An Open Letter to My Ward Councillor, Fern Cormier, Regarding the Events Centre
I am writing to you today to express my thoughts on the matter of a new events centre for our community, which I understand Council will be discussing at its…
June 2017
Wilderness Committee mourns the passing of Gwen Barlee
For Immediate Release – June 23 2017 VANCOUVER – The Wilderness Committee is deeply saddened by the passing of Gwen Barlee, one of Canada’s leading environmental advocates. Barlee worked as…
June 23: The curse of living in interesting times.
In my last blog, I mentioned that the wealthiest 1% of the U.S. population now holds 71% of all the wealth in the country. There is a similar pattern in…
Never retreat, never retract…
BC Hydro suffers a lack of managerial competence, contempt for fiduciary responsibilities, a disregard for present day energy realities and, perhaps most important, a failure of vision. The first exists…
Obstruction of Justice Under Wraps: the Dred Scott Case
U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly tweets that he is the victim of a “witch hunt”. Special counsel Robert Mueller is conducting an investigation into the Trump administration’s dealings with Russia…
Obstruction of Justice Under Wraps: the Dred Scott Case
U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly tweets that he is the victim of a “witch hunt”. Special counsel Robert Mueller is conducting an investigation into the Trump administration’s dealings with Russia…
Obstruction of Justice Under Wraps: the Dred Scott Case
U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly tweets that he is the victim of a “witch hunt”. Special counsel Robert Mueller is conducting an investigation into the Trump administration’s dealings with Russia…
Saturday Photo: Bonne fête nationale, Happy St Jean Baptiste Day
So, I’m actually posting on Friday, not Saturday. That’s because it seems like the weekend already. Jeanne’s school was finished yesterday, so she and Elin spent the night, after a…
A Review of Naomi Klein’s "No Is Not Enough."
Ian Gill has done a fine review of Klein’s latest. I’ll leave it to him. Better Gill than an old cynic like me.
Improv and a mark
Something for a coldish day It was a small thing at the time. Or so it seemed. But watching the after-show improv set at Second City, and doing some time…
Snippet from next week’s column: what movie character reminds you of Justin Trudeau?
I love the movie, still, and I also think the comparison works. If you disagree, tell us what movie character he most resembles? He’s hard to hate. Tom Mulcair and…
Perhaps They’re Right
The Republican Party has dropped all its pretences. With Donald Trump in the White House, they no longer have to pretend that their mission is to protect the little guy.…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Patrick Gossage discusses the desperate need for Canadian governments at all levels to take meaningful action to eliminate poverty: The reality is that…
Donald Trump and the 2020 Nightmare
Donald Trump has only been in office for five months, but to me and I'm sure many others all over the world it seems longer than that. Much longer.So you…
The Trials of Trump’s Translators.
The news that there is a serious search underway to replace President Trump’s loyal White House spokesman Sean Spicer is sad. That poor befuddled man has become something of a…
It’s official: declarations of Cathy Heron and Cam MacKay mean there’ll be a real fight to be mayor of St. Albert this fall
PHOTOS: Cathy Heron announces her plan to run for mayor of St. Albert last night. Below: Mayoral candidate Cam MacKay, retiring Mayor Nolan Crouse, and Morinville Mayor Lisa Holmes. ST.…
Get Your Head Around This. Is 9 the Number of Symmetry in Nature?
What do you think?
SFH at the Linsmore
Backing Conrad Black Sabbath. Nobody dimebagged me. L-R: Steve Deceive, Bjorn von Flapjack III, Wink, Snipe
All roads lead to Red Deer and the Alberta Party for homeless politicos
Red Deer and the Alberta Party are frequent destinations for disaffected politicos in search of a new political home. Katherine O’Neill Led by former Progressive Conservative Party president Katherine O’Neill…
Prying Canada Free of the Death Grip of Neoliberalism While There’s Still Time.
It’s time for Ottawa to put the Canadian people ahead of the interests of corporations. In fact, that’s the indispensable key to breaking the death grip of neoliberalism on our…