Side Glance With Al Tee – Why You Should Vote For Stuart For Parks Board
This is a posting from the wonderful ILiveInEastVan site. Please visit them for all the goings on in East Vancouver. I am one of those cynical types who harbors deep…
September 2018
Donald Trump’s White House Nannies
Big day for the New York Times. Bad day for the paranoid and delusional president of the United States. The Times has taken the unusual step of publishing an anonymous…
More traffic woes
Another place we need a traffic signal in Collingwood is at Third and High. On busy days – and there are many more of them now than ever – it’s…
Shameless attempt to cash in on Bob Woodward book publicity
Right here. Buy his book! Buy mine!
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Andrew MacLeod offers a reminder that income is often the most important factor in ensuring a person’s health – even if it’s seldom…
Justin Trudeau and the Man Who Didn’t Fall To Earth
Adam ScottiI think it's fair to say that Justin Trudeau has had a challenging month. The pipeline decision, the NAFTA negotiations with the maniac Trump, the crazed old racist screaming…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday September 5, 2018. Today we are talking about Employment Law. A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Sep…
A Verbal Tap Dance
Talk, as they say, is cheap. Watch the following clip to see Environment Minister Catherine McKenna further debase its value by her non-answer regarding the now-stalled Trans Mountain pipeline expansion…
Ford And The Courts
Doug Ford’s caucus never questions what he says or does. But the courts do. And although he’s only been in office for four months, they are questioning the big man’s…
Tire-gate: I feel like I’m a character in a John Grisham novel
You have all heard about my, er, involuntarily near-retirement by now. Corus Radio has reported on it, the Hill Times is about to, and last night there was this national…
Bernier’s boy begs off.
I guess it is not going to happen. My member of parliament is not the brightest bulb on the conservative party’s tree but he does not seem eager to head…
For Happier Cities get More Cyclists
Cities where people cycle regularly are happier than cities in which cycling is rare. The evidence continues to mount that building good cycling infrastructure will improve the life of everybody…
Public toilets in parks: can we make them less crappy?
by Jodi Lastman | Sep 4, 2018 The topic may, at first blush, seem unimportant. But, make no mistake about it, public toilets are a major public health issue. In…
Donald Trump and the Crazytown Nightmare
It's the most devastating portrait of a President ever written. And its title "Fear" couldn't be better chosen.For Bob Woodward's new book about Donald Trump reveals a President and a…
The Trans Mountain Pipeline Court Decision
Ms Soapbox spent the long weekend poring over the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision nullifying the Order-in-Council that approved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX). Mr Bumble’s comment in Oliver…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Alert cats.
Bulletin from Keesmaatistan
.@jen_keesmaat, who tweeted in favour of secession, slept on it and doubled down on secession, and whose tweets on secession are still up, says you shouldn’t believe what she says…
Sept. 3: The New Brunswick election – endless trivia and boredom.
The story the irving press will never print. It’s about how U.S. invasions and U.S. corporations (and Canadian ones) have made Guatemala a hell. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/02/study-of-portuguese-and-spanish-explodes-as-china-expands-role-in-latin-america________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/31/trumps-un-funding-move-risks-damage-to-palestine-israel-and-us Another example of how…
Opportunity knocks
Illustration by Theo Moudakis It’s not clear why Donald Trump is acting like a one-man wrecking crew out to demolish the global trading system that took shape in the post-war…