Catalyst’s Crofton Pulp Mill Appears Headed For A Train Wreck
Don Maroc North Cowichan Mayor Lefebure Doesn’t Think It Is Necessary To Create A Budgetary Contingency Plan After a century and a half of deceit and duplicity you would think…
2016
This disappearing newspaper stuff
It’s affecting me more than I thought it would. I predicted it, I wrote about it, I analyzed it. But it has hit me – that his big, bad thing…
HOME: The Making of a Sanctuary
Guest Post by Vickie Cammack (Originally published in Safe and Secure: Six Steps to Creating a Good Life for People with Disabilities by Al Etmanski)For one glorious summer in the…
Feb. 6: I knew this would be a bad day……
…...when I opened the Canada and World Section to see that four of the eight pages were taken up with photos of babies born in 2015. In this world teetering…
On double majorities
Nathan Cullen's proposal for party representation on the Parliamentary committee reviewing electoral reform has received plenty of attention. But it might actually go much further than advertised to validate the…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Robert Atkinson discusses the need for corporate tax policy to encourage economic development rather than profit-taking and share inflation. And Jim Hightower notes that…
Stuff Still Happens, week 5: The trial of Jian Who, and Trump is trumped
The Iowa caucuses were held on Monday, and the picture for both parties is now crystal clear — I can say without fear of contradiction that Martin O’Malley will NOT…
Eating up the Hill: Centre Block Pho
I had other plans for lunch on Friday. Since I began working on the Hill I've either eaten out or just worked through lunch, but that can get pricey. So…
Eating up the Hill: Centre Block Pho
I had other plans for lunch on Friday. Since I began working on the Hill I've either eaten out or just worked through lunch, but that can get pricey. So…
This is where I was a week ago today
It is older than Stonehenge. Any guesses what it is?
Aesop is Still Relevant
A MONKEY perched upon a lofty tree saw some Fishermen casting their nets into a river, and narrowly watched their proceedings. The Fishermen after a while gave up fishing, and…
Let The Debate Begin
http://www.americandailynews.com/Last week, Chrystia Freeland signed the Trans Pacific Partnership. ...
Minister Monsef ‘s measure.
How would you like to have a job based on proving your boss is right? It seems the same as Canada’s Fraser Institute that is always commissioning studies designed to…
Rona Ambrose and the Con Pipeline Hysteria
By the way Rona Ambrose and the Con zombies have been clamouring for the Energy East pipeline to be built NOW, you might think that if it isn't we're all…
Difficulties mount for BC Liberal partner
French list Malaysian PM Najib Razak in bribery case file, The Australian, February 6, 2016Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is facing a new front in a multi-billion-dollar corruption scandal bedevilling…
The Complete History of Japan – In a Matter of Minutes
It's fast, it's fun - and it's sort of accurate. The history of Japan. Sit back, relax, enjoy.
TPP—trading down?
According to its proponents, the "trade" agreement the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will generate economic benefits to all parties by eliminating obstacles to trade and investment. A study out of Tufts…
Red Guards Austin – A Year Summation of the Life of a Militant Maoist Organization in the U.S. Central South (repost)
We received this summation of the Red Guards Austin collective and are publishing it with their permission. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Red Guards…
The Demolishing of Stephen Harper’s Legacy (Continued)
I can only imagine how Stephen Harper must be feeling as he watches his foul legacy slowly being demolished.But it can't be pretty, and it must be painful. Everything he…
Musical interlude
Iris - Closer To Real