Local news media in the post-factual world #nlpoli
Chris O’Neill-Yates is a veteran CBC journalist. Like most people in her line of work, Chris is on Twitter plugging both her own work and commenting on events in the…
January 2017
An Open Letter to Justin Trudeau on Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, In the wake of Sunday’s horrendous terrorist attack on Quebec’s Muslim community, I am writing to ask that you forcefully condemn not just the shooting itself,…
Besties? BC Hydro and Premier’s Office Too Close for Comfort, Experts Suggest
Fast-tracking Site C dam construction before May’s provincial election is an unusual decision driven more by politics than need, according to a Canadian expert in Crown corporations who suggests the…
America’s Mass Psychosis. It Takes a Nation Gone Mad to Elect a Madman As Their President.
In 1984, Ronald Reagan won re-election with a campaign theme of “It’s morning again in America.” Well it’s morning again in America but it doesn’t feel the same. There’s a…
This week’s column: silence in the face of injustice is…our nation’s capital!
ABOARD WESTJET 2766 – Dear Justin, Tom and a Conservative player to be named later: Up here in the clouds above Canuckistan and Trumpland, jetting South, we cannot help but…
The Block lied. Told you so.
If you read the media release published by the Town of Collingwood this afternoon you will realized just how much you have been lied to these past two years. It’s…
Quebec City Massacre: solidarity in the face of horror
The Montreal Gazette editorial: Regardless of what they may have thought they were doing, in firing on innocent worshippers the gunmen were firing at all of us. And therefore it…
Quebec City Massacre: solidarity in the face of horror
The Montreal Gazette editorial: Regardless of what they may have thought they were doing, in firing on innocent worshippers the gunmen were firing at all of us. And therefore it…
Car Free in Sudbury, Day 4: 5 Minutes Late or 55 Minutes Early
5 minutes late or 55 minutes early. That was our conundrum on Sunday morning (Day 3) of our Car Free “Pilot Project”. Initially, we were happy to discover that the…
President Trump: Nationalist Capitalism, An Alternative to Globalization
Image from Public Domain During his inaugural speech, President Trump clearly and forcefully outlined the strategic political-economic policies he will pursue over the next four years. Anti-Trump journalists, editorialists, academics…
Mosque atrocity – hate driven or coincidence?
Canada has its First mass shooting in years. So tragic, and can’t help but note that a mosque was targeted. This is amid all of the hate being spewed by…
Car Free in Sudbury, Day 4: 5 Minutes Late or 55 Minutes Early
5 minutes late or 55 minutes early. That was our conundrum on Sunday morning (Day 3) of our Car Free “Pilot Project”. Initially, we were happy to discover that the…
Where is Lee Harvey Oswald Now That We Need Him? Oddly Enough, He’s Right Here.
But for Lee Harvey Oswald, America might be stuck with a deranged president – like the one they’ve got at the moment, the Great Orange Bloat. In the wake of…
10 things you can do to fight trump-era nazism
Like all good people, I am horrified by recent developments in the US, and like everyone who has being attention, not surprised. I take hope from the immediate and powerful…
Top 10 Legal Headlines
Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of January 30, 2017 from @wiselaw on Twitter. For links, visit 140Law at Wise Law Blog. For more information on…
Look who is in this week’s Hill Times opposing Trump!
Three Kinsellas, no less – Emma, Lisa and some old punk guy.
The Quick and Powerful Response by the ACLU
Image via Reddit. Over the weekend President Trump enacted what has come to be known as the Muslim Ban. Immediately protestors took to their nearby airports in act of solidarity…
Out Of Respect
Out of respect for those lives tragically cut short or otherwise affected by hatred in Montreal last night, I don’t feel it is appropriate to post on another topic today,…