Saturday, February 07, 2015
War Memorial Separates Dead By Race And Divides Southern City
Welborn Adams, Greenwood's white Democratic-leaning mayor, believes the bronze plaques are relics of the South's scarred past and should be changed in the spirit of equality, replaced like the "colored" water fountains or back entrances to the movie theater that blacks were once forced to use.
Odds Of A Recession In Canada At 30%: Capital Economics
At least one economist is ready not only to use the “R-word” but has also put a number on the risk of a recession happening.
The odds of the economy falling into a recession within a year are now as high as 30 per cent, David Madani of Capital Economics wrote in a note Friday morning.
Oversight lacking, but we’re backing anti-terror bill
They were cowardly acts: unarmed men were murdered in cold blood at close range.
These attacks on both our military and our most cherished democratic symbols were designed to frighten us. They were meant to embed within our minds an image of terror. They were meant to make us think differently about our surroundings and fellow citizens.
Plan for RCMP to run Parliament Hill security sparks NDP counter-proposal
The proposed amendment, introduced by NDP Whip Nycole Turmel Friday morning, calls on the two speakers to "prepare and execute, without delay," a plan to integrate the work of all agencies that provide operational security on and around Parliament Hill.
The NDP's amendment would also ensure that whatever security setup emerges from that process would not only respect the rights, immunities and powers of both the upper and lower chambers, but remain under the authority of Parliament itself, through the two speakers.
PMO leash on MPs might be tighter than ever
Just a couple of months after Stephen Harper warned his caucus away from Hy’s — a warning prompted by last fall’s sexual harassment controversy on the Hill — the popular drinking establishment near the Hill was filled with Conservatives on Tuesday night.
To be clear, the MPs, ministers and staffers weren’t there to stage a show of defiance. They were bidding an impromptu farewell to their colleague, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, who had surprised them all by quitting his job that day.
Fracking-induced earthquake puts B.C. gas bonanza on shaky ground
The small town of Fox Creek in northern Alberta may have broken the world’s ‘fracking earthquake’ record with the 4.4-magnitude shaker that hit last month.
The most probable cause, according to Alberta’s energy regulator, was nearby gas fracking operations. The recent quake was on many people's mind as they listened to a presentation in Ottawa on the shale gas "bonanza" happening across North America today.
Kwantlen Nation stunned to learn of Kinder Morgan drilling
Members of Kwantlen First Nation in Langley were surprised to discover that Kinder Morgan had just wrapped up one week of Burnaby-Mountain-style borehole drilling on their traditional territory.
The southwest B.C. aboriginal community, an hour's drive from Vancouver, held a press conference to raise alarm about the drilling activity that appeared to come without notice.
BC Liberals sponsored by Woodfibre LNG at swanky fundraiser
“We’d like to thank our sponsor tonight, Woodfibre LNG,” the master of ceremony said, within earshot of inside the front stately entrance of the Capilano Golf and Country Club.
The exclusive event in West Vancouver was billed as an opportunity for attendees to meet Finance Minister Michael De Jong, and to fundraise for local West Vancouver-Sea to Sky MLA Jordan Sturdy.
The next provincial election is not until 2017.
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