Anti-Muslim Protest Permit Revoked in Grand Prairie; Another Planned For Edmonton
We had been hearing about plans for an anti-Muslim rally to be held in Grand Prairie, AB tomorrow, however it seems that they have hit a wee bit of a…
2017
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Abigail McKnight and Richard Reeves write about the gilded floor that prevents the wealthy from facing the realities lived by most people. Eric…
Musical interlude
Republica – Ready To Go
Disrespectful treatment of the mayor, again
There’s a seemingly innocuous story in the Connection this week titled, “Collingwood to sell railway to County of Simcoe for $900,000” that underscores the ongoing disrespect The Block and the…
From my talk wth CBC this morning: the growing racist menace
Here: People in positions of power need to use it. We have hate laws on the books, they should use them. All of us have a role to play and…
Canada Has Three Years to Increase Protected Areas by 60% And, Um, It’s Not Going to Be Easy
In less than three years, Canada has to increase the amount of land and inland waters it protects by 60 per cent to meet a commitment under the United Nations…
Sept.25: The Forces of Evil.
Part 1 of 2 parts on the causes of war since the late nineteenth century. The fears about the rise of German industry proved correct. It was soon serious competition…
The Politics of Time
We all know that one person, they are either always late or always mentioning how there aren’t enough hours in the day. The human race developed the idea of time…
A Picture For the Conservative History Books
Jason Kenney, Ezra Levant, and an auditorium full of empty seats. Kenney, meanwhile, turned down k.d. lang’s offer of two free tickets to Calgary Pride over the Labour Day weekend.…
Bombardier Bribery Bust
Bombardier execs are in hot water with Sweden’s National Anti-Corruption Unit over alleged bribes to win a $340 million (US) contract with Azerbaijan. Auditors of the World Bank’s Integrity unit…
Boston snide
In Boston. Have already run into Mark Whalberg playing a cranky rogue cop from Southie fighting giant robots. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 25, 2017
LOSING YOUR IDENTITY AND BEING A CAREGIVER
Guest Post by Caregiver Melanie Anderson – thank you for sharing your wisdom and experience, Melanie!Being my husband’s primary caregiver, for much of the time, his only caregiver, has taken…
Part 11 – Echoes Of History: 1955 And 2017
In Part 1, I discussed the murder of Emmett Till, the exoneration of his murderers, and the tactics used by the racists of 1955 Mississippi to try to discredit both…
Andrew Scheer and the Creepy Bigot Party
For weeks the creepy Con Andrew Scheer has been tap dancing across Canada trying to convince Canadians that he's really a nice guy.Or as he likes to call himself Mr…
A Call For A Change In Direction
Earlier this week the UN rebuked the United States for recent displays of racism. Nserine Malick writes: A UN committee charged with tackling racism has issued an “early warning” over…
United Nations calls on United States to act against hate groups – in the United States
Here’s something you don’t see every day. Usually, such United Nations committees are preoccupied with violent hate in remote corners of the world. This is the first time in more…
Trump marches up the Khyber Pass.
You sure cannot tell President Donald Trump anything. He must have missed the opportunity to read Rudyard Kipling as a child or he would have known the futility of sending…
Former PC MLAs running for municipal office in 2017
Alberta’s 2015 provincial election resulted in the election of 75 new MLAs in the 87 seat Legislative Assembly. More than two years after that historic election, a group of former…
The Treasure by Alberta author Suzanne LaMontagne leads Audreys Book’ Edmonton Bestseller list this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Aug. 20, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Why is Canadian labour so slow to support BDS?
Illustration by Marina Djurdjevic At the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) convention held in Toronto in May 2017, an emergency resolution in support of Palestinian prisoners’ Freedom and Dignity Hunger Strike…