Has the Worm Turned? Are Conservatives Beginning to Fold on Climate Change?
Grist.org scribe David Roberts observes the GOP is beginning to wobble on climate change. He says this may be the time to ramp up the pressure on the Right. In…
October 2014
Conservatives like John Tory seem to suffer from ideologically-driven mental blocks when it comes to "privilege"…
Ugh, just when he was doing so well, just days after I endorsed him on this blog, Toronto mayoral frontrunner John Tory told reporters last night that he doesn’t believe…
Oct. 11: rock bottom
The Friday and Saturday edition of the TandT for this week are the worst I have yet seen in that whole, wretched Irving press. For Wednesday, the section A news…
What Are We Getting Ourselves Into?
Before long the Middle East will look like a parking lot for Western jet fighters. The place will be awash in Hornets and Super Hornets, F-16s, F-22s, Eurofighters and Rafales…
Thanksgiving in the Jumbo Republic
This is a guest post by Troy Sebastian, special projects coordinator for Ktunaxa Nation Council. Amid the succulent smells of turkey and spice this Thanksgiving weekend, another season draws near.…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Star criticizes the Harper Cons’ selective interest in international cooperation – with war and oil interests apparently ranking as the only areas…
Jon Lefebure Faces John Khoury and Damir Wallener For the Top Prize in North Cowichan
Jon Lefebure The North Cowichan political scene has certainly been sparked up as candidates vie for positions at the council table and the mayor’s chair. Incumbent Mayor Jon Lefebure is…
Air Quality Concerns Raised By Albany Residents Living Along Oil-By-Rail Tracks
Residents of the Ezra Prentice apartments in Albany, N.Y., have been complaining about air quality issues ever since the oil trains showed up in the Port of Albany two years…
China’s Mounting Cancer Crisis
Their proper name is PM2.5 and they embed themselves deep into lung tissue. They’re a real bugger. And, once again, small particulate pollution in northern China has hit 20-times the…
Something To Be Thankful For This Weekend
The National Energy Board inspires little confidence in many of us, often appearing less an independent regulator of the energy industry and more an extension of the Harper regime’s tarsands’…
Gazette Calls Out Harper on Climate Change
It’s one of the grand old English-language papers in Canada, the Montreal Gazette, and its editorial board has had enough of waiting for the Harper regime to act on the…
Shameless self-promotion: Review of my Purrfect Way Book
Thought I would give my how-to book another shameless plug – the delightful review on Amazon of my book, Your Purrfect Way to Publish & Promote Your Amazon & Kindle…
When Journalism Fails
http://www.today.com/ Apparently, many journalists — including Andrew Coyne — believe that Stephen Harper’s decision to join the bombing brigades in Iraq is justified. Michael Harris believes that
Some Critical Thinking About The War Against ISIS
Contrary to what governments want their citizens to do, that is precisely what the following Star letter-writers are engaging in as they ask the right questions and point out what…
Carrier’s Attack Ad
Former mayor Chris Carrier has a big, nasty attack ad in the Connection this weekend. He promises “facts” and attacks the current mayor’s “spin.” But any reader who has followed…
The EU can be hypocrites too.
The European Union has changed its mind and is allowing bitumen to be imported to European Union countries. Canada’s Suncor has recently announced that it has sent its first every…
Harper’s War and the Song of the Chicken Media
Well it's the Thanksgiving Day weekend in Harperland, and we all have so many reasons to give thanks.Especially Great Leader.He finally got some good job numbers. As short-lived and as…
Promising What Can’t be Done
There’s a wrap up in the Connection this weekend with candidates’ comments on “accountability” I want to address. One deputy-mayoral candidate, Brian Saunderson, wrote, he would, “Strengthen the current council…
Words and meanings
BC Liberal Throne Speech: “The core services this government provides need to be protected, and the inescapable truth is that they can only be protected if we can afford them.”…
Are Canada’s Rails Safe?
All signs are pointing to no. And the railway companies are starting to ship way more goods much more explosive than Canadian grain.