Neanderthals
Donald Trump’s cabinet choices make it clear that one of his administration’s prime directives will be to protect and entrench the fossil fuel industry. George Monbiot writes: Trump is the…
January 2017
Trustee Compensation: Small Numbers That Add Up
BY PAUL ADAM, ASSOCIATE LAWYER Some might feel that being an Estate Trustee is an utterly thankless job. I’m here today to tell you thatisn’t totally accurate. Trustees are entitled…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Liam Byrne argues that it’s long past time to reevaluate an economic framework which has produced only highly concentrated wealth for a lucky…
Let’s have a truce for Mr. Trump’s day.
It all becomes real today. That person will become President of the United States of America and there is nothing we can do about it. We can share our shock…
Donald Trump and the Road To Nuclear War
It was one of the worst and most depressing sights I have ever seen. Donald Trump and his ghastly family standing there in the shadow of the great Lincoln, who…
Apocalypse Now
I'll be on @CityNews today for #Inauguration coverage. I'll be easy to spot, too: I'll look like I'm at a funeral. #uspoli #cdnpoli. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 20, 2017
Ratings trump truth #nlpoli
Sometimes the universe delivers you the magical set of circumstances you just can’t ignore. Danny Williams turned up at the St. John’s Board of Trade luncheon on Thursday to deliver…
Good Morning America ….
Courtesy David Rowe, Australia (click to enlarge) To quote the writers of Monty Python's Flying Circus ... "And now for something completely different."
Good Morning America ….
Courtesy David Rowe, Australia(click to enlarge) To quote the writers of Monty Python’s Flying Circus … “And now for something completely different.”
Seriously? Tories about to dump candidate Jason Kenney, columnist predicts …
PHOTOS: Members of the Progressive Conservative Party executive get ready to send Jason Kenney down the old skid road. … Actual Tory executive members may not appear exactly as described…
Good Morning America ….
Courtesy David Rowe, Australia(click to enlarge) To quote the writers of Monty Python’s Flying Circus … “And now for something completely different.”
The world does indeed need more Canada
I wrote the title to this post with some reluctance. I am not a patriot and have little use for flag-waving. Nonetheless, I believe Barack Obama was right when he…
Our Inaugural Tribute to the Unpresident
Sing along. It beats drowning your sorrows.
The world does indeed need more Canada
I wrote the title to this post with some reluctance. I am not a patriot and have little use for flag-waving. Nonetheless, I believe Barack Obama was right when he…
New column day
Here, on the options available to the Wall government in responding to a budget deficit other than to renew its attacks on Saskatchewan’s public servants – and why we shouldn’t…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Peter Goodman observes that any meaningful action to build a more equal economy needs to involve bolstering wages and workers’ rights –…
Athabasca U’s future seems brighter as Saskatchewan prof named to conduct sustainability review
PHOTOS: The participants in this morning’s Athabasca University news conference in Edmonton. From left to right: Saskatchewan Professor Ken Coates, Athabasca University Board Chair Margaret Mrazek, Advanced Education Minister Marlin…
A Wake for the Dreamland by Laurel Deedrick-Mayne tops YEG bestseller list
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Jan. 13, 2017, compiled on Jan. 17, 2017, by Audreys Books…
The rough beast, his hour come round at last
It's the eve of destruction. Literally. #uspoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 19, 2017
Harper Humps Trump
Beijing Butt-Kisser Extraordinaire, Sideshow Steve Harper, has slithered back into public view to praise what he predicts will be Donald Trump’s hostility to China. Harper says Trump will erase the…