Archive for August 30th, 2008

Canadians may beat us to the polls

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Despite four planned and payed for by-elections scheduled for September 8th, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is tipped to call a snap election this week as his minority government struggles to get any work done. This would infuriate the Greens, who have a realistic chance of picking up one of the seats in the by-elections next […]

Russel and Spanky from RDU talk Tug-o-War

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

There’s a nice little interview here on Scoop where the RDU’s Spanky talks to Russel about the polls, MMP, ‘Sustainability’ Labour, open source and free software and the need for tug of war at the 2012 London Olympics.

Photo credit: Here be Dragons

Cycle safety

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Without knowing anything more about the circumstances than what has been reported, it was pretty disturbing to hear multi sport’s Coast to Coast star Steve Gurney was involved in a car accident while cycling in Christchurch. However, it’s a good reminder that there is only one day left to sign the Cycle Advocacy Network’s 9-Point […]