PHOTOS: Never mind the political stuff, this is the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory, where astronomer Max Wolf discovered the Minor Planet Climenhaga in 1917. Below, not in the order in which…
After 16-uninterrupted years of rule by possibly the most corrupt provincial government since Grant Devine’s, British Columbians are rid of the BC Liberal government. The Lt. Gov., perhaps fearful of…
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…
Where freedom is safe, the National Rifle Association.
It’s expected that within the hour the British Columbia government of Christy Clark will lose a confidence vote. Clark has shown, as if anyone needs more proof, that she has…
Internal Facebook documents reviewed by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom, reveal that the social media behemoth’s censors often condone hate speech by white men but punish racialized minorities and…
We, the undersigned economists, support the decision to increase the minimum wage in Ontario to $15 an hour. Raising the wage floor makes good economic sense. Today, Ontario’s minimum wage…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Des Cohen discusses how economic inequality has developed – and how it’s now rewarding people for doing nothing more than worsening its…
Here, on how the historical competition between the NDP and the Greens hasn’t precluded cooperation where it counts in British Columbia – and how the governing accord there might offer…
The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal brought by the West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations that argues the federal government failed to consider their…
Thursday, June 29, 2017 Polite conversations don’t include talking about Canada’s colonial history and current reality. Sometimes we must stand up and speak out with unpopular messages to break the…
It’s so obvious, so inescapable, you can almost smell it. “It” is America’s transformation into true idiocracy. The Globe’s Lawrence Martin writes that, in today’s America, “the less you know,…
So. When I type "Dippers" as a fond short form of "New Democrats," autocorrect renders it "Diapers." Offered without comment, Team #NDP. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) June 29, 2017
If gaslighting is “a form of manipulation that seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or members of a group, hoping to make targets question their own…
Mike Flynn, Paul Manafort, Carter Page, Jeff Sessions, Jared Kushner, Felix Sater and Bayrock Associates, a gaggle of Russian oligarchs linked to Putin, and, more recently, both of Trump’s lead…
Just imagine what could be accomplished if people drank tap water, not bottled water. It is, unfortunately, all too symptomatic of the egocentric and selfish lives we lead that few…
Three years. That’s unless you’re listening to the pessimists and then we’re already well and truly screwed. Three years. That’s how long former UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres says we…
Saying she was “bleeding badly from a facelift.” Saying she had a “low I.Q.” and was “crazy.” Saying her partner was “psycho.” This bastard is, truly, the scum of the…
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday June 29, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. A Last Will must provide adequately for dependents who…
Here. The Kinsellas said they were alerted to the article by friends. “We were shocked at reading such a blatant threat,” said Lisa Kinsella. “Then obviously we were concerned.… We…
