“In a stinging letter to Horwath, circulated to members of a green coalition, Environmental Defence executive director Rick Smith complained that her party had lost its way:

“Some of your existing policy positions are not in the best interest of environmental or human health protection,” Smith wrote last month.

“How can any party that claims to be concerned about global warming advocate de facto subsidies for buying oil and gas. This is absolutely the wrong direction.”

Significantly, Smith is a former chief of staff to the late federal NDP leader, Jack Layton, who made environmentalism a cornerstone of his campaigns in a way that Ontario New Democrats have not. The party’s former research director, Hugh Mackenzie, has also condemned its recent positions.”

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Awww!  Someone got a photo of Fratboy Tim’s shiny new gas-guzzler – and now his new event this morning is ruined!  Damn!

Personally, I love the “Change Tim Hudak” stuff at the front.  It neatly captures what many PCs have been saying after Tim blew his lead this Summer.

UPDATE: I’m hearing a lot of similar comments. What do you think?

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This is so wrong.

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Three of my kids, along with their Mom and two friends, have decided – like the Bushes – to ride out Irene in Kennebunkport.

They are on the water (but a bit away from it), and well-stocked with batteries, flashlights, candles, drinking water and food. The tubs are full of water for flushing toilets, and everything that could fly away has been brought inside. They seem ready and in good spirits. (I, meanwhile, had to leave at dawn yesterday to get my Mom home, eldest son to hockey camp, and me back to the Ontario campaign).

If any of you are at a keyboard today, and want to pass along Maine-related news links, we would be most grateful. I will send those along to our Team Irene by text, as we all expect power will be gone sometime today.

Many thanks and here’s hoping Maine, P.Q., New Brunswick and beyond are ready. We were evacuated due to Hurricane Bob in ’91, but that seems like nothing compared to Irene’s power.

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After more than forty years of tyrannical rule by Moammar Gadhafi, Libya is at the cusp of freedom and a hopeful new era.

But, as Gadhafi’s regime collapses, spare a thought for Christoph Halens, a Canadian reporter who went to Libya in 1987 — and never came back. Spare a thought for Halens, who was murdered by the Gadhafi regime in April 1987.

For simply doing his job.

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…but I’m not holding my breath. Hope I’m wrong, etc.

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Heading West on I-90. Dozens of power line trucks and National Guard humvees heading the other way.

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For those of. Us at Daisy, The Treweather Report has been a fun regular feature. Bookmark Rob’s blog – and follow it like we do!

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This weekend, we are supposed to be right around where it’ll be hitting. Query: is it for real, or more US-style hyped broadcasting?

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It’s an honour, I’d say, to receive the support of eminent Conservatives like Dr. Keon. And we therefore plan to keep working harder to get the support of even more Tories!

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