It’s almost like President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney have already forgotten that this summer Americans experienced some of the most severe droughts in history and massive wildfires. Yet…
Principally, I oppose the Northern Gateway Pipeline. Like a lot of other people I think it’s reckless to develop the tar sands at the rate we currently are. I think…
There is no more tragic story from the early days of cycling than the legendary Vance (The Leggman) Leggstrong. For a period of nearly a decade, none could match his…
An international group of ethical funds with investments in Alberta’s oilsands is concerned the industry’s environmental performance could be creating financial risk. Ceres considers greenhouse gas emissions a risk because…
A little over a week ago, Kathy Dunderdale told the provincial Conservative annual meeting that her administration is overspending. Dunderdale acknowledged yet again what she and her predecessor have admitted…
The Wilderness Committee, Canada’s largest member-based environmental organization, honoured hall of fame broadcaster and co-founder of The Common Sense Canadian Rafe Mair with its annual Eugene Rogers Award for outstanding…
The Wilderness Committee, Canada’s largest member-based environmental organization, honoured hall of fame broadcaster and co-founder of The Common Sense Canadian Rafe Mair with its annual Eugene Rogers Award for outstanding…
Around midnight tonight my kids discovered we had no hot water and, finally, around 2 am, I think I solved the problem. This, of course, involved me setting off the…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Jim Manly is a former MP for Nanaimo Cowichan and a retired United Church Minister. He has long stood for justice on many fronts where disadvantaged peoples…
Sure, it’s the United States. But Canada is lashed tightly to its gunwales. And we’re taking on water. You need to watch this.
Raj Sherman kills at Huckabay’s Comedy Club, which of course doesn’t exist. Actual Alberta comedians may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: The re-branded Liberalberta logo; the real Raj Sherman,…
So, would you mind if I take a moment for myself? Being a simple blogger and amateur trend forecaster, all I really have to provide you any reason to continue…
The arc of the presidential campaign of 2012 would be a fitting inscription for a political tombstone should President Obama not win re-election. The CNN Poll of Polls as of…
As a journalist, Jody Paterson often wrote about Canadian children and families. Now, she and partner Paul Willcocks do humanitarian work in Honduras through Cuso International. One of their projects…
Jim Manly Former Nanaimo-Cowichan NDP MP-Refuses release until all protesters are released. Former Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jim Manly refuses to sign release dcoument until all protesters released. Here is an update…
by Sebastian Rotella | ProPublica In May 1985, a Guatemalan Army lieutenant named Jorge Vinicio Sosa Orantes deserted, flew to San Francisco and requested political asylum, asserting that leftist guerrillas…
Avaaz - Save the Southern Ocean <~ click to sign quick and easy petition We need this same thing for the Arctic Ocean as well. They are all just chomping…
Avaaz - Save the Southern Ocean <~ click to sign quick and easy petition We need this same thing for the Arctic Ocean as well. They are all just chomping…
You may have heard by now that there’s an Ontario Liberal leadership race underway. The party executive met this weekend to set some ground rules and a convention date. So,…
Before the Liberals started attacking collective bargaining, they proposed a wage freeze in the summer of 2010. The unions duly met with the government over the summer of 2010 to…
