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November 2016
National Caregivers Month: The Third Pillar is Patience
Patience. We learn it the hard way in caregiving. In this break-neck-speed society, caregivers are like student drivers, always trying to put our foot on the gas, but with ‘fate’,…
Heron With Still Life
Taken at Parc des Rapides a few weeks ago.
The Paris Agreement Is Now In Effect. In Canada You’d Never Know
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s performance at the UN Climate Summit in Paris last December wooed and amazed the international community. Fresh off the election circuit, Trudeau proudly proclaimed, “Canada is…
Ministerial Panel on Kinder Morgan Pipeline Actually Nails It
Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline proposal cannot proceed without a serious reassessment of its impacts on climate change commitments, indigenous rights and marine mammal safety. That was the conclusion of…
The Paris Agreement Is Now In Effect. In Canada You’d Never Know
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s performance at the UN Climate Summit in Paris last December wooed and amazed the international community. Fresh off the election circuit, Trudeau proudly proclaimed, “Canada is…
Young Canadian Eco-Terrorists Occupy Cathy McKenna’s Office. Terrorists Subdued by Overwhelming Wave of Weasel Words.
Look at these fiendish little bastards. These murderous eco-anarchists occupied EnviroMin, Dame Cathy’s office. They protested in response to Kinder Morgan president Ian Anderson’s claim that scientists are still debating…
Ministerial Panel on Kinder Morgan Pipeline Actually Nails It
Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline proposal cannot proceed without a serious reassessment of its impacts on climate change commitments, indigenous rights and marine mammal safety. That was the conclusion of…
Torkil Lauesen on Politics, Struggle, and The Global Perspective
In the 1970s and 80s, Torkil Lauesen was a member of a clandestine communist cell which carried out a series of robberies in Denmark, netting very large sums which were…
Musical interlude
Electrostatic – Duality (Fingertwister Remix)
Misrepresentation of Greens’ Position on Trade Smacks of Desperation
The following has been submitted to the Sudbury Star in response to a column by Michael Den Tandt published in the print version of the Star (referenced below) and online…
Misrepresentation of Greens’ Position on Trade Smacks of Desperation
The following has been submitted to the Sudbury Star in response to a column by Michael Den Tandt published in the print version of the Star (referenced below) and online…
Preventing Ovarian Cancer Program Logistics
I went down the road to genetic testing all because of a link I noticed on facebook in early May 2015 – just before my 50th birthday, from the POCP.…
Nov. 4: The Last Empire
In Wednesday’s editorial for the irving press, the writer praised the Canada Europe Trade Deal on the argument that free trade creates prosperity for all. That is pure rubbish. The…
Welcome to Cowichan Bay
Published on 6 Oct 2016 Welcome to Cowichan Bay, the first song on Pagan Lullabies, was composed and choreographed by Susan Rankin. Performed by her friends and family who hail…
What? Putin Wasn’t the Only One Who Noticed?
The damage is done. This presidential election campaign has left America’s reputation in tatters around the world. At this point it doesn’t even matter who wins. Harvard professor, Stephen Walt,…
Alberta’s Hundred Billion Dollar Hangover Cure
There’s these two guys, see? Regan Boychuk and Brent O’Neill. Two Albertans. They want to revive Alberta’s collapsed labour market while, at the same time, cleaning up the mess “up…
Parental and Caregiving Leaves
The very narrow and brief on-line consultations around parental and caregiving leaves finishes today. As we’ve done in the past, a coalition of community and labour organizations worked together to…
Martian Weather
Have a look at what Mars would look like if it had a proper weather satellite.
Think @realDonaldTrump knows how to run a campaign? Think again
Dear #USpoli #USelection: @realDonaldTrump's making robo calls in Canada. That ain't a campaign that knows what it's doing. Yours, #cdnpoli https://t.co/fczUGd1Zwr — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) November 4, 2016