It was a delight to talk with Andrew Weaver about Jason Kenney, details to follow soon
VICTORIA, B.C. — If Jason Kenney’s ears were burning today, perhaps it was because of what Andrew Weaver had to say about him. Mr. Kenney, as all readers of this…
VICTORIA, B.C. — If Jason Kenney’s ears were burning today, perhaps it was because of what Andrew Weaver had to say about him. Mr. Kenney, as all readers of this…
If the recent deluge of climate change reports is getting on your nerves – there’s no nice way to put this, it’s worse than you’ve been told. Scientific American takes…
So for a change of pace here's a story that isn't connected to a nihilistic racist death cult…. so far as I know at least. PressProgress picked up ARC's story…
President Mauricio Macri and Managing Director of the IMF Christine Lagarde, at the 2018 G7 Summit in Canada • Photo by Casa Rosada (Argentina Presidency of the Nation) On August…
If the summer holidays interrupted the school walkouts, the teenager-led Fridays for Future movement hasn’t let up its fight to save the planet. Ever since the start of the movement,…
There have been reports of late suggesting that America’s CEOs have had something of an epiphany. It seems they’re becoming deeply concerned about the wellbeing of the Average Joe. Some…
To the whingers it’s blue-green algae, the toxic growth that fouls our rivers and lakes and triggers massive coastal dead zones but Nixon vice-president and jailbird Spiro Agnew knew those…
Justin Trudeau, continuing on this year’s campaign theme of ‘I’m better than that jerk‘ is warning that our chances of fighting climate change will be dead as a National Lampoon’s…
Robbing Peter to pay Paul. Robbing the poor to pay the rich. Robbing the future to pay the present. That’s the way we like it and we’re damned good at…
Yesterday I had the pleasure and privilege of chatting with my friend and colleague in caregiving, Mark Stolow. Mark is the founder of HUDDOL.COM, a terrific resource for caregivers everywhere.I…
Ever since the Ethics Commissioner released his report, Andrew Scheer has been in a feverish frenzy. Trying once again to portray the tacky little SNC affair as Canada's biggest scandal…
This week’s day trip was fascinating, meaningful, and so much fun. We went to Alert Bay, toured the U’mista Cultural Centre (us for the second time, my mom for the…
It was just last week that I went into the news surrounding the Federal Leaders debates, who was in and who was out as of that moment. In that piece…
Rob Benzie and May Warren report in The Toronto Star that: The cash-strapped Progressive Conservative government is hoping to conserve money by winding down some conservation programs. But local conservation…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Alex Hemingway writes about the need for Canada’s federal election to include a discussion about democratizing ownership and control of our economy. Nicole…
Renewable energy just kept getting cheaper and cheaper despite ongoing subsides for the oil and gas industries. This is really good to see as people who only care about short…
The worst of the mistakes made by Mike Harris, conservative premier of Ontario from 1995 to 2002, was the downloading of provincial government expenses to municipalities. It was a stupid…
Look what I got from Dundurn Press when in Boston yesterday for the Red Sox game: the new cover design to the last instalment in the X Gang series, Age…
Cheerful cats.
A note on the leaders in our business world.. (This article immediately below is not by me. This is from a note that was sent on to me.) “In January…