Originally published by https://sixmountains.ca A leading forest professional says clearcutting is the worst thing a community can do to reduce the risks of wildfires along an urban interface. “I know…
Propped-up cats.
Canada is gripped by LNG/Wet’suwet’en crisis, and we’re witnessing national support for the Wet’suwet’en people with solidarity blockades, rallies and protests that have popped up across the country. We’ve observed…
Members of the far-right Yellow Vests along with other conspiracy theorists attended a march and rally in Ottawa on February 25th, 2020. The rally was organized by Crystal Vargas, a…
Look at that packed house of happy SFH fans! Look at Snipe Yeomanson’s debonair attire! Look at Bjorn von Flapjack III keeping the beat! Look at Jah Winkie Nuclear Age…
Just leave it all to Jimmy Kimmel.
A group of doctors, nurses and other health professionals from British Columbia are backing the Wet’suet’en and calling on premier Horgan to stop the fracking underway in the northeast. We…
A truck at the vast Oyu Tolgoi mine near the Gobi Desert in southern Mongolia. Photo by Rio Tinto. With its heavy dependence on the extractive industry, facilitated by a…
In this age of pitched battles over the impact of certain needed political policies, it’s interesting to see how various entities in society react. While it’s government that sets the…
A lot of the time of a backbench MP — and their staff — is spent either preparing for or in committee meetings. And often those meetings happen over breakfast…
The coronavirus has underscored just how important China has become to the world economy. It’s much more important than it was during the SARS crisis. Jeffrey Frankel writes: It is…
Waste water is a headache to deal with since it’s a complex soup of bacteria and other tiny elements which vary day to day. When a brewery puts its waste…
The democratic party achieved a breakthrough of sorts last weekend in Las Vegas. It was a win for leftist Bernie Sanders and was the first clear indication of why Sanders…
Mr. Speaker, honourable members of the Legislative Assembly, fellow Albertans … I speak to you as Alberta’s vice-regal — which has nothing to do with vice, by the way, not…
Originally published by Where Do We Stand. WDWS If Municipalities Are Large Ships, Councillors Must Become Large Tugboats Icil Dobell COUNCIL MATTERS UPDATE (FEB 20): Council discussed a Notice…
In Britain and the U.S., it can be a crime for a journalist to tell the truth. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/feb/25/julian-assange-handcuffed-stripped-naked-claim-lawyers Think about it. How is this different from Nazi Germany?_________________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/25/trump-supreme-court-sonia-sotomayor-ruth-bader-ginsburg_________________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/25/rush-limbaugh-coronavirus-trump…
Today I somehow stumbled across what is one of the best web sites I’ve ever visited, Verdict or verdict.justia.com to be precise. Verdict is a repository of legal analysis and…
I’ve seen a lot in my life, but I am still trying to process this story: At a carnival procession in Spain, participants dressed like Nazis and Jewish concentration camp…
Poet Jack J Locke passed away last week. We got to know each very well during the past year as we co founded The Charter Poets along with Blossom Thom.…
