You Can’t Blame The Little Guy
The recent roller coaster ride on the stock market is a reminder, Tom Walkom writes, that the economy is fundamentally unsound. There are several reasons for the shakes and quakes:…
February 2018
For Canadian Banks, It Is Never Enough
It is not enough that banks are making record, some would say obscene, profits. Nor is the fact that the banks’ regulatory body, the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, has…
Column: should government name things for a neo-Nazi?
Should the governments of Canada and Nova Scotia name something after a neo-Nazi? It’s not a hypothetical question. Fall River, Nova Scotia (pop. 11,526) is a little community in Halifax’s…
The Day Andrew Scheer Revealed His Inner Maniac
As we all know Andrew Scheer likes to portray himself as a Mr Nice Guy, the Con Forrest Gump, or the politician next door.And as you also know, I've been…
TOOLS FOR EVERYDAY SENIOR SAFETY
I always keep my eyes and ears open for news about devices that ease our burden of care while ensuring our loved ones are safe from harm. Today it’s my…
In search of truth.
There was an article in The Economist recently that discussed “Truth Decay.” It is an amusing headline for an awful truth. People have lost their confidence in the news media.…
Reaction From Right To Gerald Stanley Acquittal In Colten Boushie Murder Trial As Ugly and Hypocritical As Expected
I grew up on the prairies close to the Manitoba and Saskatchewan border. Growing up I was keenly aware that bigotry and active discrimination against FNIM was not only accepted,…
An Unfathomable Darkness — The Gerald Stanley Verdict
“There is a darkness that exists in this country and I believe we are going to have to feel our way out of it.” — Chris Murphy, lawyer for the…
Someone is telling us lies
When BC Liberals said the Site C completion budget was $7.9 billion, the cost of power from the project was stated to be $87 – $95 per megawatt-hour (MWh). Now,…
Stuff I Learned This Week no. 1
Over the last three years, I wrote a weekly blog on world events, cleverly titled ‘Stuff Happens’, followed by less cleverly titled sequels. This year, I decided to abandon the…
Honderich’s hypocrisy
In late January, the Toronto Star published a lengthy opinion piece by board chair John Honderich, titled, “We should all be very concerned by the crisis facing quality journalism.” But…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Robert Jago comments on an all-white jury’s acquittal of Gerald Stanley for the shooting death of Colten Boushie. Shree Paradkar notes that…
Doing Nothing Is Not An Option
Over the weekend, Canadians gathered in several cities to protest the Colten Boushie decision. Tim Harper writes: I cannot possibly suggest the jurors in this case were racist. I don’t…
Hog Trump Goes After The #MeToo Movement
We always knew that Donald Trump was a sexist pig, even before he became president.A misogynist, a groper, a pervert.Even the media knew that. But his supporters didn't care, many…
The Killing of Colten Boushie and the Bigots in Saskatchewan
APTN News A young indigenous man out for a joy ride with his friends. An old white farmer with a gun collection large enough to equip a small army.A gun…
Democracy Scale.
The Economist Intelligence Unit released on Wednesday its 2017 Democracy Index, which ranks 167 countries on a 0 to 10 scale. Only countries with scores above 8 are categorised as…
Confidential candidate Caroline.
How much do we really know about Caroline Mulroney? She wants to be a member of the Ontario legislature. She wants to be leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.…
Is the decade-long Brian Mulroney rehabilitation project finally paying off … for his daughter?
PHOTOS: Caroline Mulroney (Photo: Wikimedia Commons). Below: Former Canadian Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney in his heyday (Photo: Wikimedia Commons), lobbyist Robin Sears, conservative godfather Preston Manning, and Ontario Liberal…
ARC Living Rent Free In CDN Wolfpack’s Head
The head of the English-Canada chapter of the CDN Wolfpack (better known as La Meute, a hate group which has seen better days) Bryan Trottier follows ARC on Twitter. He's…
Caroline Mulroney: Off To A Grand Start!
Caroline Mulroney defined energy poverty at #MNC2018 as only an elitist can. “People are living in energy poverty, people have to choose between buying hockey equipment or going out to…