It’s the other dirty little secret of the oilsands: Foreign companies and their shareholders are benefitting from the huge dividends produced by Alberta’s vast bitumen sand deposits while Canadians are…
I must admit that as the days warm up, I'm finding it harder and harder to spend my spare time locked up in my self imposed prison cell.And the sight…
A recent poll suggested that half of all Canadians are experiencing some form of depression, and half are saying they’re feeling hopeless.So it's not hard to imagine how many Canadian…
…in Bavaria. Back in the Summer of ‘39. In, you know, Bavaria. https://t.co/nXJsEQ9QR6 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 12, 2020
During the battle against Covid-19 we’ve seen very few examples of poor behaviour when it’s come to our political leaders working together. We’ve seen some in Ottawa involving partisan spats…
A worker at the Edwards Air Force Base in Kern County, California. Photo from Flickr. Only months ago, a polite and mostly sterile discussion was underway in official circles over…
President Donald Trump salutes cadets during the 136th U.S. Coast Guard Academy Commencement in New London, Conn., May 17, 2017. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley/US Department of…
Reader Brian sent this along to me this morning. Enjoy! Though they’ve been a tad quiet during the CoVid 19 Semi-Apocalypse, all you need to do to get by is…
Vancouver Park Board Information Bulletin May 11, 2020 The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation will not be reopening parking lots at beaches and parks in the coming days as…
Assorted content to start your week. – John Nichols writes about Pramila Jayapal’s recognition that mass unemployment is a policy choice – and her plan for wage supports to make…
The things you notice while you have nothing else to do. The other day, I was having my daily glass of beer with my wife. (This requires some explaining. We…
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed the latest on the provinces beginning to…
Photo: H. Gillies (Facebook) VIDEO Anti-lockdown protesters block St. Paul’s Hospital emergency entrance and shout insults at frontline healthcare workers An anti-lockdown march in downtown Vancouver nearly spiralled out…
Through out our fight against Covid-19 we’ve seen so many people rise to the challenge of these times, make big sacrifices and do whatever they can to help their communities.…
The US 2020 ballot question will be social distancing vs. opening everything up. Or, as we call it up here in Canada, living vs. dying. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May…
Today marks the resumption of Trudeau’s Folly, the multi-billion dollar Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion destined to carry a whole lot of nothing from Athabasca to “tidewater” on BC’s Lower Mainland. The…
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of May 11, 2020. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on May…
It’s almost hard to believe that for many of us we’re starting our third month living with the measures to fight Covid-19. It was two months ago today that Ontario…
BBC’s ‘culture’ section is praising a TV series adaptation of a dystopian movie, “Snowpiercer,” set to air this month. The Beebs calls it “the perfect TV show for right now.”…
We’ve been here before. That’s the lesson of Andrew Nikiforuk’s latest column in The Tyee: The coronavirus pandemic is, among other things, a tribute to human ingenuity and our relentless…
