In 2006, when I came to Calgary, Identity Thief was something that we all heard about. While, I did not have RFID sleeves for my credit cards yet, I was…
The New York Times’ Frank Bruni performs an autopsy on the bloated body of America’s WTF president only to discover that Trump is empty inside. Show me a person who…
The December 5 edition of the irving press took little time to read. The front page headline – about a man killed in a road accident – wasn’t written as…
Trump has broken with previous administrations to announce that the United States will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The question on everyone’s lips is “why?” He wasn’t compelled…
One line from Vice news sums it up perfectly, “Justin Trudeau is one of the few world leaders still trumpeting the pre-2016 dream that everything will be hunky dory in…
I wrestled with the idea of writing yet another December 6th post. When I worked for uniondom, the copy-paste platitudes we posted every year on this date and many others…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Rick Salutin writes that Ontario’s provincial election shows that nobody is prepared to defend neoliberal ideas on their merits – which should provide…
Here: Prominent Liberal commentator and consultant Lisa Kinsella is “seriously considering” running for the soon-to-be-vacant Ward 32 seat on Toronto council. “I’ve been encouraged to run in Ward 32 and…
I don’t think so. It’s been bumpy, to be sure. But – at the end of the day – the Finance Minister is still standing. And the government would still…
Traffic congested cities suffer not just people stressed out in cars but the exhaust their cars toss into the air. As a result of the use of automobiles asthma and…
In Montreal this evening, fourteen rays of light will rise into the sky, one after the other, from the summit of Mount Royal.So all Montrealers can see them, and remember…
Right off the start, let’s affirm that Nalcor was created by an administration that was, from the time it took office, notorious for its efforts to flout the law in…
Did you hear the exciting news? The streetcar pilot project on King Street in Toronto is moving people faster. What for, we are not quite sure. It seems that in…
For the CBC on November 30, 2017 In early November, Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston weighed in on the stunning allegations of sexual misconduct levelled against Hollywood icon Kevin Spacey…
For Maclean’s on August 31, 2017 One year ago on C-SPAN, Heather McGhee—an African-American woman and the president of Demos, an equality-focused public policy organization—was the featured guest of a…
Lest we forget.
PHOTOS: Dave Hancock as premier, in pink shirt at left, at the Edmonton Pride Parade in June 2014. With him are former Edmonton City Councillor Michael Phair and City Councillor…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Comment: The Real Crime In Canada: Is violence against women. Today is Dec. 6 and we remember the massacre of women Engineering students in Montreal…
By any measure, BC Hydro was a success. So successful that pirates made plans to plunder. BC Hydro was a decades old operation that delivered power to British Columbia’s residential…
