Dr. Graham Farrell served as Research Chair in Environmental Criminology at Simon Fraser University before moving to the University of Leeds in 2015, where he is Professor of Crime Science.…
Alberta NDP candidate Kyle Campbell won the Calgary-Shaw by-election last night, beating the United Conservative Party’s Mike Derry in a contest that looked too close for comfort most of the…
For some reason the recent election in the east German state of Saxony-Anhalt got me... The post Did the good people of Minneapolis save the republic? first appeared on Views…
What this means? Bottom line is more ecological devastation. If Bell isn’t making its own 300MW, then the Minister clearly lied about having enough power for this project, because we…
In Alberta, it's a phrase as common in political campaigns as "hard-working Albertans" or "Laurentian Elites": "Don't split the vote".What it really means is "please don't make me have to…
Canadians need to be engaged, directly and through parliament, on the decisions we make on how we retaliate, which nation-building projects we choose and which investments we welcome or reject…
Nick Bargatze complaining I’ve been a complainer since childhood. From the outside, people might suggest it’s a miserable disposition that’s neither useful nor pleasant, but, from the inside, I was…
Some will probably find the lack of subtlety in the following anti-racism short from France disappointing, but it is this kind of bluntness that might penetrate some racists' heads. Recommend…
Tomorrow is by-election day in Calgary-Shaw. Voters in that riding in the city’s far south will have an opportunity not just to spank the United Conservative Party of Premier Danielle…
Government, at the best of times is a chaotic creature, it's even more so when the party in power is driven not by a coherent philosophy, but rather by whatever…
Alberta is in the midst of a 10-part referendum on whether or not to hold a referendum while Quebec is in the midst of a provincial election that will decide…
Credit to the great Beetle Moses Finally its the weekend after a long week, so its time to relax....Oops, feels like summer's over already Documenting the Decline and Fall People…
The headlines have been alarming indeed, essentially warning that unrestricted ongoing development of AI has a 10% chance of destroying all of us by the end of this decade. The…
Admittedly, the revelation by The Narwhal yesterday that Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government is seriously pondering a scheme to create public corporations to build and operate pipelines to carry natural…
This is a great time of year for anyone who loves fresh food. The Marché Jean Talon in Montreal's Piccola Italia is full of tomatoes, basil, lettuce, corn, garlic, ontions,…
Some bright notes on 9/11 A standing ovation for ChretienThis glorious old man! 92 years old and still on the ramparts for Canada. - Joanne Pettis 🇨🇦Read on Substack Carney's…
While the American right has been telling New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stay away from the city’s 25th anniversary memorial for September 11th because he is Muslim, it is…
Here are some of today's news -- this isn't everything, of course, like I'm not including anything on the AI sky-is-falling scare that I don't understand anyway - but I've…
National September 11 Memorial, New York City. Photo by Axel Houmadi/Unplsash. Mainstream pundits’ outrage over CBC News’s recently revealed guidance on describing the September 11 attacks may h...
