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…
2017
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…
When Science Isn’t Science, The Wiarton Willie Edition
Will science might have a chance now that Wiarton Willie is dead?
Hurricane Mueller Finally Strikes The Trump White House
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how Hurricane Mueller was closing in on Donald Trump at an alarming speed.I said it was gathering strength with every passing day.And…
Your Ward News Nazis watch
More here. FYI: Haters behind neo-Nazi rag are in court this a.m. to face criminal charges. Crown says @lisakinsella & me need not be there. #topoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren)…
Hyperloop hardly halts high-speed trains.
Do you want to be sent by pipeline down the Montreal-Toronto corridor? They are suggesting that the city to city trip will be in as little as 39 minutes. It…
When Is Science Not Science?
Science isn’t really science when there’s an agenda attached to it. Welcome to the 20th century cycle of ignorance.
What’s In a Name? Neil DeGrasse Tyson Explains.
It’s ‘hurricane season’ only this year is unlike what we’ve known in the past. Harvey, Irma, Jose, Katia and Marie have all gone from tropical storms to hurricanes. Lee, the…
Guest Post: In a democracy, quiet is rarely a good sign, and Alberta’s relationship with Big Oil is very quiet indeed
PHOTOS: Part of the Jackpine Oilsands Mine north of Fort McMurray, formerly owned by Shell and now operated by Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (Photo: Pembina Institute.) Below: Author Kevin Taft.…