Calgary’s CTrain—embracing green
Fortunately, while our federal government remains a persistent laggard on global warming, the provinces and cities are stepping up. Calgary is no exception. In 2012, the city committed to meeting…
July 2015
A Pat Robertson Rival
Does Todd Starnes have what it takes to unseat Pastor Pat for most unhinged evangelical? You decide: Can you give me a big Amen? Recommend this Post
Toronto’s Pan-Am Games: First Impressions
Was hanging around downtown today, and I will say that South American women really really know how to stuff a tight t-shirt. That is all.
More Chinese Wisdom: Confucius and Council
I was reading The Analects, this weekend, in the recent Penguin Classics edition translated by Annping Chin, a book I acquired on my recent mini-vacation in Toronto (one of about…
‘This is a Watershed Moment’: Chief Vows to Be Arrested As Fight Against Site C Dam Ramps Up
On the banks of the Peace River on Saturday, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip told hundreds of opponents to the Site C dam that he will be handcuffed if necessary to…
Breaking: Cons Helped Overthrow the Ukrainian Government
Lordy. And to think I didn't take Stephen Harper seriously when he claimed he was leading the fight to "liberate" Ukraine. Who knew that he actually helped bring down a…
The advancement of digital and social media campaign development and analysis
You might not expect something with a title that dry to be thrilling for me to write, but it is. Four years ago I was completing a project I had…
July 12: religion without morality. professions without ethics…..
No, this will not be Sunday’s sermon. It will be about the collapse of religious and of professional ethics in the western world. I group the two together because we…
Game Changer Alert©
Not sure I’d use him to announce something this big. But it’s big.
A Sunday Sermon – Rebellion
Chris Hedges discusses his new book, Wages of Rebellion. You can watch the second and third parts to this interview on YouTube.
Why British Columbians should get a say on $9 Billion Site C Dam
Part of the 80 km stretch of the Peace Valley that would be flooded by Site C Dam (Photo: Garth Lenz) Reprinted from the ECOreport. Such large segments of the…
On succession plans
Over the past few days, I’ve finally made it around to reading Paul Wells’ The Longer I’m Prime Minister. And there are a few points raised by Wells’ account of…
Pelicans on Wascana Lake
I never noticed Pelicans on Wascana Lake before about 3 years ago. Before that, they were common on the South Saskatchewan River through Saskatoon.
What Got Dave to Come Back from Retirement? Of Course, Trump.
In other Trump news, the Republican presidential nominee contender, is spending the weekend in Arizona where he’s attending a rally with scofflaw and bigot, Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Here’s The Ugliest…
El Nino Is Coming for Christmas.
They’re calling it a “flash mob” of typhoons being spawned out of the unusually warm waters of the central Pacific. It is a succession of cyclonic storms, hurricanes, that are…
Harper is talking about our recession…
… er, economic downturn in front of a crowd of Grade fivers because… – They are only a few years younger than the PMO short pant staffers who set up…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Adrian Morrow reports on Al Gore’s explanation as to how the fight against climate change can be economically as well as environmentally…
What If Crazy Ol’ Pat is Right?
Just get’em some muskets and grey uniforms and they’ll be away to the races. This, according to uber rightwinger Pat Buchanan, who says all this gay stuff like legalizing same…
6 Years Later New Brunswick STILL Hasn’t Addressed Adult Autism Care
Years have passed, governments have come and gone, but still the elected members of the New Brunswick legislative assembly, despite international recognition for its parent advocacy driven early intervention and…