Conservatives have continuously let down veterans since coming to power. We’ve since learned that the Conservative Party let $1.1 billion (with a ‘B’) lapse in veteran funding. Essentially, Veterans Affairs…
It may be 2015 now, but a 2014 problem continues to haunt the government of Premier Jim Prentice. I’m not talking about the Mudville Nine Wildrose defectors. Instead, you can…
Sure this is a bummer to start the new year but arms races are a major cause of war, often unintended and undesired. It’s not just the country buying all…
The front page, banner headline in the TandT is, “Spirit of Moncton is newsmaker of the year”. That is surely an embarrassing reminder of the worst of the small-town boosterism…
I almost say it every year so I'm going to do it again.I resolve to blog more.With Twitter and Facebook, I can quickly get my thoughts out really quick -…
I almost say it every year so I’m going to do it again. I resolve to blog more. With Twitter and Facebook, I can quickly get my thoughts out really…
I almost say it every year so I'm going to do it again.I resolve to blog more.With Twitter and Facebook, I can quickly get my thoughts out really quick -…
If you were asked to assign a word to 2014, what would it be? Cold? It was indisputably that. Uncertain? With oil costing far less and housing costing ever more,…
Steve, He’s Coming for You Stephen Harper has a problem. The Holy Father is coming for him and the rest of his ilk. This time it’s not a legion of…
Happy New Year! * It’s now official – 2014 was the hottest year on record for this blue planet of ours. * * This is the year that science and…
I almost say it every year so I’m going to do it again. I resolve to blog more. With Twitter and Facebook, I can quickly get my thoughts out really…
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This and that to start your year. – Ian Welsh comments on the challenges we face in trying to turn wealth increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few into…
During the 2010 New Brunswick election Dr. McDonnell, as noted above, was interviewed by CBC on the subject of adult autism care. The interview and analysis posted on the site…
A Dinosaur named Sue. Photograph: Oscar Shen. Used under creative commons. flickr.com/photos/oscar_shen/ More than half of all the wild animals on Earth have been annihilated within my lifetime. The number…
“We’re seeing strong growth. We’re seeing some large accounts come back. The future is bright.” According to the Portland Press Herald, that was the assessment of the future by Ryan…
“We’re seeing strong growth. We’re seeing some large accounts come back. The future is bright.” According to the Portland Press Herald, that was the assessment of the future by Ryan…
While I am long past the age where personal New Year resolutions are anything other than exercises in futility, I can’t help but think that a few well-placed aspirations for…
Heart of Darkness can be a difficult read. Not just for its brooding setting and the sense of morbid inevitability. Conrad’s semi-autobiographical 1899 novel is replete with racism and breezy…
Alan Carter, the Global Television bureau chief at Queen’s Park, has never been one of our favourite reporters. He tends to be something of a wiseass. He redeemed himself the…
