joseph's blog

The National Energy Board’s "public" process for Trans-Mountain pipeline is deeply flawed, and only allowed a select few  - just 1250 “Commentors” were allowed to address the board.   But amazingly, SEVEN Lasquetians were selected and wrote letters of comments - our contributions represent over 0.5% of all Commentors, though we only account for less th

If you heat water with your woodstove, you need to be aware of the potentially explosive force of steam - if water heated in the jacket has nowhere to go, it can explode with the force of dynamite!  Here's a compelling example from Gabriola:

I don't have the source for this, but wanted to share.  Hoping the original author would see the value in spreading this meme....

IF your home is covered by Rogers cell network, there is now a viable, affordable alternative to the Telus landline,

It's called the Rogers Wireless Home Phone.  NOT trying to sell anyone on this - just wanted to share our experience using it for a month now.

The new Harper budget bill is going to do something crazy -- take hold of our public media and turn the CBC into a place where Harper's cronies could control the newsroom.