Budget 2019: The Morning After
Yesterday was Budget Day in Ottawa, a usually crazy day that usually brings some drama along with it. Well thanks to the Liberal members of the Justice Committee meetings killing…
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The History of the Carbon Cycle Sits in Ancient Wetlands
Scientists have unearthed and pieced together evidence on more than 1,000 ancient wetland sites from across the globe, that are presently covered by fields, forests and lakes. Although vanished from…
Something for everyone; Nothing for all.
There is supposed to be a little something for everybody and it turns out there is nothing overly impressive for anybody. It is a strange feeling going over this federal…
Rethinking some dominant approaches to climate change
Photo by Fabrice Florin Climate change is the most visible, most threatening expression of a larger, planetary ecological crisis, the result of an economic system (capitalism) with an inherent growth…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Blanketed cats.
I Just Read The Entire 2019 Budget So You Don’t Have To
Holy hell, my eyeballs are burning, and my brain feels overextended – and not in the smart way, but in a leaky way. Let me get this out of the…
A Future Without Fossil Fuels?
Photo by Hedgerow Global “Kingsmill Bond” certainly sounds like a proper name for a City of London financial analyst. He looks the part, too: gray hair expertly trimmed, well-cut suit.…
The War on AMLO
Photo by Eneas De Troya Ten weeks into the administration of progressive president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the Mexican right has made it clear how it plans to oppose…
1919: A Powerful Interpretation of Canada’s Most Famous Strike
1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike Graphic History Collective and David Lester Between The Lines, 2019 “History is an important resource for people who want to change…
Meteor Explodes Over Ocean in 2018
A video showing the smoke trail from the #Meteor over the Bering Strait last December, produced using data from @JMA_kishou's #Himawari satellite.The orange meteor trail in the middle, shadow above-left.…
The budget reviewed, in tweets
On the journalism fund: Canada has some of he best journalists in the world. Count on them to go out of their way to show they can’t be bought. #cdnpoli…
Help please!
Can anyone out there help me? Just saw a headline on CNN saying that, in spite of Brexit chaos, unemployment was at an historic low. Likewise in US where in…
March 19: The wretched of the earth.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/oecd-tax-rich-social-security-1.5062441 It’s about time our news media and the Canadian people caught onto this theft of our money.It’s been causing hardship for years – and it could well cause a…
This is what Doug Ford has done in six months. "For the People"
Here is Doug Ford Laughing at the “People” This is what Doug Ford has done in six months. 1. Killed Cap & Trade resulting in $3-$4B in lost revenue (not…
The medium is the message: Rachel Notley calls an election for April 16
The medium is the message. And in March and April 2019, the medium and the message will be Rachel Notley. Rachel Notley, premier of Alberta, personally popular but leading a…
Notley Calls Election
Albertans will go to the polls April 16. After weeks of speculation, NDP leader Rachel Notley has made it official: it’s election time in Alberta. The vote will take place…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday March 19, 2019. Today we are talking about Employment Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ahmed Sati offers some important – if belated – recognition of the need to fight against exclusionary bigotry. Jessica Davis focuses on…
Ten Days to Brexit
The UK and the EU are just ten days from a “hard Brexit.” MPs have twice rejected Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement. Speaker John Bercow says her government can’t bring the…