Sure We Have to Get Rid of Harper But Why Stop There?
I haven’t heard the NDP’s shining star, Rachel Notley, say they’re wrong. I haven’t heard Trudeau the Lesser or Tommy Angry Beard say they’re wrong either. I certainly haven’t heard…
2015
The NDP Finally Fires an Attack Ad at the Corrupt Harper Cons
About a week ago I wrote about how disappointed I was to hear both Tom Mulcair and Justin Trudeau declare that they would not attack Stephen Harper like he attacks…
My present view, presently
Who says God, in all Her beneficence and wisdom, doesn’t exist?
Martyn Brown: Christy Clark’s boon to Big Oil
Richard Hughes Martyn Brown’s excellent assessment of the BC Liberals manifest incompetence and devil may care attitude shows how they were duped into what can only be described as a…
Annual message to Calgary Stampede: real men don’t hurt animals for entertainment
PHOTOS: Stampede chuckwagon races – exciting for spectators, but deadly and cruel for horses. Real men don’t hurt animals for entertainment. There will be a safety “review” after the death…
July 13: LIARS
” Pope visits Paraguay slum, urges churches to welcome the sick, strangers, sinners.” That’a the big story of the Pope’s visit to South America? You’ll find it on B6 of…
We Are All (or Should Be) Greeks Now
Photo by Bob Dass The temple of neo-liberalism and its ideology of social suicide in the interests of the banks has been breached. The hysteria in European capitals (particularly Germany)…
Back To Business As Usual?
After all of the feel-good rhetoric of the Climate Summit of the Americas, held last week in Toronto, it would appear that we are back to business as usual, at…
The Premiers’ Pernicious Plot – War On Our Grandkids
So much for “social licence.” The Globe has discovered the underhanded double-dealing our premiers are planning to unveil at their summit this week to fast-track bitumen pipelines and sweep away…
The Antis at Sunset Point
There are always those who don’t want change. Any change upsets them. Anything that’s new, different, exciting, challenging or just unusual bothers them and want it stopped. They want a…
Vocalist from Saltarello
The girl with the long braids from Saltarello singing. Saltarello is a Quebec band using a mix of instrumentation and vocalizations. Hurdy-gurdy, didgeridoo, native drums, keyboards, guitar, violin and stringed…
I know you have to say that stuff, Rachel, but still ….
At a recent speech to international investors in Calgary, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley described the tar sands as “a tremendous asset” and an “international showpiece.” Hearing my premier and the…
Pressure builds for Alberta to ban corporate and union donations in municipal elections
On June 22, 2015, Alberta’s new NDP Government passed Bill 1: An Act to Renew Democracy in Alberta, imposing a retroactive ban on corporate and union donations to provincial political…
Gambling with censorship: Quebec’s web blocking plan could change how we use the Internet
The Quebec government seems determined to press ahead with an ill-conceived plan that would require ISPs to censor the Internet…for its own financial gain. Yes, you read that right. The…
Goodbye To The Historic Voice Of Our Community: The Closing of the News Leader Pictorial
Staff of the Cowichan Leader, 1954 CVMA By Peter W. Rusland Peter Rusland If anyone had told me a year ago my beloved Cowichan News Leader Pictorial would be closed,…
Robot kills autoworker at Volkswagen plant in Germany
I watched an hour long documentary on robots on CBC. It is amazing how advanced robots are becoming. Then I read a story where a robot killed an autoworker at…
Why spending cuts by the Harper government are causing them political harm
There is a feel good article in the Globe’s Report on Business today titled, “Aboriginal women lead the way in Canada’s labour markets“. The story focuses on recent labour market…
Why spending cuts by the Harper government are causing them political harm
There is a feel good article in the Globe's Report on Business today titled, "Aboriginal women lead the way in Canada’s labour markets". The story focuses on recent labour market…
Why spending cuts by the Harper government are causing them political harm
There is a feel good article in the Globe’s Report on Business today titled, “Aboriginal women lead the way in Canada’s labour markets“. The story focuses on recent labour market…