The losers are lurking.
It must be Halloween in the air. Losers from the last federal election are gathering. There will be a provincial election in 2018 and the Conservative losers from the last…
October 2016
My pal Tim Powers coins a line for the ages
“If the Conservative party was a musical genre, it would be country music.” Genius. Oh, and Mad Max likes guns a lot. Surprise, surprise.
Sunshine, lollipops, and fluffy kittens #nlpoli
Finance minister Cathy Bennett read words that tried to make the provincial government’s financial situation sound better than it was forecast to be last spring. For all the wonderful words…
On Justified Worry
I’m going to be writing more personally for a bit. I have a lot to get off my chest. Literally. I’m getting a double mastectomy today and an oophorectomy for…
Never mind the evidence! Full speed ahead! An expert unpacks Alberta’s unending experiment in health care staffing
PHOTOS: Nursing professional responsibility advisor Joshua Bergman addresses UNA’s annual general meeting in Edmonton Wednesday (Dave Cournoyer photo). Below: Conservative premier Ralph Klein, whose government began the province’s long experiment…
Moving the Goal Line
SOURCE: CBC News: Opposition Vows to Fight Government on What in Means to “Privatize” SOURCE: CJME News: Government of Sask. Changes Definition of “Privatize” when it Comes to Crown Corps.…
Moving the Goal Line
SOURCE: CBC News: Opposition Vows to Fight Government on What in Means to “Privatize” SOURCE: CJME News: Government of Sask. Changes Definition of “Privatize” when it Comes to Crown Corps.…
How a controversial dam threatens rights of Canada’s indigenous Innu people
The controversial Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador, Canada, “relies on local Innu people giving up their own lands.” It “joins a long history of dispossession in North America.” The…
New column day
Here, comparing the Conservative Party’s leadership race based on fear and division to the NDP’s which looks set to bring a progressive coalition together. For further reading…– Bob Hepburn also…
Actor Mark Ruffalo Breaks Through The Corporate Media’s Refusal To Provide Coverage Of The Illegal Police Actions And Violence In South Dakota
Also see this report (VIDEOS) from Common Dreams
B.C. NDP big on ‘bold’ ideas for election platform to challenge Liberals
The march to the BC provincial election May 2017 has begun and BC NDP leader John Horgan has asked for bold ideas that could become part of the BC NDP…
Michael Moore gets Trump supporters
This is the canny Moore’s assessment of The Donald’s appeal to so many millions of American voters: MICHAEL MOORE: I know a lot of people in Michigan that are planning…
Still Life With Pasta #16
At the river today…
Does anyone still read books?
I came across an early version of this infographic on Facebook and it shook me to my core. You can see it here. The updated and corrected infographic is shown…
Canada’s Health Care ranked 30th in world by WHO – Time to admit we have a problem
Photo: Bob M~ / Flickr CC Licence Well, we’ve let it go a very long time – perhaps for so long that a better brand of chaos is all we…
It’s Got Everything, Even a Sarah Palin Cameo
If you liked “The Producers”, you’ll love this:
Federal Government Hit With Multiple Legal Challenges Against Pacific Northwest LNG Project
The federal government’s approval of the $36-billion Pacific Northwest liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal proposed for Flora Bank near Prince Rupert, B.C. violates First Nations rights and was based…
The Republican Civil War. It’s Already Underway.
Donald Trump has stopped fundraising for the Republican Party that he feels has openly betrayed him. The Republican leadership is turning on the outsider candidate who captured their party, inflicted…
Federal Government Hit With Multiple Legal Challenges Against Pacific Northwest LNG Project
The federal government’s approval of the $36-billion Pacific Northwest liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal proposed for Flora Bank near Prince Rupert, B.C. violates First Nations rights and was based…
Review: Coming Up Short
Coming Up Short sets out to ask what it is like to come of age as a working-class person in contemporary North America, and ends up answering — or at…