Why Don Cherry’s Firing Is Good For Hockey and Canada
I'm not surprised that Don Cherry could not bring himself to say sorry for his most recent racist comments “I could’ve stayed on if I wanted to and knuckled under,…
2019
Justin Trudeau and the Con Babies
It couldn’t have been easy for Andrew Scheer to meet with the man he had demonized for so long, but still managed to defeat him. And the more Justin Trudeau…
"Every Single Canadian With A Cellphone Is At Risk"
A warning from Baron Chong that all smartphone users should heed: s Recommend this Post
A lady asked me to hold her baby so she could get into her seat. I naturally obliged.
I am a full-service fellow airline passenger.
And so it begins
He will be impeached in the House. But the Senate will not remove him, of course. Doesn’t matter. It will increasingly obsess him and his team, it will drain their…
What? Labour Costs are Causing Foreign Companies to Leave China.
Deutche Welle reports that a surprising number of German companies are shifting all or part of their Chinese operations elsewhere. A transformation under way in China is making other, lower-wage…
International Energy Agency Sees Encouraging Signs on Climate Change but Too Little, Too Late.
The International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2019 sees renewable energy and electric vehicles coming on stream much faster than predicted but not nearly fast enough. The New York Times…
Let’s Make Billionaires Pay
Democracy is rule by the people and it’s up to the people to ensure that this continues to be the case. Currently the growing inequality in democracies is threatening the…
What’s Our Policy to Avert Epidemics?
Beijing hospitals are treating two people for plague. It’s not the bubonic plague. It is the much deadlier pneumonic plague. Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and can…
Venice Has a Water Problem
The city of canals and gondolas is no stranger to seasonal flooding but even Venice is not immune to sea level rise. The city is now taking the brunt of…
Earthgauge News – Nov. 12, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/19-11-12-egnews-forair.mp3 Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – PressProgress examines the damage Doug Ford wants to inflict on children in Ontario’s education system. Fareed Khan calls out the right-wing politicians acting…
A Vulnerable Fortress
Albertans are talking about The Wall. It’s not a new idea. This time around, Jason Kenney is leading the charge. Tom Walkom writes: In early 2001, six notable Alberta conservatives…
Now do the decent thing.
Green leader Elizabeth May did the right thing. The other major party leaders, Scheer, Singh and Trudeau should follow. None completed the recent election with honour. Scheer won the popular…
OK Greens, Where Do We Go From Here?
"Greens might take some solace in seeing Elizabeth May returned to the House accompanied by two new B.C.-based MP's (and having had a few other candidates show strong second-place finishes…
OK Greens, Where Do We Go From Here?
"Greens might take some solace in seeing Elizabeth May returned to the House accompanied by two new B.C.-based MP's (and having had a few other candidates show strong second-place finishes…
OK Greens, Where Do We Go From Here?
“Greens might take some solace in seeing Elizabeth May returned to the House accompanied by two new B.C.-based MP’s (and having had a few other candidates show strong second-place finishes…
"I’m not racist! How dare you say that?"
Those of you calling for Stephen Miller to be fired by the White House because he has been revealed (again) to be a white supremacist do not understand that’s the…