Documents released on Monday reveal that B.C.’s climate plan under the previous Liberal government was drafted by the oil and gas industry in a Calgary boardroom, just as the province’s…
The only reason sane people get involved in politics – or create a work of art, or write a book, or build a bridge, or climb mountains – is because…
It’s encouraging to see more voices speaking out against the heresy of modern politics – perpetual, exponential growth. There are those, our prime minister among them, who cling to the…
Check this out, from the folks at Campaign Research: What does that all mean? It means that – at this stage – Toronto’s mayor is in pretty good shape, I’d…
140Law: Here are our Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of September 18, 2017. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Assorted content to start your week. – Ritika Goel writes that good jobs lead to all kinds of ancillary benefits to both the health of workers, and the strength of…
Although I have written before about the terrible problem of plastic pollution that is strangling the world in general, and our oceans and marine life in particular, it seems that…
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 18, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: California sues Trump administration over ending DACA, joining 15 other states, D.C.…
Trans fats are really bad for you and governments around the world are starting to ban them. Canada just announced that they too will be banning trans fats alongside the…
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Two, the Secret Service need to pay him an official visit. He’s broken the law.
Yesterday, the NDP held its final leadership debate. Tim Harper gives a cogent evaluation of the four candidates: Singh promises growth. Backers believe he will grow personally as he moves…
PHOTOS: British Columbia’s beautiful Legislature Building in Victoria – not, as it turns out, where the province’s climate policy is set! Below: CCPA-BC’s Shannon Daub, former B.C. Liberal premier Christy…
By Shannon Daub & Zoë Yunker. Newly uncovered documents obtained through Freedom of Information requests reveal the cozy relationship between the fossil fuel industry and the last B.C. government went…
We've been talking about legalizing marijuana in this country for about fifty years, since the Le Dain Commission delivered its report. Which was completely ignored, as was another report produced…
It is just one of the many problems faced by Canadians because of our outmoded constitution. Responsibility for credit reporting companies resides with the provincial governments. It enables the large…
There are only 28 days left until Edmontonians go to the polls to vote in this year’s municipal elections. Tomorrow is Nomination Day, which will see candidates line up from…
Ms Soapbox and her eldest daughter “Missy” just returned from a 10 day trip to Scotland. We explored Edinburgh (refined and dignified), Glasgow (gritty and boisterous) and the Highlands (majestic…
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When I published the story on the Northern Guard on Wednesday, I expected it would be the first of a two part profile of the group. However events that have…
