More worrying wobbles #nlpoli
You have to get very seriously concerned when a cabinet minister can't or won't answer a simple question that has only one, simple, direct answer.Next week, the provincial government, the…
April 2016
Canada earns a D for environment
Last week the Conference Board of Canada released its environment report card and Canada did not do well. We earned a D, ranking third from last against 15 of our…
Canada earns a D for environment
Last week the Conference Board of Canada released its environment report card and Canada did not do well. We earned a D, ranking third from last against 15 of our…
Canada earns a D for environment
Last week the Conference Board of Canada released its environment report card and Canada did not do well. We earned a D, ranking third from last against 15 of our…
Same old same old at the CPC: The Conservative boss hasn’t gone crazy, and he may even be the same guy …
PHOTOS: The Conservative Party of Canada is still singin’ the same old tune – Stephen Harper’s. (CBC photo.) Below: Senator Mike Duffy, former Conservative cabinet member Jason Kenney, Manitoba Tory…
SaskOil
Learn all about the oil industry in Saskatchewan. From issues of mineral rights and salt water spills, to a lot more, you’ll learn a bit about what makes our economy…
Fractured Land
I went to see this at the Perimeter Institute last night, and was so excited to meet the star of it, Caleb Behn, Eh-Cho Dene and Dunne-Za hunter, fisher, activist,…
Fractured Land
I went to see this at the Perimeter Institute last night, and was so excited to meet the star of it, Caleb Behn, Eh-Cho Dene and Dunne-Za hunter, fisher, activist,…
What’s the connection between cycling and Parkinson’s
I confess. The first time I signed up for Lap the Gats I knew nothing about the condition except that a dear friend of my cousin Sue suffered from it.…
The Catholic Church’s Last Chance
Suing the Catholic Church is like throwing Jello at the wall, it’s a mess but not much sticks. Thousands of Canada’s First Nations, Metis, Inuit and Inuvialuit joined in a…
Duffy should please just shut up for a while
I think Canada has had quite enough of Mike Duffy.I know I certainly have.Apparently we aren’t supposed to hold this grown man responsible for understanding such complex rules as:1. If…
Duffy should please just shut up for a while
I think Canada has had quite enough of Mike Duffy.I know I certainly have.Apparently we aren't supposed to hold this grown man responsible for understanding such complex rules as:1. If…
Duffy should please just shut up for a while
I think Canada has had quite enough of Mike Duffy.I know I certainly have.Apparently we aren't supposed to hold this grown man responsible for understanding such complex rules as:1. If…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Branko Milanovic discusses how our current means of measuring inequality may leave out the most important part of the story in the form…
Congratulations, John, But Don’t Spend It All in One Place
Stephen Harper's most loyal journalistic lickspittle, John Ibbitson, just pocketed the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen prize for political writing for his biography, "Stephen Harper."The award was announced just days before Justice…
On the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death
“Is There Such a Thing as a ‘Bad’ Shakespeare Play?” asks a recent article on the Smithsonian website. It adds, “Shakespeare, despite the efforts of notable dissenting critics and writers…
Words, Words, Words
Talk, as they say, is indeed cheap.During his New York trip, the prime minister touted an all-of-the-above approach where additional oil production can coexist with cleaner technology, and more wealth…
Duffy’s Revenge and the Ashes of Stephen Harper’s Legacy
I'm pretty sure Mike Duffy must dream of telling Stephen Harper what he thinks of him. Dream of suing him, and his little monsters in the PMO, and his Senate…
STAMP out hate
More coverage, here and here and here – and there was a huge amount of coverage on CITY-TV, but I can’t find it. More to come. STAMP out the racist, homophobic, Islamaphobic, misogynistic, Holocaust-denying Your Ward…