PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Jim Prentice just hasn’t been getting the good headlines a guy in his position would normally be looking for at a time like this. Typical Fort McMurray…
“Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles.” – Gandhi
Independent watchdog Democracy Watch calls on the Auditor General to audit the Conservatives ads, and on Harper to stop the taxpayer-funded propaganda. The post Wasteful taxpayer-funded propaganda must stop, Harper…
By Thandi Fletcher Metro, April 28, 2015 A Green party commissioner is accusing the Vancouver park board of rushing approval of a temporary zipline in Queen Elizabeth Park this summer…
Are Creditors Pushing Greece Deliberately Into Default?. Paul De Grauwe The Greek drama has entered its endgame. The Greek government has to repay loans to the IMF and other public…
Life With Dog #8 Apparently Dog knows what “Lick the plate” means. There is a puddle of drool on the floor now. Who knew?
I can safely say I just got home from one of the most bizarre electoral hustings I’ve ever been to. Tonight’s debate, hosted by Horsney Parish Church and moderated by…
I have a longer piece out in Jacobin today on tracing the roots of today’s austerity consensus in Canada to the 1990s. In a way, it’s me coming to terms…
The Irving press starts out as toilet paper. The “events centre” push starts on page 1 with the story that a downtown business group supports it. Beside it is the…
Talk about a nail biter! And welcome to the new land of coalition / cooperative governments ….
Richard Kinder, Houston-based billionaire and CEO of Kinder Morgan Inc., told an industry audience last week the TransMountain pipeline expansion project “will go forward” if granted approval at the federal…
Richard Kinder, Houston-based billionaire and CEO of Kinder Morgan Inc., told an industry audience last week the TransMountain pipeline expansion project “will go forward” if granted approval at the federal…
The government knows about the copyright loophole, but is “waiting on the industry to come up with an appropriate solution.” Have you read our open letter Minister Moore? Article by…
Just got word: I won’t be back at the Sun papers. They wanted to make a change, and I was one of the changes. I wasn’t surprised, at all. They’ve…
Advanced polls are now open in provincial constituencies across Alberta. If you are unable to cast a ballot on Alberta’s Election Day on Tuesday, May 5, you can now vote…
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Let’s say you live in an apartment building, and the only way to buy groceries was to order them and have them delivered to your apartment. Everyone is told “To…
Judge Charles Vaillancourt has adjourned the Duffy trial to Monday to allow counsel to sharpen their swords for the battle over whether some awkward Senate reports should be admitted into…
Yesterday’s story in the Victoria Times-Colonist-By Sarah Petrescu and Richard Watts is being welcomed by Nick Verstegg’s wife, Elly Driessen and friends throughout the Cowichan Valley. Cowichan Bay’s Nick Versteeg,…
