Has Donald Trump Gone Stark Raving Mad?
We've always known that Donald Trump is a virulent racist, and that strange and dirty things swirl around in his head.And in the last few days he has been teetering…
November 2017
A Deal with the Devil for our heritage.
The Toronto Star owners have made a deal with PostMedia to divide Ontario between them. Talk about a deal with the devil! Did they think that the Competition Bureau in…
An electrifying agenda
Access to years of BC Hydro’s financial reports provide me with an indisputable record of the utility’s financial destruction. Eleven years ago, one citizen didn’t have detailed evidence but he…
Jim Hole, high-profile Alberta horticulturalist, does his bit to make cannabis cultivation respectable in Canada
PHOTOS: Hole’s Greenhouses co-owner Jim Hole at yesterday’s news conference at his store in St. Albert. Below: Atlas Growers President and CEO Sheldon Croome. Below him: Mr. Hole tests the…
2017 Short Story Advent Calendar tops Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List for third consecutive week
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…
Tension Between JDL and Ronny Cameron? Perhaps…. But Probably Not
Close to two weeks ago ARC posted a story about Ronny Cameron’s embracing of the “white genocide” mantra despite his own…. uhm…. I’ll say personal situation. One particular thread turned…
Razor Wire is for Prisons and Concentration Camps
This is the face of Kinder-Morgan that Trudeau’s favourite company shows to British Columbians. A floating razor wire fence around its Burrard Inlet dock facility. That’s the American company’s way…
Why approving Site C could sink NDP
Illustration by Jonathan Ramos It’s getting down to the wire for the NDP-led government to announce its decision on Site C Dam. The corporate media and Big Labour’s big guns…
Okay, Junior, the Time For Excuses Is Over.
Justin Trudeau has done Canada a service by apologizing on behalf of the country for past wrongs. It was the right thing to do and, while it won’t expunge the…
Trudeau delivers historic apology to LGBT Canadians
Happy to post this statement yesterday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in its entirety. Sadly, support for this important apology isn’t unanimous across the Canadian political spectrum: the Conservative Party…
The death of community newspapers
In 1857 – a year before Collingwood was incorporated as a town – John Hogg launched the Enterprise. The first local newspaper started its presses. In 1870, David Robson launched…
The Disturbing Double Meaning of Trudeau’s ‘Sunny Ways’
This piece originally appeared on the Dogwood website. “Sunny ways, my friends. Sunny ways!” For most people, that line in Justin Trudeau’s victory speech two years ago heralded a return…
Enquiring Minds Are Asking, "Has Donald Trump Lost His?"
It’s a question that’s being asked seemingly everywhere. Has the president of the United States lost his mind? Have Donald Trump and reality parted company? Is the Mango Mussolini mad,…
Say Goodbye to the "Hundred Year Storm" Say Hello to the new "Hundred Year Storm"
The “hundred year storm.” What a quaint notion, so very Holocene. It’s a term used to describe a weather event so severe that it would only happen once a century.…
As Our Government Cuddles Up with China, It’s Good to Remember This.
China’s values are not our values and that’s not going to change no matter how much Canadian prime minister suck up to the Boys from Beijing. This message brought to…
Matt Lauer, Okay, But Garrison Keillor?
NBC Today Show host Matt Lauer is gone. Lauer was sacked over sexual harassment claims. Lauer’s co-anchors on Today, the long-running morning show, announced his firing at the start of…
2025. Think About It. That’s Not Far Off For a Thirsty World.
Two big factors in the survival of humans in our overpopulated world are the availability of clean freshwater and basic sanitation, toilets. Right now we’re desperately short of both. It’s…
Theresa May Blasts Trump for Re-Posting Videos from Brit Hate-Monger
From the “And You Thought He Couldn’t Get Any Lower” file, the Mango Mussolini has again shown his true colours and, once again, he’s got the Brits mad at him.…
Banks Warned to Heed Climate Change Perils
Australia’s financial regulator has put the country’s banks, insurers and lenders on notice. They have to factor climate change risks into their financial dealings or the regulator will intercede. Geoff…
Nov. 29: The Crash of an Empire
I just had an interesting letter from a reader who once voted for a Conservative prime minister – because he was an economist, and so, she wrote, someone capable of…