Some recent updates related to two federal by-elections soon expected to be called in Calgary: Haley Brown was acclaimed as the Liberal Party candidate in Calgary-Midnapore. Khalis Ahmed was acclaimed…
Last night at the Park Board meeting I supported the motion to refer the cetaceans in captivity plebiscite motion to staff for a report back to the Committee. I did…
Think about it. What are we going to do if Donald Trump takes a shine to our lithe, very attractive prime minister and decides to grab Justin by the pussy…
Is it Chris Alexander, he of the Barbaric Cultural Practices Snitch Line? I know, right. But it turns out, that among the even-more-racist Kellie Leitch, and the co-T***p admirer Kevin…
There’s a poem by W. H. Auden (1907-73) going the internet rounds these days with suggestions of Auden’s prescience towards the latest American president and contemporary politics. It’s a powerful…
Photo by Maëlick Canadian capitalism is in crisis, with household debt reaching a record high 166.9 per cent of disposable income and about 208 per cent of GDP, and wage…
Governments love buzzwords — probably because they roll off the tongue so nicely that people often overlook the fact they’re meaningless. Take one of the B.C. government’s favourite expressions of…
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, one of President-elect Donald Trump’s closest advisers during his campaign and his selection for U.S. attorney general, has longstanding and extensive ties to both anti-immigrant and…
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday January 24, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jan…
With every passing day Donald Trump slides deeper and deeper into madness. He can't accept that more people attended Obama's inauguration than attended his, despite the photographic evidence.The thought that…
Many people are troubled with the state of global politics and maybe you’re one of those bothered people. What are you going to do about it? Over at Grist they…
Even though global temperature records are being set, it must be reassuring to many in Trumpland that climate change is but a Chinese hoax. Now, if only Mother Nature would…
Countries die. Nations fade away. They do, they do. Great nations – however great they may be – are not eternal. Pierre Trudeau certainly thought so, some thirty years ago.…
I’m sorry, but this is awesome: Kevin O’Leary is the far-and-away front-runner for the Conservative leadership as the Opposition party gains slightly on the Liberals in overall voter preference, according…
Chris Hedges sees dark days ahead. The reincarnated robber barons are now in charge. And capitalism is in deep trouble: We are entering the twilight phase of capitalism. Wealth is…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Owen Jones writes that we should give credit for the failure of the Trans-Pacific Partnership to the popular opposition which will be…
The signs around the White House should read: Danger, Demagogue in power. And yes, there is no denying that President Donald Trump is a classical demagogue. Rational debate is now…
Someone in Gander Bay has been catching and selling quantities of smelt. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans received complaints, conducted in investigation, and laid charges against an adult who…
Belligerence is so 1980s. So is T***p, #AmericaFirst, #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, #MAGA, and…#BCFirst, the darling new BC Liberal Party meme ! But in BC we’ve had this whole century to get used…
