Trudeau has pushed for lifted restraints, less transparency. Why we should be deeply concerned. Michael Harris – TheTyee.caMichael Harris, a Tyee contributing editor, is a highly-awarded journalist and documentary maker.…
Don’t be ridiculous. 
It’s Good Friday and for many families, this would be a time when they might start to make the trek out of town or get ready to host people for…
The new conservative thing is to protest lockdowns, because they apparently know better than the doctors and the experts. So, as they trumpet “freedom,” they’ll have the freedom to get…
Donald Trump continues to sink into the ooze. Some, including me, are amazed by his performance — or lack of it. Martin Dunn — who used to edit The New…
It is an old-fashioned view of leadership, but it is still valid. You have to have vision. Without it, where are you going? A leader understands people and shares with…
We’ve got ordinary people that decades of neoliberals have consigned to the precariat, the “Gig Economy,” who now put their lives on the line for us every day and not…
EXPLAINER As fears intensify that the benchmark price for Alberta’s oilsands crude could drop below zero, we dig into what’s behind the crash, the phenomenon of ‘homeless crude’ and why…
It's a great shot. Justin Trudeau meets with some of the members of his Team Canada for the first time after three weeks in self isolation.With a lunchbox on his…
As predicted.
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Damian Carrington reports on the connection between air pollution and more severe death rates caused by the coronavirus. Clyde Russell writes that…
The following COVID-19 resources may be useful to many of you; if you know of similar resources not on this list, send me an email and let me know. i…
The BC government decision today to close all provincial parks due to spread of COVID-19 will put even more pressure on regional and municipal parks in the Cowichan Valley —…
You don’t have to look very far these days before you’ll spot someone who is, to put it crudely, “batshit crazy.” These are lunatics who see “dark forces” hatching sinister…
#TBT: Ras Pierre Schenk and Winnie Nuclear Age Smith of the Hot Nasties at the (electrified) mic in the Schenk family basement, circa 1978. RIP, Mr. Otto Schenk.
The focus of this article is focused on the USA but much of it is transferrable. Originally published by International Clearing House The failure of leadership is an opportunity for…
In addition to the giant blunders that I’ve already written about, and the clear absence of leadership on the left, there is the even more glaring indictment, which is…
