Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Yves Engler discusses how Justin Trudeau is now the face of the exploitation of poor countries and workers by the Canadian mining…
2017
Use a Browser Tab to Raise Funds for Charity
Donating money, time, or resources to charities makes the world a better place, but what if you don’t have any of those things to spare? If you’re using the internet…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday October 24, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law. Did you know that an Employee is obligated to give…
Is the CRA Helping the Cons Smear the Liberals?
During the dark years of the Con regime, the Canada Revenue Agency was accused of acting as Stephen Harper's secret weapon.A weapon he used to harass and intimidate his enemies,…
It Fits
Donald Trump, Roger Cohen writes, likes to use epithets. During his campaign for the presidency, he coined several: “crooked Hillary,” “lying Ted,” “little Marco.” His latest is directed at a…
A potpourri of politics.
This writer has sometimes been accused of wandering off topic. Let us make it clear from the beginning that this series of comments is a mixed bag. It just seems…
On Aronofsky and Climate Change
An article that mixes philosophy, film, and climate change – three of my favourite topics of discussion! Nolan Gear writes about Aronofky’s film mother! “What could it mean for this…
Calgary polling fiasco leaves Postmedia, pollster with egg on their faces, critics furious, and mayor safely back in office
PHOTOS: Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi in the marbled hallways of the Alberta Legislature. He was reelected to his third term on Oct. 16. Below: Mainstreet Research pollster Quito Maggi (Photo:…
How former PC MLAs fared in the 2017 municipal elections
Photo: Former Alberta PC MLAs Jacquie Fenske, Don Scott, Linda Johnson and Art Johnston Former PC MLAs elected in Fort McMurray They served together in the Legislature from 2012 until…
Radical Municipalism: The Only Solution to Amazon’s Extortion of Cities
Photo by Mike Seyfang Last week saw a flurry of humiliating pitches by North American cities for Amazon to pick them as the location of the corporation’s second headquarters. New…
Healthcare cuts display contempt for working Manitobans
Photo by Justin Tang This summer, Manitoba’s healthcare system was dealt a blow Brian Pallister’s Progressive Conservative announced sweeping public service cuts including the shuttering of emergency rooms and liquidation…
Putin Hints at Russia’s Next Super Weapon, Worse Than Nuclear Bombs.
Vlad Putin claims the world is on the brink of developming of a new super weapon. Vladimir Putin warned a crowd of young students that scientists in Russia will soon…
The Problem of Alberta’s Growing Oilsands Tailings Ponds is Worse Than Ever
This article originally appeared on the Pembina Institute website. This is part 2 of a series on the last 50 years of the oilsands industry. Read part 1 here. The…
Spy Agency Fighting Malware
Canada’s CSE is attempting to make it easier for organizations to detect malicious software in files.
David Gilbert’s Looking at the U.S. White Working Class Historically
Looking at the U.S. White Working Class Historically tackles one of the supreme issues for our movement, the contradiction embodied in the term “white working class.” On the one hand…
In Other Cold War News…
Hide and Seek is back. US Navy surface units in the Mediterranean were caught unaware last May when a new Russian sub launched a salvo of cruise missiles at targets…
‘Disingenuous’ Forest Industry Campaign Tries to Undermine Protection of Endangered Caribou
A forestry industry lobby group is working to undermine Canada’s plans to protect endangered caribou, according to several experts. The campaign, ‘Caribou Facts,’ launched by the Forest Products Association of…
Oct. 23: Hallelujah!
https://www.charismanews.com/politics/issues/64360-prophecy-the-madman-from-the-north-is-defeated The above item is the one President Trump’s spiritual advisor was referring to when he said God is telling the president that he has the go-ahead to kill Kim…
Earthgauge News – Oct. 23, 2017
Edition #3 of the new Earthgauge News podcast for the week of Oct. 23, 2017. A weekly Canadian environmental news podcast featuring the top stories from across Canada and around…
The Deviant-in-Chief. This Week’s Episode.
We’re nearing this year’s global climate summit in Bonn, Germany. What a fitting time for Trump to fill the White House environmental advisory post. And the nomination goes to –…