Pollution risks found at quarry near Shawnigan Lake
This is the sort of headline that has been placed at the top of most news stories about Shawnigan over the last few years. Christy Clark’s BC Liberal government have…
October 2016
Trump Has Spawned a New Art Genre
Could this be why they’re called “deplorables”?
A Running Tab – Trump Follies
It’s getting hard to keep straight the accounts being levelled at Donald Trump by women who say he took sexual liberties with them. To this end, Slate.com is going to…
Annual Fall Leaf Guide
City of Vancouver Information Bulletin October 13, 2016 Stormy fall and winter weather can cause clogged catch basins (also called storm drains) to flood. Help prevent flooding in your neighbourhood…
Annual Fall Leaf Guide
City of Vancouver Information Bulletin October 13, 2016 Stormy fall and winter weather can cause clogged catch basins (also called storm drains) to flood. Help prevent flooding in your neighbourhood…
B.C.’s Pipeline Incident Map Has Been Quietly Offline for Over a Month
The B.C. Oil and Gas Commission describes its vision as providing “oil and gas regulatory excellence for British Columbia’s changing energy future” and lists its values as “respectful, accountable, effective,…
A Beauty Queen Speaks Out
Donald Trump knows how he likes his beauty queens – naked and mute. After his bizarre attacks on a former Miss Universe, another contestant, a former Miss Arizona, Tasha Dixon,…
Australian Pols Divided on Donald Trump
Former Harper BFF and deposed prime minister, Tony Abbott, thinks Donald Trump is basically okay and says most of Trump’s supporters are not “deplorables.” Abbott seems to be a majority…
Trump Supporters Latest Pitch? "Repeal the 19th Amendment"
Some diehard Trump supporters are taking to Twitter to support the repeal of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution, the one that gave women the right to vote. Their…
New column day
Here, on Regina’s upcoming municipal election – and the need for voters to break with expectations to elect a municipal government far more willing to stand up for its constituents…
Well That’s Certainly Awkward
Four Republican members of Congress who denounced Donald Trump and retracted their endorsements of their party’s presidential nominee have now retracted their retractions. The quick reversals back to Mr. Trump’s…
Philosophy Will Help You Be (Happy)
Happiness can be a fleeting feeling, or it can be an ongoing emotion. It all comes down to how you approach the world and react to what you experience. In…
The ABCs of Making a Will Online
Today, I’m pleased to host this guest post by Sarah Smith, not least because I know how important it is to have a will if you are a disability parent,…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday October 13, 2016. Today we are talking about Family Law. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Oct…
From next week’s column: what is the word that best describes this?
Which brings us, in a circuitous fashion, to Donald Trump. There he stood in that second presidential debate, his sweaty features twisted in a sneer, stalking Hillary Clinton around the…
The Last Person Standing
Yesterday, Tony Clement dropped out of the Conservative leadership race and Chris Alexander dropped in. The Conservative ranks are teeming with ambition. But ambition is expensive. Brent Rathgeber writes: Running…
Donald Trump: Ego Unchained.
Some wit on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio opined the other night that the public corporation could no longer report on Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump as news. He thought it…
The Final Meltdown of the Monster Donald Trump
As we all know Donald Trump is now unshackled, going after the Democrats and the Republicans.And of course trying to smear Bill Clinton, even though he's not running for anything.But…
The politics of Sally Albright #nlpoli
A surprisingly large number of people loved Monday’s post about the political impotence of protesting against Muskrat Falls now that the thing is pretty much finished. As if to confirm…
How Far Will Men Go to Keep Their Entitlements?
How can you tell that America is suffering from a vast, intense, rageful male backlash against feminism? How can you tell men are struggling brutally hard to hold onto their…