Countering Saskatchewan Party 'Spin' On Huge Budget Deficit With Some Reality
on Nov 21, 2009The minute after Rod Gantefore told Saskatchewan that his provincial budget was over $1 Billion in deficit, Sask Party spin doctors started twirling and whirling their carefully crafted cover line."No one could have possibly projected the decline in...

Brad Wall's Deficit Could Have Built Three Domed Stadiums In Saskatchewan
on Nov 20, 2009There are three topics that Saskatchewan people like to talk about:-the weather-the Roughriders-PoliticsWell: -Saskatchewan has been breaking temperature records this week -the Roughriders are hosting the CFL Western Final this weekend (and) -Brad Wa...

Canada Would Not Take Calls From International Red Cross Warning That Detainees We Gave To Afghan Authorities Were Being Tortured
on Nov 19, 2009"According to our information, the likelihood is that all the Afghans we handed over were tortured," said Colvin, the former political director of the provincial reconstruction team in Kandahar city. "For interrogators in Kandahar, it was standard op...

Saskatchewan Party Government Registers Whopping Huge $1 Billion Deficit!
on Nov 19, 2009Want further proof that Right Wing 'fiscal conservatism' is a myth? Look no further than Saskatchewan's Mid-Term Financial Update tabled by the Brad Wall government this morning. Rather than a modest surplus, grossly inaccurate estimates of revenue m...

FOX News Caught Again - Broadcasting Wrong Tape Of Crowds For Palin Book Launch
on Nov 19, 2009"FOX has done it again, and this time, once again, FOX says its misplay of the wrong crowd video was another regrettable mistake. Today, FOX News host Gregg Jarrett was talking about Republican Sarah Palin's book tour and the crowd she is drawing at...

Will The New Liberal Admin Finally Go After Harper's Policies And Practices Or Will They Go Back To Attacking The New Democrats?
on Nov 18, 2009The strategy that the Liberals were using this past fall was at best, idiotic - at worst, suicidal. In the midst of tumbling poll numbers, Iggy's former Liberal brain trust decided that they would force an election on Canadians and enticed their blog...

Record High Temps and Nice Weather Kept Me From Blogging Today
on Nov 17, 2009It went up to a record 17 degrees here today .. so many of us spent the day outside enjoying our mid-November weather!

Execution Of Louis Riel In Regina - 124 Years Ago Today
on Nov 16, 2009124 years ago today, in Regina, Louis Riel, the leader of the Metis was executed by the Government of Canada.Riel is widely considered by many to be a father of Confederation because his vision and fight for the rights of First Nations people led to...

Layton's Plan For Pension Reform Is Catching On With The Public
on Nov 15, 2009Many Canadians are starting to sit up and listen to what the New Democrats are saying about pension reform in this country. "... Layton is hoping to muster wide support for the proposal, which includes a $700 million injection into the Old Age Securi...

Saskatchewan's Finance Minister 'Talking Nonsense!'
on Nov 14, 2009Saskatchewan's right wing provincial government is about to provide details on a massive operating deficit for this fiscal year. As a result of grossly overestimated revenues, excessive spending and rapid depletion of the surplus they inherited from...