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Listen to the first marsquake ever recorded: NASA’s InSight lander detects likely tremor on the red planet in what could finally be ‘proof that Mars is still seismically active’ InSight team says the lander measured and recorded a seismic signal on April 6 While it was too small to gather

Researchers calculate decades of ‘scary’ Greenland ice melting (File pix) Researchers have recalculated the amount of ice lost in Greenland since 1972, the year the first Landsat satellites entered orbit to regularly photograph the Danish territory. AFP/Getty Photo By AFP – April 23, 2019 @ 2:00pm WASHINGTON: Measuring melting ice

CULTURE By Jordan Foisy Apr 23 2019, 1:04pm What I Learned at the ‘Debate’ Between Jordan Peterson and Slavoj Žižek Žižek was less a cognizant thinker and more a pathological sacred cow tipper while Peterson was emo as hell, a bard for the reactionary elite. Screenshots via YouTube. It was

Final tally paints a picture of how Alberta voted Elections Alberta workers completed their unofficial tally of votes on Friday, giving Albertans the first complete glimpse into how voters marked their ballots on April 16. JANET FRENCH Updated: April 24, 2019 An unofficial count of ballots in the 2019 Alberta

Kenney election promise could spell trouble for in-situ oil sites EMMA GRANEY Updated: April 24, 2019 In-situ projects extract bitumen too deep to be mined, generally by using steam. They comprise around 80 per cent of Alberta’s oil reserves. But Kenney’s pledge to nix the cap will change all that,

Greens across the nation woke up this morning to welcome news that the PEI Green Party, under able leader Peter Bevan-Baker, surged at the polls on Tuesday evening, electing a caucus of 8 Greens – the largest contingent of Greens ever to enter a legislature together anywhere in North America. 

I first discovered Progressive Bloggers during visits to Daily Kos during George W Bush’s first term.  I noticed these interesting comments with a tag line referencing Prog Blogs as a progressive Canadian viewpoint.  So I went there.  It was invigorating.  Impolitical and The Galloping Beaver were early favourites.  I started

Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday April 24, 2019. Today we are talking about Family Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Apr 24, 2019 at 6:43am PDT For more information, visit our website at http://www.wiselaw.net. – Garry

Edmonton Pride Festival Cancelled After Organizers Call Police on People of Colour The Edmonton Pride Festival Society cited the “current political and social environment” in the cancellation. NEWS | By Hilary Beaumont | Apr 11 2019, 10:44am Photo via The Canadian Press Organizers have cancelled this year’s Edmonton Pride festival, citing

Canadian Oil Companies Might Be Emitting Way More Than Reported A new study suggests oil sands carbon emissions could be as much as 64 percent higher. Photo by Larry MacDougal / The Canadian Press Companies in Canada’s oil sands could be inadvertently painting a sunnier picture of their greenhouse gas