Today’s wildfires update, plus Sunday Funday
Wildfires UpdateThe situation Saturday in BC View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads From Saturday evening View on Threads View on Threads Yukon update: View…
Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2026
Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace is held annually to mark the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. This year’s observance was sponsored by the Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba,…
Owning up
Oil and gas is a very lucrative business, and very generous to Alberta and to... The post Owning up first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Whiplash: Vik Handa enters and exits the Ontario Liberal leadership race, clearing the path for the awesome Navdeep Bains! ;-)
Whiplash: Vik Handa enters and exits the Ontario Liberal leadership race, clearing the path for the awesome Navdeep Bains! ;-) by Matthew GuerinRead below to find out why I am…
Saturday Photo: Eight-thirty, Aug. 6, Parc Outremont
Summer twilight: magic time. Although I must add that the kitchen is full of fruit flies from the nectarines I left on the counter. The advantages and disadvantages of the…
UPDATED: Inspiring Terror In America: The "S" Word
And that word would be socialism.Particularly in America, socialism seems to evoke an extreme response among those who prefer not to think like human beings but rather react, in Pavlovian…
Saturday Cartoons, plus Canadians as hobbits, some Trump v Canada, and another Wildfires Update
This week's Cartoon Collection "Canadians are like hobbits" So says Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief emeritus Matt Winkler. Well, we've been called worse... View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
Poilievre’s Plummeting Polling
The CPC is polling just a hair below 30%, and Pierre Poilievre's "favourability" as next PM is now tied with "Undecided" at 18%. Add to that, another CPC MP just…
Forget the elbows already
It’s time to stop talking elbows and start the overdue discussion on the Canada we want and what it will take to take back our future. I have never much…
Today’s News: Carney working, Trump flailing, Covid stories, Wildfires update
So Trump called Canadians "nasty" but Carney didn't rise to the bait. View on Threads In fact, it sounds like Carney has decided the time is right to push Trump…
Guest post by Lorne Fitch: 20 reasons Albertans should be concerned about conservation
Professional Biologist, author and educator Lorne Fitch, a frequent contributor to this blog on environmental and conservation topics, returns with a disturbing list of reasons Albertans should be concerned about…
Youth homelessness prevention in Dublin and Belfast
I recently helped organize a study tour of Dublin and Belfast, in partnership with A Way Home Canada. The tour’s focus was the prevention of youth homelessness. Here’s my ‘top…
The riskiest move is to keep doing what worked yesterday
After college, Ronald Garan joined the United States Air Force and became an F-16 pilot and later an astronaut. In 2008, he flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on its 35th…
Canadians? Nasty? Why yes, yes we are!!!
So on Wednesday this happened:Trump: "Canada is nasty. They're nasty."— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) August 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM He ain't seen nuthin' yet! View on Threads Americans hate him…
‘In Alberta we believe in free speech, full stop,’ Danielle Smith says – at least when it comes to hate speech
“In Alberta we believe in free speech. Full stop.” So says Alberta’s premier, Danielle Smith. And it’s true … sort of. We absolutely believe in free speech here in Wild…
On the road for the CFL
For my 70th birthday this year, my three sons gave me an unforgettable gift: an all-expenses-paid vacation! To Regina. And if that wasn’t enough, Winnipeg! And we would make the…
UPDATED: A Tiresome Man
I know I'm not the only one who finds the incessant government of Ontario ads tiresome, just like the man behind them. Self-promotion paid for by the taxpayers, (last year…
Language As A Weapon
Prime Minister Mark Carney was criticised for using British spelling in December of last year and is now, according to several articles, being pressured to do exactly that by the…
Wednesday Updates: Nobody wants Poilievre’s job. Plus Carney success stories, Trump fantasy stories, wildfires update, and its Venn Day.
Looks like Poilievre has a job that no one else wants. CTV News reports on a new Nanos poll:There is “no obvious challenger” among Conservative politicians in Canada to Prime…