Petition to End Carding in London
Concerned about the Trump win in the US? How about the anti-gay, anti-abortion teen that just won the election in Niagara, Ontario? Take a stand. Take a small, important healthy…
November 2016
It’s the leadership, stupid!
Martin Regg Cohn of the Toronto Star is usually a quite astute observer of Queen’s Park and the political machinations there. What we did not know about him was that…
Donald Trump and the Strangelove Nightmare
For a moment yesterday I thought we were saved.When news leaked out that Donald Trump might make Mitt Romney his Secretary of State instead of the sleazy Rudy Giuliani. Or…
Another neo-Nazi attack in Ottawa
The Trump Virus spreads, again. The 88 means "Heil Hitler." The 14 is the 14 words: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White Children."…
Canadian war grave destroyed by illegal salvagers #nlpoli
A recent survey of the waters around Indonesia by researchers using three-dimensional sonar imaging has confirmed that illegal salvagers have decimated the graves of thousands of Allied sailors who died…
The Arctic’s Death Spiral
It’s that bastard, Rossby. Blame Rossby. The Arctic is again overheating a lot like last year. Winter is setting in except it’s not, not really. Something is totally off. The…
Fascism & Anti-Fascism (Don Hammerquist)
an excerpt from Confronting Fascism: Discussion Documents for a Militant Movement This paper is directed towards a narrow audience of revolutionary activists who, hopefully, will not demand a finished product.…
Happy happy happy
#PCPO: happy they won the Niagara seat, big. #OLP: happy they won the Ottawa seat, big. #PCPO & #OLP: both happy Marin lost. Heh. #onpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) November…
National Day of Action Against Dakota Access Pipeline Draws Thousands
Responding to a call issued by the Standing Rock leadership, on November 15, thousands of indigenous activists and their allies took to the streets for a National Day of Action…
Canada after Trump: Harold Innis and What to Do When Empires Go Crazy
The Americans shocked the rest of the world by electing Donald Trump last Tuesday. Pierre Trudeau suggested that Canada’s proximity to the US was like “sleeping with an elephant”, and…
Canadian soldier dies on Jordanian training mission
Major Scott Foote, a logistics officer with 1 Canadian Division in Kingston, Ontario, died on Thursday while on a training mission in Jordan. Foote was found unconscious in a gymnasium…
Fracking Fluid Caused Months-Long Earthquake Events In Alberta: New Study
Fracking has induced earthquakes in northwest Alberta, some of which have lasted for months due to residual fracking fluid, according to a new study published in Science Today. Earthquakes induced…
Fracking Fluid Caused Months-Long Earthquake Events In Alberta: New Study
Fracking has induced earthquakes in northwest Alberta, some of which have lasted for months due to residual fracking fluid, according to a new study published in Science today. Earthquakes induced…
Thoughts from Vancouver: Stigma’s role in discrimination
In a little more than an hour, I will be participating in a consultation with Canadian Blood Services. They drew my ire after a stunt earlier this year in which…
Floor Crossing! What to make of Tory MLA Sandra Jansen joining the NDP?
Progressive Conservative Calgary-North West MLA Sandra Jansen took to the podium with Premier Rachel Notley this afternoon to announce that she is crossing the floor to join the governing New…
Former PC leadership candidate Sandra Jansen, subjected by Tories to ‘intimidation and harassment,’ joins NDP caucus
PHOTOS: Sandra Jansen and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley at today’s news conference (CBC Photo). Below: Conservative leadership front-runner Jason Kenney. Ten days ago ago she was a credible candidate for…
Collusion
R. v. Clause, 2016 ONCA 859: Collusion can arise both from a deliberate agreement to concoct evidence, as well as from communication among witnesses that can have the effect, whether…
Earth to America: Trump’s Not the Centre of the Universe (Or the Climate)
The UN climate talks seemed to grind to slow motion this week with the much-hyped, much-anticipated arrival of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Kerry arrived late for his scheduled…
Earth to America: Trump’s Not the Centre of the Universe (Or the Climate)
The UN climate talks seem to grind to slow motion this week with the much-hyped, much-anticipated arrival of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Kerry arrived late for his scheduled…
My new hoodie arrived
…and I intend to wear across Canada, as well as in rural, all-white areas in Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. If they still let registered Trump-hating liberals past their wall,…