Welcome to the Anthropocene
This time it’s Windsor, Ontario. Insurers won’t carry the losses any longer. Governments are expected to make good “once in a century” calamities that now arrive every few years. That…
This time it’s Windsor, Ontario. Insurers won’t carry the losses any longer. Governments are expected to make good “once in a century” calamities that now arrive every few years. That…
When we wrote about Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch's call for testing would-be immigrants to determine if the possessed "anti-Canadian values" that should disqualify those immigrants as potential citizens, we…
At least 1281 archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, students and museum directors from the US, Canada and other countries recently signed a letter condemning the destruction of Standing Rock Sioux burial grounds…
The following release has been sent out announcing an attempt to counter the drought conditions that threaten the Cowichan River. Cowichan Lake, (B.C.) – The Cowichan Tribes, Catalyst Paper, the…
This is the letter Peter Whittle got from his colleagues on the school councils federation executive. Whittle resigned today.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna with Industry Minister Jim Carr (left) and BC Premier Christy Clark (right) announcing the federal government’s approval of PNWLNG (Province of BC/Flickr) Developing…
The report is dated July 17, 1973, and stamped by the Department of the Environment. Scientists had undertaken a study of fish in the Skeena estuary due to proposals to…
I’m sorry to you Liberal faithful but it’s a more than fair question. What happened to all that stuff about the Liberals being progressive? Oh dear. The key players in…
The presidential debate in a nutshell
Shortly after I started my blog, 2005 if I recall correctly, I began putting together a list of the major challenges confronting mankind, indeed all life on Earth. Let me…
Am I right? Am I wrong? Let me know in comments! A year ago, the Conservative Party had become pretty lousy at government. A year later, the Conservative Party has…
Reading this piece that Rafe Mair posted to the Commonsense Canadian serves as a reminder of his value, his insights and his intestinal fortitude. Rafe writes what needs to…
Here, on how a recent spate of announcements signals that contrary to their campaign commitments in both theme and detail, there’s been little difference between the Trudeau Liberals and the…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Valerie Strauss discusses the disastrous effects of corporatized education in the U.S. And Alex Hemingway examines how B.C.’s government (like Saskatchewan’s) is…
You, the public, get shut out again. Less openness, less accountability, more secrecy, more Block. The annual general meeting (AGM) of Collus-PowerStream on October 6 – the local electrical utility…
SFH know he will lose – and we know you will want to celebrate after the US vote! No cover – come party with us and our friends on Thursday,…
Portugal reached a very significant milestone on its path to being fully powered by renewables by consuming energy only from sustainable resources for four days. Other countries are on similar…
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday September 29, 2016. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on…
The pundits are increasingly sceptical about Justin Trudeau. Nevertheless, Gerry Caplan writes, the public’s love affair with him continues. Even columnists for The Toronto Star — which generally supports his…
Although Donald Trump used to sleep with a copy of Hitler's speeches on his bedside table, I've tried to avoid comparing him to the Nazi dictator.For whatever he is Trump…