THE FIFTH COLUMN

"This column is dedicated to the proposition that Canada (and indeed the world) is in a crisis situation and that fundamental social change is required to remedy this situation." - The First Column, Lambda November 2, 1971 This blog is inspired by my column of the same name in the Laurentian University Newspaper, Lambda, from 1971-1973. The title refers to the concept of subverting the system from within. To read key excerpts from those columns read the first few posts in this blog.

2010-09-30

Ottawa River Pathway Two Solitudes: PostScript

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Yesterday I was down by the canal locks looking over at the "missing link" and realized there may be some sections where it is a c...
2010-09-28

East and West: Two Solitudes - The Problems With The Ottawa River Pathway

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(Click On Maps To Enlarge) The really nice thing about Ottawa is that so much of the Ottawa River shoreline is in public hands and includes ...
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2010-09-21

Trail Building School in the South March Highlands

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This past weekend I had the good fortune to attend a trail building school held by the people who invented sustainable trail building and li...
2010-09-20

Life Cycles

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Not Your Typical Bike Movie
2010-09-12

Who Are Terrorists Anyway

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To me, terrorists were always people who targeted innocent civilians going about their daily lives. So how does a 15 year old child soldier ...
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2010-09-11

To Americans, and Obama, Muslims Are "Them"

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Let us be clear the President of the United States is not a stupid man who speaks without thinking and when he speaks of "we", unl...
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2010-09-08

Everyday Can Be Burn A Religious Text Day

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Any day can be Burn A Religious Text Day. Just take the day and look for some historical atrocity or crime committed on that day and determi...
2010-08-31

Only One Choice or One Choice For Change

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With Alex Cullen officially out of the race for Ottawa Mayor the race becomes a three way race between Mayor Larry O'Brien, former Mayo...
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2010-08-14

Cyclist Killed Near Inappropriate Pathway Detour Route

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On August 13, 2010 a cyclist was killed while riding along city streets in the area of the official detour route for a section of National ...
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2010-08-13

Canadian Muslim Leaders Speak Out

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This statement from the Canadian Council of Imams — signed by almost 40 senior Muslim religious leaders — will be read during Friday prayers...
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Richard W. Woodley was born in Sudbury, Ontario in 1950. He earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Laurentian University where he was the News Editor of the student newspaper Lambda and active in student politics. He was active in the New Democratic Party and Waffle in Sudbury and Kanata, as well as Kanata municipal politics. He was a member of the Bridlewood Residents Hydro Line Committee (BRHLC) and creator of the now archived Bridlewood Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Information Service. He worked on Parliament Hill for 33 years indexing the Debates of the House of Commons (Hansard) and it's committees. Richard has been an outdoorsperson and environmentalist for most of his life and a life long cyclist.
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