Photo by Chris Wattie In their election platform and in ministerial mandate letters, the federal Liberals promised they would “establish the Canada Infrastructure Bank to provide low-cost financing (including loan…
Photo by Chris Dlugosz In theory, the global financial system is supposed to help every country gain. Mainstream teaching of international finance, trade and “foreign aid” (defined simply as any…
Hey, I’m just as surprised as you are. When I first started the blog, it was to focus primarily on Calgary’s Aryan Guard (I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit this again,…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Comment: Today In History: Sagittarius (12/1/1954) It’s my birthday. Turns out I am a horse in both western and Chinese astrology. Sagittarius …
Footage of bloody discharge being released into B.C.’s coastal waters from farmed-fish processing plants by photographer Tavish Campbell has made international headlines and prompted the promise of further investigation from…
Jennifer Rubin writes the Right Turn column for the Washington Post. The veteran conservative pundit has added her voice to the chorus demanding that Trump go. It seems to be…
Foreign Policy’s Daniel Altman on why Trump’s most un-American outburst cannot be ignored. A president can do many things that seem cruel, especially from the point of view of his…
The gloves are off at New York’s Daily News paper. Donald Trump is a madman. He’s off his rocker. After his latest spasm of deranged tweets, only those completely under…
As November gives way to December you might imagine it would be freezing in Greenland inside the Arctic Circle. You would be wrong. Here’s a dandy graphic depiction of what’s…
Polar bears have long been a symbol of a warming climate, a visible victim of shrinking sea ice cover and changing weather patterns. The bears’ loss of habitat was among…
That would be the one Justin Trudeau wraps himself in with such rectitude whenever he attempts to convince the public of his climate-change bona fides. Increasingly, both his cloak and…
When Theresa May criticized Donald Trump for tweeting British anti-Muslim propaganda, Trump took to Twitter: “Theresa@theresamay, don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking…
Fighting far-right mvmts means getting involved in #cdnpoli at the local level, says @kinsellawarren "A tweet is not enough. A Facebook link is not enough. You need to show up."…
I can’t find too much going on to commemorate World AIDS Day in Toronto this year but it just so happens to be the day my Beyond Surviving group meets,…
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Nov. 26, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday November 30, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills,…
With a skin as thin as Donald Trump’s it is not surprising that the Great Orange Bloat took to twitter to fire back at Theresa May for her stiff rebuke…
In 2001 when Jimmy Wales launched Wikipedia he never thought that the website would become what it is today. This year he has launched (with many others) WikiTribune and hopes…
Here, on how the spin behind the Trump administration’s push for a massive tax giveaway to the rich has no basis in economic reality – and how Canada shouldn’t be…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Matt Bruenig writes about the U.S.’ alarming growth in student debt – which combined with diminished career prospects is leading to dim…
