‘Goddamn the CPR.’
Can you imagine two more Canadian icons than journalist Allan Fotheringham and the Canadian Pacific Railway? It came as a pleasant surprise recently to see a television interview with ‘Doc…
2019
First reading of Bill 207 reveals zero UCP votes for women’s reproductive rights
Here are two important statistics about the United Conservative Party’s Bill 207, the Conscience Rights (Health Care Providers) Protection Act, which was introduced in the Alberta Legislature yesterday … Just…
Alberta after Fossil Fuels
Alberta and oil are almost synonymous. But if the province is to do its share to avoid the apocalypse that global warming threatens, it must kick the oil habit, or…
Nov. 7: WOW1 Three Cheers for New Zealand.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/07/new-zealand-wins-global-praise-historic-law-bring-net-carbon-emissions-zero-2050 So. Why can’t the rest of us do that?_________________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/06/billionaires-super-rich-extreme-wealth-political-influence-inequality-gates-bezos-buffett Would any Canadian or American newspaper run this opinion column? Not likely. They are more likely to be the…
Andrew Scheer And The Con Road To Ruin
It was Andrew Scheer's first meeting with his caucus since his election night defeat, and it went on for almost seven hours.So I'm sure many people waiting outside must have…
If You Want Another Reason To Be Pessimistic ….
This is unspeakably depressing. Most Americans — 65 per cent, according to PRRI — may now find Trump’s behaviour undignified and damaging to the presidency, but not white evangelicals. They…
Good Coffee for Good Causes
A coffee chain in Cambodia is more than just another place to get an espresso. Feel Good Coffee is a social enterprise that runs cafes and sells coffee wholesale to…
A seven-hour caucus meeting creates seven big problems
The Conservative caucus met on Parliament Hill yesterday. Watching them from afar, it recalled a big therapy session. But without a therapist in charge. It went for seven hours, reportedly.…
Democracy Can’t Be Taken For Granted
We are approaching the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The conventional wisdom then was that freedom was on the march. Max Boot writes: I was a…
It comes down to sidewalks.
Do we trust our governments to spend our tax money wisely? What kind of democracy is this when our municipal politicians hew to the right or left of the political…
Game Learning Analytcs for Evidence=Based Serious Games
Summary of a talk by Baltasar Fernandex Manjon at CELDA 2019 ie.ft.com/uber-game Serious games – Have been used successfully in many domains – medicine, military – But low adoption in…
A little media #TBT action
The hair: it’s thick and lustrous, no?
The ‘most pro-life Legislature in decades’ gets ready to make its first move to restrict reproductive rights
Does anyone recall when Cameron Wilson, political action director of the “Wilberforce Project,” previously known as Pro-Life Alberta, bragged that “if the UCP wins the upcoming election, then we will…
City and Park Board prepare for winter weather, encourage residents to do the same
November 6 2019 As the seasons shift, the City of Vancouver is preparing for its winter weather response and is encouraging residents to take time to do the same. This…
The Month of November – It’s Important for Two Reasons
November is a sombre month. The leaves have fallen where I live, and the skies are steely gray. Rain changes to sleet and then back to rain again. Geese cry…
How Do You Like Your Chances?
Maybe you think they’re just making this sh*t up. Maybe you would like to think they’re just making this sh*t up but you realize that they’re not. Maybe the enormity…
Time for Reflection
We live in an interesting time, and not always for the best reasons. Let’s face it, 2019 has been a crazy year and 2020 doesn’t promise to be much better.…