P.S.D. Enterprises Ltd. v. New Westminster (City), 2012 BCCA 319 states as settled law that a representation as to something happening in the future cannot found a claim for negligent…
At theLondon Olympics, on now. According to Deadspin there are 204 teams in this year’s Olympics; that is more teams, by eleven, than there are countries in the United Nations…
An editorial in The New York Times, “Canada’s Oil, the World’s Carbon” stresses that the climate change impacts of Athabasca bitumen trafficking must not be ignored. “…the climate question must…
This morning I spent a long time looking at a photo of a group of people in the back of a truck fleeing the Syrian city of Aleppo. What can…
By 2030, more than half the world’s population will live in areas under “severe water stress.” Unmet demand for food, water and energy, are now seen as reliable indicators of…
So, K-Days is back! That should settle all the problems that have beset the ex-Capital Ex. Well, not quite. The public has spoken, and K-Days is back as the name…
As DailyKos puts it, Mitt Romney couldn’t order a hamburger without insulting the ketchup and the mustard. The Prince of Gaffe was at it again in Israel where he told…
…could be happening says the last page of A section in today’s Moncton Times and Transcript. Yep. Could be. Luckily, it has nothing to do with climate change. We know…
As we know, Dutch disease is about damage to industry from resource exports. As we witness the widespread drought this summer in North America and the damage to crops, Dutch…
One of my favorite writers, Chris hedges, continues to do via alternative news what is so rare today in the mainstream media: challenge the status quo. His latest salvo is…
In May, Germany was able to supply 50% of their national energy consumption using renewable power sources. That was remarkable in itself given the size of Germany in both industrial…
Muller001.jpg If you’ve been following the science of global warming for over a decade—as I have—you might find the recent conversion of Berkeley physicist Richard Muller into a climate believer…
What are you making for supper on this Meatless Monday? Right now we have an abundance of swiss chard, although our other greens have been slow to come in. I…
GC and I spent last week at Chandler Swain’s pottery camp, on the banks of the Mississippi River in Blakeney, Ontario. There were nine of us at camp, including Chandler…
Politics is all about who decides on whose behalf. Inevitably, political decisions entail winners and losers. In an ideal world, political decisions would be made by inclusive institutions that allow…
Prosecutors are filing formal charges Monday against Colorado theatre shooting suspect James Holmes, who is accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 others at a midnight movie screening. The…
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Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Rick Salutin discusses the link between parity of wealth and democratic participation, while pointing out why there’s reason for people to engage much…
The provincial government set its budget this year based on an oil price forecast of US$124 a barrel in 2012. As we move up on the midway point in the…
Stephen Harper — that shrewd political strategist — has maneuvered himself into the hands of the Parti Quebecois. He has vowed to stay out of the upcoming provincial election. But…
