Dispatches from British Columbia: This is what you call a close election
VICTORIA, B.C. This is what you call a close election. When your blogger gave up and packed it in for the night, the vote in the British Columbia general election…
May 2017
WHY WON’T ANYONE HELP?!
Yesterday, I read an excellent blog post titled “Asking for Help” on the Caregiver Space. The article is chock full of good ideas and practical advice. It was the comments…
Canada’s 200 Megatonne Challenge
13 years ago, Jean Chretien’s federal Liberal government rolled out the One-Tonne Challenge – a public education campaign that ultimately became Canada’s most recognizable climate change initiative. Comedian Rick Mercer,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Floored cats.
Former prosecutor and CNN analyst: “a grotesque abuse of power by the President”
Pres. Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey is a "grotesque abuse of power," legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin says https://t.co/49ZSr5bsqi pic.twitter.com/PIFInsZ6XI — CNN (@CNN) May 9, 2017
Trump Fires Comey
FBI Director, James Comey, has been fired by Donald Trump. Trump, along with his associates, are under active investigation by the FBI. “Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director…
Déjà vu all over again
History has a way of repeating itself, you dumb orange sonofabitch.
Dear BC: wish I was out there with you tonight
I think it will be a good night for my friends.
Beach Washed Away in 1984, Returns
This is an interesting development for an Irish coastal town. Their beach was washed out to sea during storms in 1984, and this year without warning, it came back.
French President Elect: Unveiling The Golden Boy Emmanuel Macron
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:19045:French-President-Elect%3A-Unveiling-The-Golden-Boy-Emmanuel-Macron Filed under: Uncategorized
Canada’s 150th: A Québécois View
Each sovereign state can choose the date of its national holiday. Generally, this date recalls the accession to independence. The United States, for example, chose to emphasize each year their…
Ten things to know about social assistance in Canada
I’ve just written a blog post about social assistance in Canada. Points raised in the blog post include the following: -Social assistance has two contradictory objectives: 1) to give people…
The Donald Trump and Michael Flynn Show
They used to work together so well, like two old soft shoe shufflers on the election campaign circuit. Donald Trump singing out "Lyin' Hillary Clinton" and Gen. Michael Flynn leading…
Goodreads Giveaway Winners Announced!
The Goodreads Giveaway for Road through Time: The Story of Humanity on the Move ended on the weekend. Here are the winners: Kal Adler, Steven Telly and Muayad Aldarweesh. They…
Justin Trudeau to the Haundenosanee
Here’s three things that the Prime Minister said when he announced his party’s policies as they relate to indigenous people: To begin, I would like to recognize the Haundenosanee, on…
Perspectives on Anarchist Theory in Canada
Perspectives on Anarchist Theory is the annual publication of the Institute for Anarchist Studies; it includes recent essays by IAS-supported writers, feature articles with anarchist views on contemporary issues, book…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday May 9, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law. Ontario employees are prohibited from discrimination and harassment against any…
Sham 69! Off With Their Heads!
Picked up tickets this morning for Off With Their Heads (next week) and the original Sham 69 (next month). Stoked. Here’s two of the two bands’ best.
Bernier
The number of Conservative leadership candidates continues to shrink. Erin O’Toole dropped out the other day. And, if the polls are correct, Maxime Bernier continues to lead the pack. But,…