The swamp that is the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit issue just got murkier and slipperier. Larry Pynn Last Wednesday, North Cowichan council voted unanimously to set aside last month’s 5-2…
Cuddly cats.
“We just lost the initiative.” “It is said that the attacking force, going into a fight, generally has the initiative…But once it becomes a defensive action, then you’re literally giving…over…
Vladimir Putin has been quoted as saying that the collapse of the Soviet Union was the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.” Whether or not his words have been interpreted…
I have just lost 6 or 7 hours of research and writing for the blog. I don’t know how it happened. It simply disappeared. So the real Sept. 12 will…
On Saturday long time hockey commentator Don Cherry went on a racist rant during his Coaches Corner segment on Hockey night in Canada: You people … that come here, whatever…
Since the Federal Election took place close to a month ago (I know, it feels like it’s been longer, hasn’t it?) and Canadians elected a minority Parliament, many have been…
Way to go, Twitter. (And thanks, CPC friends in Vancouver Centre.) My friends at @VanCentreCPC let me know about a fake me account. Reported it to @twitter. They literally had…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Joseph Stiglitz discusses how decades of laissez-faire economics and deference to the rich have undermined any effective democratic decision-making. Bruce Boghosian observes…
When it comes to impeachment, Bill Blum writes, there are lots of parallels between Richard Nixon and Donald Trump. But there are other parallels between Trump and Al Capone: As…
The housing pattern pictured above is not sustainable, nor is how we as a species consume the planet’s resources. A way to think about our sustainability is to think of…
There are some 180 countries but Canada is one of just three. We are rated one of three countries “least likely” to meet our GHG emissions targets. Way to go,…
There seems to be a difference of opinion between French President Emmanuel Macron and prime minister Justin Trudeau of Canada. Macron says that the 70-year old North Atlantic Treaty Organization…
When we do not talk about the most vulnerable people in our society – sex workers and people in homeless shelters to name just two groups – we tell the…
How much of the United Conservative Party’s radical project to transform Alberta into a dystopic firewalled statelet, most of the details of which were revealed by Premier Jason Kenney for…
“missed me, you big stripy fuck” ?: https://t.co/Rq7dW7lgS9 pic.twitter.com/wHvXQwmTiR — Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) November 10, 2019
Cherry, 85, had singled out new immigrants for not wearing poppies to honour Canada’s veterans and dead soldiers Don Cherry sits down with Joe Warmington for a summer coach’s corner…
1/2Mr. Cherry’s personal opinion was hurtful, divisive and in no way condoned by the Legion. We do remain appreciative of his passionate support for Veterans. — The Royal Canadian Legion…
And Now, A Word From Chip Franklin
Love this guy. If you’re too stupid to see that Trump is a pathological liar, skip this video. It will just hurt your brain. pic.twitter.com/BvPIUNBurs — Chip Franklin (@chipfranklin) November…