the move west: bonus track
If you are following along, you might want to check comments, too. Allan often has interesting notes that he adds as comments. From yesterday: So we passed the geographical centre…
November 2018
Bygumbo, children’s lit by Edmonton author Gwen Molnar and illustrator Barbara Hartmann, leads Audreys fiction bestsellers
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Nov. 11, 2018. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and…
the move west: day four: ignace ontario to brandon manitoba
We are finally out of Ontario! We had a lovely and eventful day — including a visit with a friend and a wolf sighting! We got up and ready very…
Goldy’s Gotta Goldy
So it has been a while since ARC checked up on failed mayoral candidate Faith Goldy since her…. well…. failed mayoral campaign. Last I checked she was calling for a…
Expozine 2018, Nov. 24-25 in Montreal!
Free Admission! WHEN: November 24-25, 11 am – 6 pm. WHERE: 1025 Bélanger (Église Saint-Arsène), Jean-Talon métro FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/2095604614086524/ WEBSITE: https://expozine.ca/en/ The largest bilingual small press fair in North America…
Papadopoulos Melts Down
Former Trump campaign advisor turned jailbird, George Papadopoulos now contends he was set up by Australia and the UK in a plot to swing the 2016 presidential election to Hillary…
And Then I Ran, Face First, Into This
Reading, in these times, can be a dismal, evena torturous task. At any given time I’m likely to have six, eight or even more books on the go. Some I…
American Thanksgiving: How To Survive The Horror Of Trump
It's Thanksgiving Day in America. A day for our neighbours to watch the floats in the Macy's parade, or just enjoy some quality time around a dinner table.And of course,…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday November 22, 2018. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
A Spark Of Integrity
If one follows politics closely, it is easy to become quite jaded. On almost daily display are scenes of arrogance, condescension and the corrupting influence of power. We are reminded…
We’re Setting New Records
Records aplenty are being broken. Unfortunately they’re for atmospheric concentrations of CO2, methane and nitrous oxide. The World Meteorological Organization reports there’s no sign of a reversal of this trend…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Kathleen Harris reports on a federal budget update designed to have Canada borrow to shovel money into the pockets of big business.…
New column day
Here, on the yawning gap between talk and action when it comes to building up Regina’s downtown with more focused residential development. For further reading…– The Underutilized Land Study referenced…
Ford Is A Gift –To Trudeau
Many of us in Ontario feel nothing but contempt — visceral contempt — for Doug Ford. But Tom Walkom writes that, for Justin Trudeau, Ford is a gift that will…
The Bitumen Business: Not for the timid.
As much as we try to keep up to date on the business of bitumen, it is not because we want to report every dip and dive in the industry.…
To Change Politics for the Better we Need to Change Suburbia
The Canadian province of Ontario just elected a new government that’s focussed on making Ontario worse. In a few short months they’ve done a lot of damage including messing with…
Storytelling cubes
You don’t expect Wal Mart to be the source for literary tools, but if you amble into the section crammed with toys, you can pick up a set of Rory’s…
the move west: day three: wawa to ignace
Yesterday was notable for several reasons. We’ve made it to the Central time zone. We’ve never been here before — once we passed Kakabeka Falls, we’re further west than we’ve…
Alberta’s Bill 27 may not take the politics out of pensions, but it will certainly help
Tabling on Tuesday of Bill 27, Alberta legislation that will wrest control of public service pensions from the sole hands of the minister of finance and hand it to joint…