Wikileaks – Crimes come into the Light

Yesterday morning, after hearing about Wikileaks in the news for the last few weeks, I thought I should check out the official site at wikileaks.org myself only to discover “Safari can’t find the server ‘www.wikileaks.org’.” Later, I heard on the news that “someone” is jamming the Wikileaks site. I had however found a mirror of … [Read more…]

səˈska ch əˌwän

It still feels a little strange telling people that we spent a week vacation in Saskatchewan. We don’t have any family there and we live 60 minutes from Banff. The province does take its share of derision, second probably only to Newfoundland. The facts that it is so flat and boring and sparsely populated do … [Read more…]

Premier Stelmach makes a point

Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach just hired a new director of communications for the Alberta government. When asked about how it would be different, he replied: “Umm, it’ll be better. Uh, better. It’ll be better.” Well said, sir.

Spring Brook Farm

This past summer in New Brunswick, I again had the privilege of visiting my childhood friend’s farm. Jean-Pierre and I were little buddies when we were pre-schoolers because our parents were good friends. Along with my grandmother, he and his family represent for me my origins and a sense of home as they are geographically … [Read more…]

Virtual Protestor

So, Bush II is coming to Calgary tomorrow and sadly I’m working during the event. Otherwise, I would love to attend a protest event downtown. I was thinking up some slogans on my way to work this morning that I could present on a placard: Learn to Read 91,121+ dead civilians in Iraq Great job! … [Read more…]

Violence in Central Alberta

I heard this story on the radio coming home this afternoon. A woman was murdered in Delburne, east of Red Deer, allegedly by her estranged spouse last week. Not too long ago, the man is alleged to have sexually assaulted the same woman while holding a gun. An emergency protection order had been placed against … [Read more…]

Le Gouvernement

I haven’t blogged in ages. This, I can’t pass up. I studied political science and government a bit in university when I got my B.A. in history. I understand the Canadian political system and how it works. Because of this, it is so painful for me to listen to Steven Harper speak about the his … [Read more…]

My Campaign

I did a survey about a year ago among 26 friends using the Political Compass. If I were to predict their choice of political party I would say that they would likely vote in the following manner: 10 Conservative 4 Liberal 5 NDP  1 Bloc Québequois  6 Green BUT after taking the Political Compass quiz, … [Read more…]