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Who pays for this blog? I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service. The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service. I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here. If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section |
Monday, June 12
Fair comments
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DavidAkin
on Mon 12 Jun 2006 04:23 PM EDT
Today I took the unusual step of deleting a comment that was posted here in reaction to a post I’d put up that concerned the Parliamentary Press Gallery’s spat with Prime Minister over “the List.” I took down this comment because I thought the commenter unfairly took some shots at various ... more » Thursday, June 8
Senator Lavigne kicked out of Liberal caucus
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DavidAkin
on Thu 08 Jun 2006 05:07 PM EDT
Tuesday, June 6
May's most popular posts
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DavidAkin
on Tue 06 Jun 2006 05:40 AM EDT
The Official Blogware Blog-O-Meter counted 37,581 visitors to this blog in the month of May, who viewed a combined 135,757 pages. I'd like to extend a particular thank you to all you software robots -- particularly those looking to drop off a little trackback spam -- it's been so much ... more »
Monday, June 5
CSIS deputy director on "homegrown" terrorists
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DavidAkin
on Mon 05 Jun 2006 11:31 AM EDT
The Toronto Star wins on terrorism coverage, says New York Times
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DavidAkin
on Mon 05 Jun 2006 05:29 AM EDT
The Toronto Star and its terrorism reporter Michelle Shephard are deservedly singled out by the New York Times for its tremendous coverage of the raids over the weekend.
Saturday, June 3
Data points to safety risks in the sky, Star says
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DavidAkin
on Sat 03 Jun 2006 06:31 AM EDT
The Toronto Star, Hamilton Spectator and Kitchener-Waterloo Record (I can't bring myself to call it "The Record of Waterloo Region") publish a special section today that details the results of an investigation in air transportation safety. The investigation was done by some very talented friends and former colleagues at ... more »
"YouthforVolpe" tells all!
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DavidAkin
on Sat 03 Jun 2006 05:56 AM EDT
Last night, I received an e-mail from "YouthForVolpe@hotmail.com" signed by "Mike Hunt from Belleville". This is the e-mail address and name associated with the WHOIS lookup for the now infamous YouthForVolpe.ca domain. I've reproduced it below but have no way of verifying if the sender is, in fact, ... more »
Friday, June 2
CIRA gets drawn into Volpe vortex
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DavidAkin
on Fri 02 Jun 2006 03:35 PM EDT
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority is getting a rough ride today. A representative of the Joe Volpe leadership campaign suggested that the campaign contacted CIRA and had the spoof site youthforvolpe.ca pulled down.
CIRA has no such power and, as CIRA’s executives said today, it never talked to ... more » Thursday, June 1
One-time maker of spy-ready communications gear goes bankrupt
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DavidAkin
on Thu 01 Jun 2006 07:18 AM EDT
In my former life as a technology reporter, I wrote about Mississauga, Ont.-based Kasten Chase Applied Research Ltd. from time to time. It was a small tech company with an interesting product portfolio: It made communications and data storage gear -- the software and hardware -- that was so impenetrable ... more »
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