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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.…
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 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 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…
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.…
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Backing Conrad Black Sabbath. Nobody dimebagged me. L-R: Steve Deceive, Bjorn von Flapjack III, Wink, Snipe
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…
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…