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	<title>Mixed Farmin' &#187; Civic Engagement</title>
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		<title>&#8220;touching something that is untouchable&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.petersibbald.com/2010/05/07/touching-something-that-is-untouchable</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 12:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the same vein as my last post, and from a work done at great legal risk by the documentary makers, the following quotations:
Monsanto, where creative chemistry works wonders for you.
I have never seen a situation where one company could have so much overwhelming influence at the highest levels of regulatory decision making, as an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greasing the Cloud</title>
		<link>http://blog.petersibbald.com/2010/05/05/greasing-the-cloud</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 19:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Making New Technologies Fit What Is]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If there can be found to be any silver lining to such incipiently  disastrous events as BP&#8217;s recent and ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of  Mexico, it is the reminder that we must be constantly vigilant of the  hubris of Humankind and vigourous in demanding that our leaders and  policy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Column: Cynical Canadians: Shame on you!</title>
		<link>http://blog.petersibbald.com/2010/01/05/guest-column-cynical-canadians-shame-on-you</link>
		<comments>http://blog.petersibbald.com/2010/01/05/guest-column-cynical-canadians-shame-on-you#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Column Rant
By Curmudgy Mapleblight:
Some might suggest that it is cynical behaviour by Canada’s Conservative federal government led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to prorogue parliament in the middle of the Christmas/New Years holiday week, on the eve of New Years eve, when the hearts and minds of the Canadian electorate were presumably taking a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Royal Dot Connecting On This Epoch&#8217;s Most Inconvenient Truth</title>
		<link>http://blog.petersibbald.com/2009/11/17/royal-dot-connecting-on-this-epochs-most-inconvenient-truth</link>
		<comments>http://blog.petersibbald.com/2009/11/17/royal-dot-connecting-on-this-epochs-most-inconvenient-truth#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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With the recent visit by The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall to our little colony, there was much chin-wagging on the monarchy debate in the media which left me, as it does usually, sitting on the fence.
Clearly I have misgivings concerning the monarchy&#8217;s historically imperial propensities and Great Britain&#8217;s unfortunately enduring legacies of colonialism, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eating Local in Ontario: An effective message</title>
		<link>http://blog.petersibbald.com/2009/11/12/eating-local-in-ontario-an-effective-message</link>
		<comments>http://blog.petersibbald.com/2009/11/12/eating-local-in-ontario-an-effective-message#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not that I&#8217;m ever a great fan of food corporations, but kudos to Hellmanns for sponsoring this very effective video:




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		<title>Official Red Barn Theatre Blog Launched</title>
		<link>http://blog.petersibbald.com/2009/04/21/official-red-barn-theatre-blog-launched</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To those who have contacted me through this blog concerning the events of the past few days,  thank you all for your interest, notes, comments and remembrances.

The Official Red Barn Theatre Blog went up late last night at http://redbarntheatre.wordpress.com/. In the coming days photos, video, audio interviews and stories will be added. As well the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Following the Money in The 905</title>
		<link>http://blog.petersibbald.com/2009/02/06/following-the-money-in-the-sprawling-905</link>
		<comments>http://blog.petersibbald.com/2009/02/06/following-the-money-in-the-sprawling-905#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently the independent, non-partisan community organization Vote Toronto published a study by York University professor, Robert MacDermid, "Funding City Politics", citing the very strong connection between elected politicians and the development industry: nearly 70% of political campaign contributions to the winning politicians come from development related corporations]]></description>
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		<title>Dewatering for The Big Pipe</title>
		<link>http://blog.petersibbald.com/2009/02/05/dewatering-for-the-big-pipe</link>
		<comments>http://blog.petersibbald.com/2009/02/05/dewatering-for-the-big-pipe#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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Stouffville, Ontario. Dewatering
Approximately 43°56&#8242;57.22&#8243;N   79°15&#8242;7.87&#8243;W, facing East, circa October 2, 2005
From my series: Elegy for a Stolen Land
As part of the extension of York Region’s $350 million mega-project known as the “Big Pipe”,  a large sewer trunk passes through land along the 9th Line in front of this 19th century farm house. The land is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sensational Singles</title>
		<link>http://blog.petersibbald.com/2009/02/05/sensational-singles</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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Markham, Ontario. Real Estate Billboards.
Approx.  43°54&#8242;7.53&#8243;N  79°14&#8242;27.90&#8243;W, Facing south, circa May 5, 2005
From my series: Elegy for a Stolen Land
Before Europeans arrived, these lands were rich in freshwater and wildlife, and home to successive waves of first peoples who saw themselves and the land as one.
Later, due to a combination of soil quality, water availability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hoder Update as 2009/02/05&#8230; Worrisome: not much to report</title>
		<link>http://blog.petersibbald.com/2009/02/05/hoder-update-as-20090205-worrisome-not-much-to-report</link>
		<comments>http://blog.petersibbald.com/2009/02/05/hoder-update-as-20090205-worrisome-not-much-to-report#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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Despite Iran&#8217;s official statement over a month ago that they are holding, Hossein &#8220;Hoder&#8221; Derakhshan, there has still been no official comment from Canada&#8217;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. This raises questions about the sincerity of the Ministry&#8217;s earlier rationale that the lack of such an official statement from Iran was Canada&#8217;s reason [...]]]></description>
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