PHOTOS: Omar Khadr, left, with his Edmonton lawyer, Dennis Edney, at right. Mr. Edney’s wife, Patricia Edney, is in the middle. (Photo: CBC) Below: Mr. Khadr at age 14, not…
The Conservative Party of Canada, in response to Omar Khadr being awarded a damages settlement for torturous conditions of his imprisonment, said, “No words,” on their Facebook post. I’ve some…
There are 102 days left until the October 16, 2017 municipal elections in Edmonton. Here are some of the latest updates to the list of candidates running in Edmonton’s municipal…
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended July 2, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Here is a story I think we all should read. Meet Leah Denbok, a 17-year-old photographer from Collingwood, Ont. In the past three years, she’s walked the streets in her…
One of the hotter tickets in Ottawa is the annual 4th of July Party at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Canada. And while Lornado — and the Ambassador’s…
Generations of John Morris Sr.’s family have fished the Taku River in Southeast Alaska and for decades they have watched acid mine drainage from the abandoned Tulsequah Chief mine in…
Out of sight, out of mind. I expect most British Columbians don’t tend to think of our province as a fossil fuel player. By and large we aren’t, except for…
I’ve just blogged about the Second Annual Canadian Homelessness Data Sharing Initiative. This is now an annual event that takes place in Calgary. It’s co-sponsored by the Calgary Homeless Foundation…
After weeks of delay, the B.C. NDP has finally been asked to form government, thanks to a co-operation agreement with the Green Party. A key component of that now-famous NDP-Green…
This is sort of funny. Maybe he just didn’t understand that the presidential seal on the limo door meant that was his ride.
Progressive talk show host and author, Thom Hartmann asks, “Is America past the point of no return?“ Have corporate/billionaire control of our republic reached such a point that it’s no…
No. Nor should anybody else. To get all mad at North Korea is silly when the far greater dangers are the U.S., China, and Russia. (And the U.S. would never…
Communications sometime reveal more than planned about policy and political philosophy. That may be the case when a Liberal “digital warrior” tweeted this: Liberals are OK with taxpayers paying billions…
The English High Court is hearing an appeal that seeks to have Tony Blair, Jack Straw and Lord Goldsmith tried for war crimes in attacking Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. The Chilcot…
"Hey! Let's give the nuclear codes to an addled, unglued old jerk!" #uspolitics pic.twitter.com/FVdNPQWWml — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 5, 2017
The now Chinese-owned, Swedish automaker, Volvo, wants to wean itself off internal combustion power. Starting in 2019 all new Volvo models will be either pure electric power or hybrids.The Chinese-owned…
I remember those tense days in October, 1962, when John F. Kennedy squared off against Nikita Khruschev in what would come to be called the Cuban missile crisis. We didn’t…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Danny Dorling writes about the connection between high inequality and disregard for the environment: In a 2016 report, Oxfam found that the greatest…
There will be consequences for CAF members who express intolerance while in – or out – of uniform: https://t.co/0GlW85XsOv — Harjit Sajjan (@HarjitSajjan) July 4, 2017 And: The members of…
