Stuff Still Happens, week 52: Let’s recap 2016 … sorry, it’s the law.
Yeah, yeah, I know. It was a terrible year. One of the worst in recent memory. But the rule for anyone who writes a weekly blog or column is that…
December 2016
A New Year Reflection for My Fellow Caregivers
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! This is a beautiful reflection by my friend and fellow caregiving author, the wonderful Julie Keon. I had the privilege of writing the foreword to Julie’s…
A New Year Reflection for My Fellow Caregivers
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! This is a beautiful reflection by my friend and fellow caregiving author, the wonderful Julie Keon. I had the privilege of writing the foreword to Julie’s…
Rafe’s New Year’s letter to Trudeau: Time for PM to get to know BC…for real
Justin Trudeau hasn’t learned much about BC in the time he lived here and from visits like this one to the central coast in 2014 (Flickr/Justin Trudeau) Dear Prime Minister…
Happy New Year, Everyone
Just in the nick of time I stumbled across what I’d been looking for, something to inspire and lift spirits for New Year Eve. It came in the form of…
Saturday Photo: For Peaceful New Year…
And in hopes that not everything is swept away by the Trump Train…
Saturday Photo: For Peaceful New Year…
And in hopes that not everything is swept away by the Trump Train…
Time to Knock Down Liberal Straw Men on Climate Change & Carbon Pricing
Climate change has been one of the biggest news stories of 2016. It was hard not to trip over an article or editorial in the daily newspaper that didn’t mention…
How Ottawa Ruined Vancouver
The federal government utterly ruined Vancouver. That’s the conclusion of three former British Columbia politicians who, together, represent the breadth of mainstream politics – a Liberal, a New Democrat, and…
Time to Knock Down Liberal Straw Men on Climate Change & Carbon Pricing
Climate change has been one of the biggest news stories of 2016. It was hard not to trip over an article or editorial in the daily newspaper that didn’t mention…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your year. – Michelle Chen writes that wealth inequality and social stratification are only getting worse in the U.S. And Edwin Rios and Dave Gilson chart…
Best parts of 2016, give or take
This picture was taken in Kennebunkport, by the by. When the Unpresident takes over, this sort of gathering of Leftie foreigners will be outlawed. To commenters and regulars: Happy New…
2016: In Memoriam
2016 was a terrible year on many, many fronts. Compounding those tragedies in which human beings played major contributing roles was the one over which we have no influence: death.…
Thank you and Happy New Year
Twenty seventeen will arrive one second later than expected, thanks to the addition of a leap second added to balance the atomic clocks with the Earth’s actual time. One more…
The Hideous Year 2016 and the Last Cheerful Nation.
Well the cursed year 2016 is almost over, and like the rest of you I'm rushing off to the year 2017, to try escape the dying old man's murderous scythe.…
The Day Trump’s Bromance With Putin Overheated
You might think Donald Trump would want to keep his passionate bromance with Vladimir Putin under wraps, or at least under control.Especially after the Obama administration just punished his friend…
No Time For Complacency
Tomorrow, we enter our 150th year. In 1867, John A.Macdonald’s dream seemed like a shot in the dark against Manifest Destiny. We’ve flirted with failure, but we’ve managed to survive…
Happy New Year to Casino Rama.
Many of us have a local pub, restaurant or Legion hall where people know you and make you welcome. We feel that way about our local casino. We have gotten…
A Happy New Year to all – seriously, to all of you – as AlbertaPolitics.ca begins its 10th year of publication
PHOTOS: Some of the high points … This one was taken about the time I broke the story that Danielle Smith would be running for the leadership of the “upstart”…
Musical interlude
Delerium feat. JES – Stay