The Substitute.
It happens. You have all your nominations completed and one of your candidates drops out. That happens for any of hundreds of reasons. It could be anything from illness, bankruptcy…
September 2019
Billy-Ray Belcourt’s NDN Coping Mechanisms tops Audreys Books Edmonton Fiction Bestseller List
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton during the week ended Sept. 1, 2019. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and…
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Metric – Risk
Cowichan Exhibition Judging Best Marijuana Plants This Weekend
The Cowichan Exhibition in Duncan, B.C., which dates back to 1868, has created a best cannabis category to embrace legalization and celebrate local pot growers, said exhibition vice-president Bud James.…
Lifelong New Democrat Voting Green
Dorothy Field-Contributor Dear John Horgan and Carole James, Just a note should you care to hear from me. I will almost certainly be voting Green in the upcoming federal election.…
Autonomous Groups Set up Hubs Across Several States to Mobilize Dorian Aid
Reposted from Its Going Down While Trump baffles the nation with Tweets and sharpie drawings, and the State cuts disaster relief funds to pay for a border wall, autonomous and…
Halifax Anarchist Bookfair Postponed Until Sunday Because of Hurricane Dorian
Organizers of the 2nd Annual Halifax Anarchist Bookfair have decided to postpone the bookfair, which was to take place tomorrow, to Sunday September 8th, due to the impending landfall of…
Recycling in Montreal
What actually happens to recycling in Montreal? Post the same question in reference to where you live!! Let’s find out what everyone believes and if that differs from what actually…
Park Board Statement on Oppenheimer Park
The Park Board met last night to discuss the current situation in Oppenheimer Park. Commissioners have received regular updates and have met on three occasions throughout the summer. I am…
The NDP needs to frontline a Green New Deal this election
Photo courtesy the NDP The federal election is emerging as a climate referendum. However, the NDP is marginalized because of its failure to establish a distinct profile by embracing a…
Lifelong New Democrat Cannot In All Conscience Continue to Support the NDP
Dear John Horgan and Carole James, Just a note should you care to hear from me. I will almost certainly be voting Green in the upcoming federal election next year,…
A New Electoral Loophole?
As few weeks back I wrote a piece in which I brought up changes to the elections laws and how their changes can create issues and situations from campaign to…
May’s War Room Kicks into Action on New Brunswick Defection Mess
The Federal election has yet to be called and already the Greens and NDP are engaged in a nasty spat in New Brunswick. This could sour their relationship at a…
Questions asked
Available evidence demonstrates that, despite the province’s financial affairs being in good order, the NDP Government is satisfied to keep school teacher salaries close to the lowest paid of any…
What We’re Really Up Against
I’ve heard a lot of people who, at the mention of the climate crisis, believe that, when the time is right – just a little longer, any year now –…
Even the Globe Can’t Stomach BoJo
The Globe editorial board can’t find adjectives bad enough to describe the blonde-mop FUBAR now occupying No. 10. They did, however, manage to sum up Boris Johnson’s disastrous week of…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Giri Savaraman and Jim Stanford point out the importance of a more collaborative and inclusive economy, even as Australia’s right-wing government pushes in…
Bullshit debate about debates
…and Sheila Copps, fresh from assorted bigoted attacks on Jody Wilson-Raybould, is all over it. Surprise, surprise. I have a response. https://scontent.fyyz1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/69392939_10157775079468296_2030263197239345152_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_oc=AQkgW366SmVMKLp66qib47xooMWuq9FpQcEtxtwJWtM2dGFCGC8cxqDkyIzZhQP0Xsg&_nc_ht=scontent.fyyz1-1.fna&oh=83d94f1f989e5bec2c5ce64d136e6a9f&oe=5E074E5C
Crunch Time
David Suzuki has been sounding the alarm on climate change for thirty years. And now, he writes, we’re almost out of time: Last October, hundreds of the world’s top climate…
Mother of all Parliaments.
This mother certainly has her problems. And if you believed Theresa May was incompetent as prime minister, you probably should not have gotten your hopes up for Boris Johnson. The…