The long summer campaign #nlpoli
Liberal leader Dwight Ball kicked off a 10 week campaign swing around the province this week. It’s basically a tour of the local festivals coupled that the party leaders do…
July 2015
On Whether it is Preferable to Attack or Rehabilitate Offensive Symbols
Recently several New Brunswick retailers pulled the ConfederateFlag from their shelves in light of a racism-fulled shootout thatoccurred in the US. Great! I have had the privilege to spend time…
Will Canadian troops in Ukraine have to train radical Islamist volunteers said to be tied to ISIS?
PHOTOS: Defence Minister Jason Kenney explains who Canadian troops will train in Ukraine last fall. Below: Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ukraine in 2010. Photos are from the CBC and…
NDP to repair Canada’s damaged relations with aboriginal peoples
An NDP federal government will repair Canada’s relations with First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, Mulcair told the Assembly of First Nations this week. The post NDP to repair Canada’s…
The Case For Letting Canada’s Forest Fires Burn
As climate change is fingered as a culprit behind the early rash of forest fires across northern and western Canada, experts say the most prudent approach at this stage is…
Lew and Lagarde raise pressure on EU to avoid Grexit – FT.com
Lew and Lagarde raise pressure on EU to avoid Grexit – FT.com. Filed under: Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Debt Relief, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Syriza
‘It’s the New Wild West’: Alaskans Leery As B.C. Pushes For 10 Mines in Transboundary Salmon Watersheds
Long-held perceptions of Canada as a country with strict environmental standards and B.C. as a province that values natural beauty are taking a near-fatal beating in Southeast Alaska, where many…
Syriza: For Better or For Worse
Photo posted on nycsocialist.org. The victory of Syriza in Greece is a historic turning point for Europe and the world, for better or for worse. I fear it’s going to…
Night Hawks in the Night
Not to make too much about it, but when I woke up about 4 a.m. to open the windows after a thunderstorm I lay in bed listening to nighthawks flying…
July 8:Man uses gun to kidnap girlfriend for sex game…
It looks like the kind of mental bubble gum you read in those tabloids at the supermarket. – as in “Lady Camilla having affair with Muslim preacher”. But it’s the…
Heiltsuk, Haida, Nuu-chah-nulth join forces to protect herring
Former Council of the Haida Nation President Guujaaw (left) and Heiltsuk resource management director Kelly Brown at last week’s peace treaty celebration in Bella Bella (Damien Gillis) Three powerful coastal…
In which I handicap the federal race for Charles Adler
…and I even get to cite Gene Simmons of KISS as a source of wisdom! Right here. He also says I am “one of the most interesting commentators on Earth,”…
Meriting A Quota
In seeking to redress the underrepresentation of women in key positions of political leadership, Liberal Party of Canada leader Justin Trudeau has pledged gender parity within government at decision-making levels,…
Give the Dippers a Break. Syriza Didn’t Create the Problem.
A certain prominent Liberal mouthpiece has been going after the New Democrats for supporting the Syriza government in Greece. Unfortunately this fellow conflates the government of Alexis Tsipras, who only…
Summertime on Vancouver Island, Just Another Day in Paradise
A lot of people on this island rarely think of how we share it with some amazing wildlife including a number of “alpha” predators. Their ranks include everything from golden…
Toronto Star editors unsure what is the truth
…so they go for both possibilities. That’s a newsroom that covers all the angles!
On absolutism
Shorter John Ibbitson: The Very Serious People hereby demand that Thomas Mulcair give a definitive yes-or-no answer on all possible trade agreements before we even know what’s in them.
NDP Clearest Alternative, Globe & Mail Is Loathe To Admit
The G&M must be loathe to report stories like this. But the NDP are so much in the lead and seen as the party of clear change, that they have…
NDP Clearest Alternative, Globe & Mail Is Loathe To Admit
The G&M must be loathe to report stories like this. But the NDP are so much in the lead and seen as the party of clear change, that they have…