogging I'd like to be doing, we were fortunate to snag a guest-post from a political scientist who studied the recent federal Liberal leadership race. Thanks to David McGrane for sharing his recent data and findings with Pundits' ...
7 6%
Impolitical
May 11 How's your water?: THIS IS WATER - By David Foster Wallace from The Glossary on Vimeo.Watch this excellent weekend type video and you will understand the question. (h/t)
May 10 Friday night: New awesome set by Kaskade with lots of great stuff. A free download to boot. Have a good night!
8 6%
Democracy Law Blog
May 15 Is It Really Illegal for Candidates to Tweet on Voting Day?: For the second BC election in a row there has been minor controversy over the use of social media such as Twitter and Facebook on general voting day. The Canadian Press and the Vancouver Sun’s Digital Life blog reported today on how Elections BC told candidates and parties that they could not twe...
May 15 Preliminary BC Election Results Now Available: The polls have closed in British Columbia and preliminary election results are now coming in live on the Elections BC website.
9 6%
HuffPost Politics > Canada
May 23 How Harper Is No Obama: Of all the criticisms levelled at Stephen Harper by his critics, the most puzzling, at least to anyone who has covered Washington, is that he behaves more like a president than a prime minister. As much as Harper might actually relish that comparison, his behaviour is far from president...
May 23 Toronto Sun's Advice For Ford: Mayor Rob Ford needs to say: "I did not smoke crack and if there's a video that I did, it's a fabrication." He needs to say it if he's going to continue to be mayor in anything more than name.
10 0%
The Mark - News and Perspectives Daily
May 17 Bombs, Plots, and Laws: First, the danger of the “enemy within”—supposedly “homegrown” terrorists who are simultaneously alienated and radicalized, often with the help of the Internet. Second, the difficult task faced by law enforcement and intelligence agencies in uncovering such low-tech plots in advance. After all, w...
11 0%
This Magazine
May 22 WTF Wednesday: Manitoba’s worst case of animal abuse and other horror stories: The Victoria Day sun beckoned my five-year-old daughter and I to the park. While playing near the slide she was pushed over by a tongue-waging canine; looks like Bella was beckoned too. The kiddo laughed it off and the six-month-old puppy kept running with her owners, a family of three. The mothe...
12 0%
eaves.ca
May 21 Duffy, the Government and the problem with “no-notes” meetings: So, for my non-canadian readers, there is a significant scandal brewing up here in Canadaland, regarding a senator, who claimed certain expenses he was not allowed to (to the tune of $90,000) and then had that debt paid for by the Prime Minister’s chief of staff (who has now resigned). This short...
13 0%
Filibuster Cartoons
May 21 Controversies piling up: It’s been a hell of a week for anyone following North American politics. The festering scandals on both sides of the border are too numerous and complex for me to summarize at the moment, so here’s a toon that tries. See how many references you can spot. The reason I don’t have time to write a fu...
14 0%
Straight Goods
2012 Aug Unions alarmed by police violence: ITUC condemns killings at Lonmin Marikana platinum mine.
15 0%
Grumble and rumble
May 19 It is not the responsibility of universities to find students jobs.: Although some people may disagree, it is not the universities' function to get jobs for graduates. People should research available jobs in their field of studies before investing money, time and effort to obtain a degree. These days if one chooses to major in Creative Dancing, Film Studies, G...
16 0%
Oye! Times > News
May 23 2nd Suspect in Tim Bosma’s Murder Investigation to Appear in Court Today : The second suspect in police custody for the death of Tim Bosma is scheduled to appear in court today, where he is anticipated to enter plea for charges of first-degree murder. 25-year-old Mark Smich was arrested by Hamilton police while walking at Dorval Drive and Wyecroft Road near his home at ...
17 0%
Pop The Stack
Jan 11 How will the Republican Party Beat Magic Robots in 2016?: Two amazing quotes in this very long article. Gingrich said. “On the left you have a natural grouping. You have the sense of, ‘What’s this week’s cause? And we did turtles this week. What can we do next week?’” For someone how is supposedly one of the brightest minds in the Republican party it’s...
18 0%
New Media
May 22 Flickr is Still Awesome. Pinterest, Not So Much: A couple of weeks ago, I noticed one of the Pinterest photos on this blog had been replaced with a blank image. No problem — I went back into Pinterest, found a new photo to embed, done and done. And now all the Pinterest images I’ve embedded on all of my blogs are toast. Taken down for copyright...
19 0%
The Dominion > Canadian News
2012 Oct The Cornerstone of Gentrification in the Downtown East Side: From the Woodward squat ten years ago, to a displaced neighbourhood VANCOUVER—Towering 43 storeys at the corner of Abbott and Hastings St, in the poorest neighbourhood in Vancouver—the Downtown East S...
20 0%
Jesse W Kline's Blog
2012 Apr Privatization is the best way forward for VIA Rail: Talk about a train to nowhere: VIA Rail plans to spend $25-million worth of stimulus money to purchase 12 luxury cars, complete with double beds, leather couches, showers and heated floors. But who exactly is this money stimulating? The folks at Rocky Mountaineer Rail — which used to be opera...

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