When July 1 happens on a Wednesday, Canadians usually take the Thursday and Friday off too, so we engineer a five-day weekend to kick off the summer. This year, that…
Saving Canada and saving the planet? Not necessarily a pipeline, but a pipeline if necessary! Prime Minister Mark Carney appeared last night to have threaded the needle between Alberta and…
Thanks Carney! And this time he waited until the pancake was set before he flipped it - I think he's taken some lessons! Heads up, Stampeded -- PM Carney now…
This and that for your Canada Day reading.- George Monbiot points out that the determination by petropoliticians to deny climate change and the heat stress it causes is a threat…
This cartoon is an oldie but a goodie -- hope you are also enjoying just kicking back and swatting those annoying mosquitos!Brittlestar explains Canada Day to Americans: I feel like…
Government news release fails to mention the omission actually breaks the law, but there’s no penalty, so why worry? Happy Canada Day! The summer solstice has already come and gone.…
Slumbering cat.
Watching the following should give us all a deeper appreciation of our own country. I can't imagine any of our representatives speaking to the people with such contempt. This is…
I have a 12 year-old daughter going into Grade 8 and the usual summer braindead zombieness has struck already.With tomorrow being Canada Day, and some work colleagues gently teasing me…
Britain has been playing musical chairs with its prime ministers. Last week the most recent... The post Can we accept less? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
I noticed that Canada’s top blogger is again adding content to their blog. Is this a trend, will blogs come back into style as people sour on Meta/Facebook and ExTwitter?
I’ve written a blog post titled “Non-market housing 101.” You can read it here: https://nickfalvo.ca/non-market-housing-101/
The United Jewish People’s Order is 100 years old and the Winnipeg chapter celebrated this milestone at the Ukrainian Labour Temple last week. In keeping with UJPO’s social justice mission,…
I recently read several Facebook comments that trivialized the indiscriminate violence inflicted on innocent people in Gaza and Lebanon. Some commenters suggested that the deaths and disruption experienced by Israeli…
What a game that was on Sunday afternoon! Here are some posts I found about it: Canada scores in stoppage time to reach World Cup last 16. How far can…
Mike Derry’s choice as candidate has upset a couple of apple carts for the UCP; the Opposition NDP demands he state his position on separation When Mike Derry beat the…
