Mr. Glass Half-Full
Assassination in Turkey. Terror attack in Berlin. Shooting in Zürich mosque. Electoral college confirms Trump. 2017 will be like Monday was. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 20, 2016
Assassination in Turkey. Terror attack in Berlin. Shooting in Zürich mosque. Electoral college confirms Trump. 2017 will be like Monday was. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 20, 2016
The House of Assembly passed a bill during the last sitting that would allow the government to publish a list every year of all the people working for government who…
PHOTOS: MLA Sandra Jansen makes an impassioned plea in the Alberta Legislature on Nov. 22, calling out the hate and misogyny she has endured since announcing she was running for…
Combing through Hansard, I frequently come across amusing, witty and interesting transcripts of debates that have occurred in the Alberta Legislature since the record keeping service began 45 years ago.…
PHOTOS: Yon Fildebrandt has that lean and hungry look … Wildrose Leader Brian Jean, right, and his finance critic, still, Derek Fildebrandt, in happier times. Below: Wildrose MLAs Drew Barnes,…
Inspiration sometimes comes in the unlikeliest places. In this case, it came at Lee’s Palace on Tuesday night of last week. The Toronto club was dark, sweaty and noisy –…
Tomorrow is the last day of autumn which means it is also the last day of L’automne (please drop by and like the page if you haven’t already). One of…
One of the most common comments voters make about politicians is “I wish they would just tell us the truth.” If only that were true. But it isn’t. Voters don’t…
Edmonton-South West MLA Thomas Dang announced last week that he plans to introduce a private members’ bill into Alberta’s Legislative Assembly in the 2017 spring session that would abolish Daylight…
One of the most common comments voters make about politicians is “I wish they would just tell us the truth.” If only that were true. But it isn’t. Voters don’t…
This article originally appeared on The Tyee. Another U.S. study has found that hydraulic fracking, which triggers small- to medium-sized earthquakes, can change the chemistry and quality of groundwater. The…
Monday, December 19, 2016 At West Coast we’re buckling down to protect the Salish Sea, the global atmosphere, and future generations – a journey that will take us through 2017…
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Danielle Martin highlights how investments in ending poverty including a basic income can improve health outcomes among other key social indicators: Far more…
Follow the continuing saga of life after inauguration. How will BigHands dance with China towards WWIII? Read and share “Lighting Up Hughes” – 21c at http://ow.ly/4PiR307hrIV
As the Electoral College convenes today to annoint Donald J. Trump the next president of the United States, Henry Giroux serves up another timely warning – this time about the…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUCwCgthp_E https://southfront.org/new-data-more-than-100-us-uk-israeli-french-turkish-advisers-were-allowed-to-leave-aleppo/ Two readers sent me the items above – and I thank them because I would certainly never have found these in our mainline news media. We’ll start with…
BC First Nations Chiefs Roland Wilson, Liz Logan and Stewart Phillip took their anti-Site C message to Ottawa – to no avail (Liz Logan/ Twitter) This week I said I…
For years I’ve been calling for a democratic restoration in Canada. We’re still a democracy but we dare not take that for granted, not when liberal democracy is on the…
This may sound controversial but, really, it shouldn’t. The NYT’s Paul Krugman looks ahead to the ascendancy of Trump & Company and is drawn to images of the Fall of…
Please take note that this is not the official UNESCO report of the forum, but only my personal report as invited international expert. The Regional Forum on ICTs in Higher…