A supporter at Unist’ot’en camp in Wet’suwet’en territory Jan. 15. Arrests of supporters at the camp are expected to take place Sunday, Feb. 9. Photo: Amber Bracken / The Narwhal…
In my last post I looked at a recent poll, one that had Peter MacKay so far ahead of the other Con leadership candidates it might as well be a…
By a 7-0 vote, Seattle city council has approved a motion to ban residential evictions during the three coldest winter months. It remains to be seen whether the mayor, who…
I had a chance to meet with leadership candidate Erin O’Toole this morning during his campaign stop in Moncton. This is Erin’s second attempt to become the leader of the…
Today I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now”, along with Katlyn Harrison and Shane MacKenzie on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about rumors about John Baird seeking the…
Jason Kenney is trying to pressure Justin Trudeau to greenlight the Teck bitumen mine by threatening dire consequences if he doesn’t. In a letter to Trudeau, hand-delivered to Deputy Prime…
A pundit wrote that Trump is not some fluke, an aberration. He is instead the culmination of a process of decay that began decades ago. Trump, or someone of his…
Unist’ot’en Territory, Feb 10, 2020 – A convoy of armed RCMP tactical units has invaded sovereign and unceded Unist’ot’en Territory to enforce Coastal GasLink’s injunction. Our Unist’ot’en Matriarchs and…
IDF Soldier in the Golan Heights. Photo from Flickr. Last month the Canadian embassy in Tel Aviv held an event to celebrate Canadians fighting in the Israeli military. The embassy…
The board could join other municipal agencies, including in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Burnaby, New Westminster and Port Moody, in offering the products for free. All schools in B.C. were also…
That’s how Michael Harris sees Tory leadership hopeful, Peter MacKay. He can’t speak French, he views the media as either a vanity mirror or the enemy, and a rubber boot…
Peter MacKay has hit a rough patch. Weird social media. Policy incoherence. Crummy French. Interviews going awry. Sure, he’s coughed up the big entrance fee, and proffered the requisite number…
Over the weekend I wrote a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau about the proposed Teck Frontier tar sands mine and cc’d appropriate parties. The letter is below. I felt it…
As many people who read this site know, or have come to know over time, I am Métis and proudly so. In the political sphere that can mean a few…
Canadians should be ashamed when we look at how First Nations protesters against pipelines are being treated. We can do better than this.
luso mnthali on Twitter: “US Customs officials destroyed renowned Mali musician Ballaké Sissoko’s kora. https://t.co/NxXIQthUec” / Twitter — Read on twitter.com/malabousaza/status/1225151856999043074
gerald zuckier on Twitter: “@cmargir @malabousaza @chick_in_kiev Studies suggest that as much as 75% of the drugs that reach the US are smuggled over the border in glue used to…
Technology, we’re told, can and will make lives easier. That’s true — but only partially true. When it comes to elections, what happened in Iowa proves that our faith in…
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 10, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: Philadelphia Flyers’ mascot Gritty cleared in alleged assault, police say Lawmaker quotes…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Annie Lowrey writes about the affordability crisis which has left most Americans in dire financial straits even as aggregate economic numbers look reasonably…
