Will The Conservatives Move Left?
Not very likely, says David Orchard, who was betrayed by Peter Mackay, when Orchard threw his support behind Mackay's bid for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party. Mackay threw…
2016
The Oracle on the Parkway #nlpoli
Crude oil was trading north of US$50 a barrel for about 30 seconds this week.What with the government's cash deficit being $3.0 billion and all, CBC had someone write up…
The Day Rona Ambrose Called Justin Trudeau a Woman
It was a bizarre apparition. At the Con convention yesterday during a discussion on how to modernize the Harper Party, MP Marilyn Gladu came out dressed as the Grim Reaper.…
UPDATED: Wildrose Party Finance Critic Derek Fildebrandt suspended from Opposition caucus by Brian Jean over Tweet
PHOTO: Wildrose Finance Citic Derek Fildebrandt was suspended by the party caucus last night by Leader Brian Jean. Below: Mr. Jean, Twitterer Dave Beninger and NDP MLA Deb Drever (CBC…
Times Colonist Editorial Judgment Unbalanced Regarding Steelhead LNG-Malahat Nation Proposal
Here is a Classic Spin Job Courtesy of the Times Colonist. Renee Racette, chief executive of the Malahat Nation. Photograph By BRUCE STOTESBURY, Times Colonist By Andrew Duffy-Times Colonist…
End Homelessness, Spare Tent Cities, Academics Tell BC Government
In a letter released Friday, more than 100 academics and researchers asked the government of British Columbia to spare tent cities and invest in "real solutions to homelessness". The post…
America Suspends Supply of Cluster Bombs to Saudi Arabia
Thank God Canada doesn't produce cluster bombs or else Steffie Dion would have writer's cramp signing the contracts. From Foreign Policy:Frustrated by a growing death toll, the White House has…
Musical interlude
Seven Lions feat. Kerli - Worlds Apart
National Observer – How Canadian Journalists Have Failed to Solve the Murder of Their Own Profession
Vancouver's alternative media outlet, the National Observer, says that Canada needs to go after Facebook and Google for millions of dollars in unpaid taxes.Canada's newspapers are bleeding money. The problem…
May 27: Get mad. Please.
Today's irving headline is not only the cheapest of sensationalism passing as news, it shows a stunning ignorance of recent history, and an insensitivity to Irish Catholics in general .…
Major US Study Links Cell Phones to Cancer
A new report released by the US National Institutes of Health has reignited the cell phone/cancer issue. A major, multi-year study concludes that cell phone exposure is linked to two…
It’s Not Just Americans Who Need to Fear Donald Trump. It’s Humanity.
Where is Lee Harvey Oswald, now that we need him? Donald Trump vows to derail the Paris climate agreement, virtually ending any prospect of averting runaway global warming. This man…
Now What Do You Think the Chances Are?
Was he trying to convey a message to the people that, if they vote to leave the EU, this is the future that awaits them?There he was, Britain's own prime…
Let’s Remember Where and What We Were Back When
Something to dwell on over the weekend.
London’s vision prescription eyeglasses
Both Federal and Provincial governments are encouraging transit systems to move to electrical Light Rail Rapid Transit systems, as opposed to motor driven buses. They are providing grants of large…
BC Hydro Publicly Criticizes Scientists and Academics Calling for Site C Construction Halt
BC Hydro has come out swinging against the Royal Society of Canada and 250 of Canada’s top scientists and academics that recently called for a stop to construction of the…
BC Hydro Publicly Criticizes Scientists and Academics Calling for Site C Construction Halt
BC Hydro has come out swinging against the Royal Society of Canada and 250 of Canada’s top scientists and academics that recently called for a stop to construction of the…
When It Comes to Climate Change, the Real Killer Is All In Your Mind.
It's not severe drought or epic floods, some of them lasting months or years. It's not severe storm events of ever increasing frequency, duration and intensity. It's not sea level…
An independent Senate … OMG, now what?
I had a very interesting conversation with a friend yesterday. He was asking for advice on how to approach the Senate now that he needs to convince more than just…