PHOTOS: The Legislative Assembly’s portrait of former United Conservative Party MLA Don MacIntyre. Below: UCP Leader Jason Kenney, who issued a statement today on the charges against Mr. MacIntyre. OTTAWA…
Photo by the Kremlin Russian President Vladimir Putin obviously has his faults and has made his share of mistakes. Yet, my experiences with him, as well as what I have…
I think that the act of reading poetry nowadays is already an archaic, cultural activity. When we read a poem, it is tantamount to going to pioneer village in order…
What the hell, it’s Friday. This might just be Melania Trump’s last true paying gig. Enjoy.
How to read from somewhere – and from where I am in particular – is an ongoing preoccupation in the reviews on this site. It’s always a relevant question, but…
She used to be Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Now she’s just Sarah Sanders. I wonder if papa Pastor Mike had anything to do with that. I often catch SarahSan’s daily White…
There are plenty of reasons that justify telling Rachel and Justin to shove that Kinder Morgan pipeline straight up their backsides. Writing in The Tyee, Mitchell Anderson reminds us that…
Those of us who are closely following the story concerning allegations against Erin Weir are asking the following questions of Leader Jagmeet Singh: -what is being investigated? -who is conducting…
Those of us who are closely following the story concerning allegations against Erin Weir are asking the following questions of Leader Jagmeet Singh: -what is being investigated? -who is conducting…
Lighthouse Beach, a white sand crescent on the north coast of Nova Scotia, was once considered the jewel of the region. People would flock there from New Glasgow and Pictou…
Green Party leader, Elizabeth May, seem to have had her fill of Justin Trudeau’s duplicity. Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May says proposed rule changes for environmental assessments in Canada…
Those of us who are closely following the story concerning allegations against Erin Weir are asking the following questions of Leader Jagmeet Singh: -what is being investigated? -who is conducting…
That is the well chosen title of a marvelous new book by Gerry Helleiner, sub-titled Memoirs of a Life in International and Development Economics. Helleiner, from his home base at…
In today’s Globe and Mail, you will find a letter from me (fourth from the top, under the heading “In the national interest”) relating the present interprovincial pipeline kerfuffle to…
Canadians are polarized between the economy and the environment. Justin Trudeau says we can have both. And, to that end, Catherine McKenna has introduced a new set of rules which…
Every Thursday, I have a radio-via-phone encounter with my great friend Charles Adler. This week, the encounter took place by luggage rack two at Calgary’s Airport (said airport having received…
When it comes to a choice between believing a government with a vested interest in protecting a $15 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia and independent reports that those armaments…
Assorted content to end your week. – Jim O’Neill proposes an end to corporate free-riding (and an assurance of contribution to the society which allows for profit) through explicit “pay-or-play”…
As you all know I'm sure, Andrew Scheer has been having a terrible week, and you can see the desperation in his face.Even the Con media is getting tired of…
It is new to yoga. Among the latest postures for the ancient health and fitness practice is the pipeline pretzel position. It is for those who believe they can make…
