by John Kay “Like them or hate them, Alberta, Canada’s tar sands deposits of bitumen or extremely heavy crude oil, are the world’s largest. The province’s resources include the Athabasca,…
This is the first of a thre-part series on Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R) and his relationship to Big Tobacco throughout his career. Dick Armey, who recently resigned…
R. v. Boyd, 2013 BCCA 19 has an interesting aside about citizen’s arrests: The law has always sought to circumscribe within very narrow limits the powers of a citizen to…
An edited transcript of Cartt.ca editor and publisher Greg O’Brien’s interview with CBC Vice President of English Services, Kirstine Stewart.
Just this pipeline…and this one…and this one over here. Clever strategy, actually. Don’t attack the tar sands in the abstract, just any concrete manifestation of the tar sands.
A new site, respectdemocracy.ca has also launched as the full-out offensive begins by Team Ford to keep their man and their mantra going forward at City Hall. The site was…
Right after Ross Reid’s new job, Jerome Kennedy’s trip back to the finance ministry was the second most overblown story of the past week or so. Most seem to think…
Thanks for the question! I got involved in the Liberal Party of Canada on May 3, 2011. During the election, I saw a party I agreed with. The more I…
One assumes that Stephen Maher is out shopping for a frame for this press release from the PMO. I’m sure, in time, it will look lovely hanging on the wall…
Yair Lapid Well, that wasn’t quite as bad as I thought. Sadly, Benjamin Netanyahu will almost certainly remain prime minister of Israel after his Likud party and its electoral partner…
Coming soon to seniors’ centres in Alberta, a new model of elder care? Below: Health Minister Fred Horne. On Monday, Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne announced a year-long project to…
Beneath: Jeremy Scahill Jeremy Scahill is the national security correspondent for The Nation magazine. His book Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army (2007) chillingly details the…
Except the partiers did not know they were going to be partying.CBC News in Ottawa yesterday reported that “A woman in Gatineau, Que., has been charged following complaints by two…
I used to like Phil Mickelson until he started whining about how awful it is that he is going to have to pay more taxes on an income of merely…
Columnist says without a massive broadcasting deal, Rogers has put its money on boosting its payroll in the coming season to fill seats and hopefully turn its baseball team’s winning…
I’ve been on the hunt for Idle No More related art – illustrations, photography, songs, etc. If you have leads, please send them my way! In the meantime, the first…
Based near Kitchener City Hall, the station will broadcast a local weekday morning show starting at 6 a.m., hosted by Craig Norris.
