Hell freezes over, etc.
My Daisy colleague Rob shot this. It’s Ben Mulroney and me talking about protecting NAFTA on CTV’s Your Morning. Him, the son of the guy who ushered in free trade,…
September 2017
‘Corrupt Kathleen’ campaign comes to Canada.
It hardly took long. Sleaze spreads. The Ontario Conservatives had to think of something to overcome their lack of leadership, ethics, ideas and policies. When your party leader is a…
Between the lines, Calgary MLA Rick Fraser’s UCP resignation letter is an indictment of Wildrose-ified party
PHOTOS: Rick Fraser in a screenshot from the Legislature of Alberta. Below: Legislative loners Greg Clark, David Swann and Richard Starke, Calgary MP Kent Hehr, and environmentalist and former Green…
The Fractured States of America
A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that white Americans and African-Americans agree that race relations in the US are bad or worse.White respondents said race relations were fairly…
What That 205-Page BCUC Report on the Site C Dam Actually Said
A much-anticipated preliminary report from B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) has raised numerous questions about the Site C dam, underlined the extent of missing and out-dated information and pointed out unknowns…
"Dotard"? What In Hell is a Dotard? Oh, You Mean Trump! Okay, I Get It.
In the wake of Donald Trump’s boast about wiping out North Korea if its leader, Rocketman, doesn’t back down, Kim Jong Un has predictably lashed back, declaring “I will surely…
I have literally watched this ten times
This is the best thing I have ever seen on the Internet. https://t.co/KNs5GiDDUA — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 21, 2017 Liam Gallagher making tea is the best thing you'll see…
One Green’s Thoughts on the NDP Leadership Contest
I’ve been putting off writing this blogpost for far too long. In part, my procrastination stems from a general feeling of boredom related to the subject matter – even though…
Canada’s alt-Right have chosen their candidate
…and, long term, I don’t think that’s so good for that candidate – running, as he is, to be mayor of Canada’s most diverse city. And it’s not an outlier,…
Don’t Give Up Hope But Try to Be Realistic
It was encouraging news, the first in a good while. A research team has concluded that, if humankind gets serious and sharply cuts greenhouse gas emissions now, there’s a better…
What Canada Needs to Do Now (But Isn’t) to Prevent the Worst Impacts of Climate Change
With devastating hurricanes hitting the Caribbean islands and southern United States, massive wildfires displacing thousands in northern Manitoba and British Columbia and catastrophic flooding in India and Bangladesh killing more…
Not A Hopeful Sign
As much as I have long been an advocate for the development and honing of critical thinking skills (while readily admitting that I often fall short of the mark –…
Helping the Burrard Inlet ecosystem: salt marsh in New Brighton Park already attracting juvenile salmon and rich marine life
Vancouver Park Board Media advisory Sept 21, 2017 A new tidal wetland in New Brighton Park in east Vancouver has been created to improve access to nature for park visitors,…
Zenbrush cat with engraving filter
Filed under: art Tagged: Cat
New column day
Here, on how Jagmeet Singh looks to be a strong favourite as the NDP’s leadership campaign reaches its first voting window – and how concerns about Quebec secularism may have…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Phillip Inman and Jill Treanor write about the debt time bomb facing UK households. Jim Edwards discusses how widespread underemployment has become…
Nuclear Weapon Ban Signed at UN
Nuclear weapons are an existential threat to humanity. If they are used in violence it is likely that the planet would enter a period of nuclear winter – meaning that…
The First Crooner Won’t Be The Last
Abigail Tracy reports, in Vanity Fair, that Robert Mueller now has his sites set on the White House: While weeks of steady leaks about the Justice Department’s Russia probe revealed…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday September 21, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. A last will cannot have provisions that run contrary…