Dowd: why the smears won’t work this time
Column here. Best part: It won’t fly. All those old tropes about castrating women are threadbare as Trump’s despicable attempt to recycle the birther smear he used to slime Barack…
August 2020
A Life Well Lived
Richard Gwyn has died. I began reading his reporting as a kid, moved to his biographies of Pierre Trudeau and John A. Macdonald and tuned in regularly when he was…
The COVID-19 emergency may not be over, but your hospital parking fee holiday is
It was a big deal back in April when the government of Alberta suspended hospital parking fees for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. Health Minister Tyler Shandro was Johnny…
You Can Ignore It, For Now, But There’s No Denying It
It is increasingly hard to believe how we ignore the climate breakdown even when it’s on our own doorstep. Our federal government has proclaimed a climate state of emergency but…
Sarah Cox on CO-OP RADIO
Co-op Radio’s interview with Sarah Cox, the preeminent journalist covering issues surrounding British Columbia’s effort to ensure that NL’s Muskrat Falls is only the second worst hydro-electric project in Canada.
Dr Bonnie Henry’s ‘The be kind, be calm, be safe mantra’ is not working to the level needed.
Our government must increase mask regulations. The be kind, be calm, be safe mantra is not working to the level needed. Masks must be worn by government enforced law, leaving…
Dear Cowichan South-end Regional-Area Directors:
Please prioritize requesting the province to repave and repair stretches of roads in our growing, respective areas as soon as possible. As a seasoned driver for Cobble Hill Taxi, mainly…
Know Your Enemy
Know your enemy and know yourself, and you will be victorious. – Sun Tzu * Never underestimate what a few individuals will do in pursuit of wealth, privilege, or power.…
Latin America, Te Amo – and – The Expat Exodus Continues
Being at home – et, bien etre I reflect now, again, as I have for 30 years, since my first trip to Mexico and Latin America, that I feel far…
Projected Construction of a New Cowichan Weir Will Not Begin Until 2024
Dear CVRD Chairman Aaron Stone and Directors:After bringing myself to current speed — thanks to information kindly sent to me by Chairman Stone — about plans to study then build…
Our government must increase mask regulations.
BC.CTVNEWS.CA VIDEO-Infectious disease modeller predicts big spike in B.C. COVID cases While videos of crowded Vancouver beaches have gone viral, the summertime increase in COVID-19 cases in B.C. is being…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – As the Libs continue to stall on announcing a promised transition from an expiring CERB to a revised employment insurance system, David Macdonald…
I Just Don’t Understand Americans
I’ve long been somewhat of a politics/history junkie, and as such I read a lot about both topics, from ancient times to modern; I read about events, wars, issues, personalities,…
Saturday Photo: Black Lives Matter in Outremont
The part of Montreal where we live was designed more than 100 years ago as a garden suburb, sort of. Today it is home to a mixed population that includes…
What Are We Going To Do?
The world has changed, Lori Fox writes. And we’re not going back to the old one: The world we knew is gone. The life you thought you were going to…
The Failure of the Intelligentsia
Intellectuals: what a sad joke. I am very much opposed to the commonplace anti-intellectualism of our society. It is dangerous, it is foolish, and it is self-blinding. However, I am…
The Guest List by Lucy Foley is No. 1 on this week’s Alberta independent bookshops’ fiction bestseller list
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. The lists are compiled…
Personal Sovereignty, Body Sovereignty – The Foundation Of A Free Society
All our laws rest on constitutional law. All constitutional law rests on habeus corpus, and “the Great Writ”, the Magna Carta. The central axiom and ultimate foundation of all rule…