While we proceed apace at rendering Earth uninhabitable for humans, conservation scientists think maybe we should let other species have a shot at surviving. There are several ideas but one…
Assorted content to end your week. – PressProgress highlights the Canada Revenue Agency’s long-overdue estimate of the public costs of offshore tax evasion, as well as other new data on…
Dear folks: Welcome to the big leagues. You’ve worked hard to get to today, so enjoy every minute. It’s all downhill from here, believe me. Five tips, gratis. One, you…
The words of Charles Dickens are ageless: ”It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of…
“On abortion, we’re never going to see a black and white, yes or no question. My job as your MP is to fight for incremental changes. … It’s called the…
A fellow blogger* drew my attention to an important article by Bob Rae published in The Walrus, “When it Comes to Trump, Business as Usual is Impossible.”Here are a few…
Those who keep an eye on the dazzling breadth and pace of the onset of climate change impacts know that 1) there’s nothing linear in this process, and, 2) we’re…
Trudeau (the real one) opined that living next to America was like a mouse sleeping beside an elephant. He was right but it didn’t matter, we would dutifully march in…
Photo: Julia Hayter, Joseph Schow, Kara Levis, and Marg McCuaig-Boyd The New Democratic Party has its first contested nomination race of this election season, and it is taking place in…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/26/canada-wood-buffalo-national-park-report-climate-change Yes. It’s happening._____________________________________________________________ http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/2018/06/caribou-science-denial-cripples-conservation-efforts-0 But what does David Suzuki know? He’s only a scientist of world status. No. Trust your local oil barons. They’re rich. So they know….things._____________________________________________________________ The…
Two things: the Deepwater Horizon disaster involved conventional, crude oil. They were not dealing with tar-like sludge laced with toxins, acids, heavy metals and carcinogens. Secondly, it was a fairly…
It is all about Canada-USA relations, and in particular, this uncomforting reality: "It’s time we understood just how far apart our two countries are and act accordingly" The whole text…
It is all about Canada-USA relations, and in particular, this uncomforting reality: "It’s time we understood just how far apart our two countries are and act accordingly" The whole text…
It is all about Canada-USA relations, and in particular, this uncomforting reality: “It’s time we understood just how far apart our two countries are and act accordingly” The whole text…
We know Gordon Campbell crafted a story that people in BC should have enough domestic generation capacity to cover the most extreme shortage of water we could imagine. Like any…
June 28 2018 “As we open this modern and vibrant facility, we are making good on our commitment to provide the seniors in southeast Vancouver with a place to socialize,…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Stuart Heritage argues that a shared sense of morality is our best hope of ensuring that narcissism isn’t rewarded. And Paul Gleason…
Here is your daily Law Fact from Wise Law for Thursday June 28, 2018. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. When a person is married in Ontario, the…
When we talk on the phone, my good friend Dave in Winnipeg often talks about the twin ‘curse’ of intelligence and education. Life would be so much easier, he says…
