For Canadians who fear and distrust the steadily growing militarism suffusing the culture of our country, two recent books are indispensable: What We Talk About When We Talk About War,…
It’s Remembrance Day. It doesn’t matter if you have friends or family that have served their time in uniform, though I suspect that most of you do. It doesn’t matter…
A typical Canadian Remembrance Day ceremony: the scene in St. Albert one year ago today. Below: B.C. Conservative MP Mark Strahl, on-air Conservative partisan Don Cherry, and NDP Veterans’ Affairs…
What Justin said Thursday night about territorial governments in Canada, during his “ladies” night event: “But if I were to reach out and say which…which kind of administration I most…
Public interest group IntegrityBC is calling for the resignation of Liberal Agriculture Minister Pat Pimm, following the revelation that he and Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman meddled in an…
My recent passion for bread and baking has caused a bit of an internal upset. Not the baking thereof, but rather the writing about it. I’m doing a lot of…
Photo: Anne Murray Read this November 8 story from the Vancouver Sun on Delta Mayor Lois Jackson and Council’s 6-1 vote in favour of Century Group’s application to build 950…
“He’s kind of really talking about efficiency, how do you get things done and get them done quickly. Sometimes an overly participatory democratic process becomes messy and delays you from…
THE SICKENING FIRST RESPONSE OF GOVERNMENT TO DISASTER Typhoon Haiyan is perhaps the most devastating weather event to ever hit land. More than 10,000 people have been killed, and the…
THE SICKENING FIRST RESPONSE OF GOVERNMENT TO DISASTER Typhoon Haiyan is perhaps the most devastating weather event to ever hit land. More than 10,000 people have been killed, and the…
THE SICKENING FIRST RESPONSE OF GOVERNMENT TO DISASTER Typhoon Haiyan is perhaps the most devastating weather event to ever hit land. More than 10,000 people have been killed, and the…
Each year mankind consumes our planet’s renewable resources at a quickening pace. The earth only provides so much fresh water and so much biomass each year. To maintain the ever…
Like Icarus, strapping on wings of feathers and wax, Municipal Affairs Minister Griffiths attempted to glide Bill 28 Modernizing Regional Governance Act through the Legislature. It sparked an uproar among…
He’s baaaack. George w. Bush is taking the stage to help bring Jews to Jesus. Curious George is joining the effort to save Jews from themselves. Next week, former President…
THE SICKENING FIRST RESPONSE OF GOVERNMENT TO DISASTER Typhoon Haiyan is perhaps the most devastating weather event to ever hit land. More than 10,000 people have been killed, and the…
As I've mentioned before, I may be naive but I can't help feeling that Michelle Rempel is a cut above most Cons. I don't blame her for causing a ruckus…
It's becoming increasingly common to find Paulie posting or "liking" images such as this on his Facebook profile: We would note that the quote in the cartoon isattributed to a…
The guy raised $25,000 at a Friday night ladies night event, invoked a little Tom Friedman in the process, and this afternoon dropped a wee bit o’ policy: .@MJGismondi I…
As a supplement to The Disaffected Lib’s excellent post on Remembrance Day, take a look at Rick Mercer’s thoughts on a government that not only has turned its back on…
Before I begin the real topic of this, it’s worth looking at Saturday’s first page of the Whatever section. It has 16 students, mostly university students, talking about what remembrance…
