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Home movies from Montebello
Blog | Thursday, 23 Aug 2007In case you missed it, here is the Youtube link showing the confrontation at Montebello between Union organizer Dave Coles, President of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, and three...
Thoughts from the river
Blog | Wednesday, 15 Aug 2007Water was not just splashing; it was being shoveled into my lap as a team of keen, and somewhat inexperienced paddlers set out to conquer the event called the "dragon boat race". The Race on the...
Prius blog
Blog | Monday, 06 Aug 2007As readers of the Globe and Mail will know, I just got my new silver Prius! (I admit, parenthetically, that it is an odd sensation to know that the routine and mundane aspects of my life now seem to...
Wind Power Flaps
Blog | Monday, 16 Jul 2007This last week there have been a number of wind power related controversies. One played out through the blog pages of this web site; another continues to rage in the little village of Pugwash, Nova...
Pugwash and Hiroshima
Blog | Sunday, 08 Jul 2007I’ve spent much of the last few days in Pugwash, Nova Scotia. This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of an historic process that began here at the home of Canadian industrialist Cyrus Eaton. Eaton...
About Colleen
Blog | Wednesday, 04 Jul 2007Adriane Carr has already posted a lovely tribute to our mutual friend, the incomparable activist Colleen McCrory. I know the memorials and accolades will flood in, as they should. The shock is...
Community Pride Parades
Blog | Sunday, 01 Jul 2007My last two Sundays have been all about parades. Last Sunday was the Pride Parade in Toronto; today was the 100th anniversary Canada Day parade in...My last two Sundays have been all about parades....
Headline Writers
Blog | Saturday, 30 Jun 2007Usually I bemoan the fact that headline writers do not always capture the facts of an article in crafting a quick and dirty headline. Stories can be fairly accurate, but messed up by headline...
At home in New Glasgow
Blog | Sunday, 17 Jun 2007I have been living in New Glasgow, commuting to Ottawa as needed, since May 1st when I rented a lovely house on the Westside. I am now in the process of buying a house in New Glasgow that I totally...
Canada's Complicity in Weapons of Mass Destruction
Blog | Tuesday, 12 Jun 2007Today I did a pre-taped interview with 'X'Zone Radio on the use of Canadian uranium in weapons of mass destruction (being webcast on www.xzone-radio.com across Canada and the U.S.A. on Wednesday June...