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The American Power Act
May 19, 2010, Comments Off on The American Power Act

See also Gulf of Mexico oil spill and U.S.: Environment and energy Robert Redford — Mr. President: Now Is the Time ...

United Breaks Guitars
May 16, 2010, 2 Comments

This is such a great story of consumer revenge. And to think that it originates with a mild-mannered Canadian! We can se ...

Airborne cars
April 22, 2010, 1 Comment

Flying car? Dept of Defense OKs new Jetsons-like vehicle The US Dept of Defense has budgeted $54 million so far to devel ...

Innovation in emerging markets
April 15, 2010, Comments Off on Innovation in emerging markets

(Economist special report) The world turned upside down The emerging world, long a source of cheap labour, now rivals th ...

Innovation in Canada
April 15, 2010, Comments Off on Innovation in Canada

October 2008 The Conference Board of Canada has published Canada’s Pathways Toward Global Innovation Success: Report o ...

Wednesday Night #1467
April 14, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1467

See also Wednesday-Night.com for videos and photos Although 1467 was apparently a ‘common’ year with no eart ...

Wednesday Night #1466
April 7, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1466

Given  that this  evening’s special guest was Nigel Penney, much of the discussion centered on science and educa ...

Canada at 150 — Andrew Coyne comments
April 7, 2010, Comments Off on Canada at 150 — Andrew Coyne comments

The end of the Liberal empire Andrew Coyne on how the former Natural Governing Party might avoid certain doom Going into ...

Invest in agriculture
April 6, 2010, Comments Off on Invest in agriculture

More on Agriculture & Food Emergent Asset Management How science could spark a second Green Revolution (CSM) To figh ...

Canada at 150 – a new way of conducting politics
April 5, 2010, Comments Off on Canada at 150 – a new way of conducting politics

Pascal Zemprelli: The dawn of politics 2.0 Politics 2.0 is about a culture change in Ottawa. It is politics moving from ...