Canada Polluter-extraordinaire

Canadians like to think of themselves as very outdoorsy, environment-conscious people. We talk about how great our pristine mountains are, and how our lakes and streams are crystal clear. Well... if that's the image we're trying to project we just got a big kick in the cans cuz CNN had This Headline on their frontpage …

GM Healthcare: A Tree falling in the Forest?

Ready for some mixed metaphors? OK here goes. First a question... when will America see the Forest for the trees? Probably only when one of those trees falls. But then.. if a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to see it, does it make a sound? Pheww. What I'm babbling …

Rafe Mair on Muckrackers and the dilution of the 4th Estate

For those that do not know him, Rafe Mair is one of the best known political commentators in Canada. He was once a provincial MLA and Cabinet Minister. But for the past decade and-then-some he has been a fiesty even fiery voice on the local radio station in BC and often broadcast around Canada. Rafe …