Why Donald Trump Will Almost Certainly End Up Resigning
Donald Trump has been at General John Kelly's School for Bullies and Blowhards for two days now, and it does seem to be restraining his worst instincts.He hasn't had a…
August 2017
Groovy! It’s the Summer of Love for the UCP! Should the NDP despair? Not really
PHOTOS: Cool, man, it’s the Summer of Love! Alberta’s conservatives, grooving to the beat of the Jason Kenney Experience, say: Tune in, turn on, and (if you’re a progressive voter)…
What You Need to Know About the B.C. Utilities Commission and the Site C Dam
Until 11:13 on Monday morning, the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) had a website that was as much of a snoozer as its name. It had tiny lines of text and…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Outbound cats.
Follow the Law or the Law will Follow You
Taser torturing a teen for what purpose?
Five Ways Alberta Can Raise the Bar on Methane Regulations
Environmental organizations, labour groups and technology companies are calling on Alberta Premier Rachel Notley to take decisive action on methane emissions from oil and gas activities. Methane is a particularly…
CBC makes some smart moves
Full disclosure: I hadn’t watched The National in a long time. It was just, well, boring. Sorry, Peter et al. These changes at The National are therefore smart – and…
US Occupation of Venezuela Has Already Begun and Is Being Conducted by ExxonMobil
Image from Public Domain Exxon wants to topple Venezuela for geopolitical and geo-economic reasons ExxonMobil awarded contracts to Guyana for infrastructure, drilling and storage with a view to extracting the…
Momentum is getting ready to help Labour win the next election – and beyond
Photo by New Statesman Disparaged and smeared for almost two years, Momentum came out fighting during the general election campaign, spurred on by a sense of idealism which ended up…
Ontario long-term care staffing falls far short of other provinces
CUPE is campaigning for a legislated minimum average of four worked hours of nursing and personal care per resident per day in long-term care (LTC) facilities. New research indicates that…
10 Things Albertans Might Actually Like About Their Carbon Tax
It’s been a full six months since Alberta introduced its economy-wide carbon levy and the sky has not fallen. In fact, unlike what many politicians and pundits were predicting ahead…
Trump Readies for War
Where will Trump attack this fall? That’s a question that’s been bandied about for some time in foreign policy circles. Iran has been one of the designated front runners. Vying…
Was Scaramucci Goaded Into How Own Demise?
In a word, the White House got punked. Some Brit managed to infiltrate the email system, firing off incendiary emails while posing as Jared Kushner, Reince Priebus and Steve Bannon.…
Must We Really Befoul Our Water? Can’t We Leave Something Alone?
A huge dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Said to be the largest ever. Fish dying in countless millions. Industrial agriculture to blame. Algae blooms caused by the discharge…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily Law Fact from Wise Law for Tuesday August 1st, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law. If your employment agreement prohibits you from competing with…
Parsing Conservative Lies
Recently, newly-selected Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer wrote a column condemning the compensation awarded to Omar Khadr for the violation of his rights as a Canadian citizen. Not only did…
5% – How Do You Like Them Odds?
Five percent. One in 20. Two new studies suggest that we’ve left climate change unanswered for so long that we have the slimmest of odds of avoiding dangerous levels of…
Use Happiness Research to Maximize Vacations
Regular readers already know that going on vacation is good for one’s happiness and there are ways to travel while keeping a small carbon footprint. It can be hard to…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Cathy Crowe writes that there’s no excuse for putting off action to provide housing to people who need it – not only…
This Just In: Full Page, Back Cover Ad for Road through Tiime in the NYReview of Books!
It was a quiet evening yesterday until my husband shouted from upstairs that I had to take a look at the new New York Review of Books. So I scurried…