The ‘C’ in Canada Stands For Caring. Happy 150th Birthday, Canada!
by Vickie Cammack, my friend and co-writer who contributes often and especially recently because my son is in the hospital and I am with him. July 1st is Canada Day…
2017
Mapping the Way Forward for a Kingsway Entertainment District
The recent decision by Greater Sudbury Council to locate a new events centre on vacant lands on the north side of Kingsway, just west of the intersection with the Highway…
We Didn’t Just Get a Fresh Premier Yesterday. We Got So Much More.
There’s word of a giant, shredded paper sale in Victoria this Canada Day weekend. Barges full of the remains of 16-years of Liberal corruption suitable for repurposing as pulp and…
Yes, the President of the United States of America is a Degenerate. Well, Duh.
Sure, he’s a creep. This is the guy who boasted of his immunity to grab random women “by the pussy.” He talked about the lengths he would go to try…
What B.C.’s New NDP Minority Government Means for the Environment
Three weeks have passed since the polls closed in B.C. and yet the final results of the provincial election are still rolling out. On Thursday, upon the conclusion of a…
June 30: William Grant Stairs……
….a Trudeau hero for Canada’s 150th birthday. (six stories down.)___________________________________________________________ http://www.cbc.ca/news/multimedia/hong-kong-after-the-handover-2-decades-of-chinese-rule-1.4183707 I found the story above intriguing because I worked for some time in Hong Kong when it was under…
Today in Climate Change News
Good news! No, sorry, I’m just messing with you. From the “Howling at the Moon” file, three reports. From The Guardian, Damien Carrington writes that the extreme heat that hit…
Passages by Alberta Author Anne Hamre leads Audreys Books Edmonton bestsellers list this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended June 25, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Canada Day Pot Protest to Take Place in Downtown Park Despite Lack of Permit
Vancouver Park Board Information Bulletin June 30, 2017 Organizers of the annual July 1 Cannabis Day protest are going ahead with a rally at Thornton Park this Saturday despite objections…
"A Nation of Serfs"
I thought I might be succumbing to hyperbole the first time I used the term “neo feudal” to describe the path American society seemed to be on. Feudalism for the…
UPDATED: A Gratifying Trump Take-Down
Republican strategist Ana Navaro has had it with the Infant-in-Chief. His latest tweet has left her, and many other Republicans, outraged. UPDATE: Morning Joe responds to Trump’s disturbed and disturbing…
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes – but no, no, no, no, no.
Credit where credit’s due. The Trudeau government intends a sweeping reform of Harper’s worst environmental laws. It’s been a long time coming but better late than never. The proposals —…
Review: Dancing on our Turtle’s Back
This is a book from a few years ago by renowned Nishnaabeg author, scholar, and activist Leanne Simpson. It is a book about Indigenous resurgence through learning from, and living…
Trump – If You Can’t Reform Health Care, Just Get Rid of It Entirely.
It recalls that old phrase from the late 50s – ‘Better Dead, Than Red.‘ That’s a bit like the mentality of Donald Trump when it comes to health care. Apparently…
Nature Offers The Best Defense Against Flooding
Spring flooding in Canada this year upended lives, inundated city streets and swamped houses, prompting calls for sandbags, seawalls and dikes to save communities. Ontario and Quebec’s April rainfall was…
A Little Balance
Since yesterday’s post was about the terrible excesses our cossetted and selfish species is capable of, I thought it might be nice to post today about someone who clearly respects…
The Day Donald Trump Went Over the Deep End
It was only a matter of time before Donald Trump started to fall apart, or was driven over the edge by the pressures of being president. He never thought he'd…
They’ve Been Asleep
The Senate version of Trumpcare is nasty and cruel. It can’t be called anything else. Then why, Paul Krugman asks, do the Republicans persist on pushing it? The answer, he…
‘Chuckles’ Scheer is no attack dog.
It was two Regina MPs who helped Vassy Kapelos to wrap up her West Block show on Global TV for the summer. As she had Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the…
Canada 150 #nlpoli #cdnpoli
From my paper “Two solitudes”, Dorchester Review, volume 6, number 1, spring/summer 2016: “Newfoundland and Canada, separate countries for so long, exist as two solitudes within the bosom of a…