Conservatives – In Too Deep, Too Long to Change Now
At some point we’re going to have to write off conservatives, Tories and Blue Liberals alike, when it comes to climate change. They’re either outright, dyed in the wool, deniers…
2019
What Are You Hearing?
I’ve recently had some interesting conversations with friends in Vancouver and Ontario. In each case the other side brought up the issue of climate change and, specifically, how it might…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne highlights how the fight over carbon taxes fits into a broader framework of class warfare – and how the right’s climate…
Remember, This Is Early-Onset Climate Change.
Eastern Canada is reeling from flooding that even Doug Ford admits is the result of climate change – and, hard as this is to say, he’s right. The hydrologic cycle…
Who Is Really Running The Show In Ontario?
There is little question in my mind that in the depths of his shallow soul, Doug Ford, like his philosophical father Mike Harris, believes that government ‘interference’ is what makes…
Your Take On Window Blinds
We are headed towards the end of the first half of this year. This doesn’t mean that it’s already too late to begin making any changes. For instance, most of…
In Whom Or What Do You Trust?
Trust, they say, is the coin of the realm. But, according to the CanTrust Index, trust in Canada has taken a beating. Susan Delacourt writes: For the first three years…
Saturday Photo: Plant a Tree Day…Or Plan to Plant One
Back when I was a kid in California Arbor Day was a big thing. In our windswept, semi-arid neighborhood, we were encouraged to plant trees, particularly around Arbor Day which…
If you’re counting on a Green Wave: Forget it.
Elizabeth May, leader of the Green party, has a damn tough job and she has done it well. She does not always agree with her own troops and her main…
Vote-anywhere made it easier to cast a vote against the government from, well, anywhere
Well, God bless the NDP, I guess, who could apparently be depended upon to do the right thing, even if it killed them. Alberta’s official vote results are now in…
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles is No. 1 on Audreys Books Edmonton Fiction Bestseller List this week
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton during the week ended April 21, 2019. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and…
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The Tea Party – Save Me
Neo-Nazi sentence: not yet
The publisher and editor of the white supremacist, Holocaust-denying, homophobic, women-hating Your Ward News have been found guilty of promoting hatred against women and Jews. But, after a long hearing…
Sears and St. Germaine Sentencing Update
While trying to piece together media reports and accounts from ARC supporters of the Your Ward News sentencing hearing this morning, one word keeps coming to mind: circus. Sears answers…
The Vendetta Deepens?
Kinsella is hinting he has some new strategy to attack Justin Trudeau and the Liberals as the election nears. He tweeted this to someone who objected to his relentless attacks…
Finally, Some Good News for the Trudeau Liberals
Is Canada back in black? CTV reports that the federal government is now running a surplus. A preliminary estimate of the federal books says the government posted a surplus of…
Watch great blue herons defend nests from eagle attacks with Vancouver park board’s Heron Cam
by Martin Dunphy on April 25th, 2019 The Georgia Straight For the fifth year, the Vancouver park board has made a high-definition camera feed available to the public to peek…
Montreal launches organic farming initiative to feed city’s poor
?? WATCH ABOVE: The city of Montreal is partnering with several organizations to turn land into urban gardens to feed impoverished residents. Rachel Lau reports. – AA+ Listen By Rachel…
It’s Becoming a Tense, Angrier World
With the path we’re on today this probably shouldn’t come as much of a surprise but a study finds that we are becoming more anxious and angrier than in the…
Mexico Bumps Canada as America’s Largest Trading Partner
Despite all of Donald Trump’s bluster about Mexico and its people, America’s southern neighbour has become its largest trading partner. U.S. census data released last week showed that Mexico’s trade…