Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended April 16, 2017, compiled on April 18, 2017, by Audreys Books…
A couple of days back I watched a few YouTube videos of my favourite Canadian airline, the legendary Wardair. Max Ward brought us the pinnacle of Canadian air travel and…
PHOTO: Stephen Mandel, would-be uniter of Alberta’s “centre,” when he was a Tory minister. The effort by a group of politicians previously associated with the Progressive Conservative, Liberal and Alberta…
We’ve got an election campaign underway out here on the Left Coast and John Horgan’s New Democrats are in hot pursuit of Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberal government. Something about Horgan…
You can read it right here. The New York Times Magazine this weekend tackles the urgent problem of climate change. On offer, an item on how mosquito-born diseases including zika…
Here. Good thing we’ve been sucking up to him and his kids, eh? Yep. Sure is working. President Donald Trump has called protectionist trade measures by the Canadian government “a…
Here. Calm down, John. The B.C. Liberals’ official Twitter feed, meanwhile, referenced a hashtag gaining steam on the social media platfom based on Clark asking Horgan to “calm down”: “#CalmDownJohn:…
We knew this was coming for a while now. Selfies, smiles and handshakes aside, we all knew that the time would arrive that saw Donald Trump targeting Canada, for something…
Assorted content to end your week. – Andrew Jackson discusses the problems with increased corporate concentration of wealth and power – including the need for a response that goes beyond…
In a dangerous world, you should sing this to your kids in the morning. I did with Son Four today. He grimaced.
There are parallels between the last days in Rome and the fall of the American Empire. Eric Morse writes: Applying ‘Fall of Rome’ memes to U.S. politics has been a…
And anyone allied with Russia, a new fascist state, is an enemy of democracy. FYI: Trump's ally Putin has outlawed Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, plans to shutter their churches &…
Ontario’s political pundits are all running with scissors these days forecasting the resignation of Premier Kathleen Wynne. Quite properly, she is scoffing at these rumours and promising to carry on.…
There are 179 days left until Edmontonians cast their votes to choose their next city council. With the spring approaching and prime campaigning weather just around the corner, candidates are…
There is a clear need for some critical thinking about the current approaches to these issues. Perhaps I am suffering from the excessive caution of old age – I wouldn’t…
Way back in the good ole days of 2010, B.C. released the Clean Energy Act, a plan that required the province to conserve massive amounts of energy. And, all in…
From 2005: “They’re always accusing us of repressing their speech,” she said. “I say let’s do it. Let’s repress them.”She later added, “Frankly, I’m not a big fan of the…
The Conservative Party of Canada maintains its support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, which is now doomed following the United States’s withdrawal earlier this year. The post Canadian Conservatives…
First came John Horgan leering at Christy Clark in the first B.C. Campaign 2017 debate: “I’ll watch you for a while. I know you like that.” That leering, creepy, condescending…
Right here. BC NDP leader is a condescending, sexist creep to BC's Premier. Because she's a woman. from Warren Kinsella on Vimeo.
