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…
September 2016
Who Supports Kellie Leitch’s Canadian Values Test? A Case Study
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…
Over 1280 archaeologists and historians denounce Dakota Access Pipeline
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…
Climate Change Hits Home in Cowichan Valley Where High-volume Water Pumps will Prevent Cowichan River from Running Dry
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…
The letter Peter Whittle got #nlpoli
This is the letter Peter Whittle got from his colleagues on the school councils federation executive. Whittle resigned today.
Rafe: With LNG approval, Trudeau govt shows true colours…but we shouldn’t be suprised
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 40-Year-Old Federal Salmon Study That Should Have Killed Pacific Northwest LNG
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…
The Tyee Asks – Has Justin Out-Harpered the Conservatives?
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…
Who Needs the Pundits’ Take When We’ve Got Samantha Bee
The presidential debate in a nutshell
Let’s Stop Digging this Hole
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…
A snippet from next week’s column: how are the Tories doing?
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…
Rafe: Why Judges should be judged too
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…
New column day
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…
Thursday Morning Links
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’re not invited. Again.
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…
Come celebrate sanity!
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 Joins Other Countries by Running Only on Renewable Energy
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…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
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…
That’s When It Gets Tough
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…
Donald Trump and the Rise of Adolf Hitler
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…