As the United States barrel towards an election which may very well decide the future of the democratic experiment in that country, extremists such as the Proud Boys (among others)…
All those years ago when I earned my keep in the oil patch, I was fortunate to toil for Shell Canada. I was paid well, enjoyed generous benefits and excellent…
I am well aware that for some people the science on masks is over, they’ve heard what they want to hear, that masks may provide some utility in mitigating viral…
US intelligence agencies are warning of the threat of extremist violence in the runup to the November 3 elections. From Reuters: U.S. security officials are warning that violent domestic extremists…
Ever since he posed for this picture, and helped trigger a Con COVID outbreak, Erin O'Toole has been relatively quiet. He has refrained from attacking Justin Trudeau like Andrew Scheer…
I didn’t intend on writing another piece tonight, but we had a bit of an interesting development in our household this evening that made it necessary to write one last…
Friends, My name is Caelen Cook. I am the Youth Representative for the Cowichan Valley BC NDP. Most of you don’t know me, because I haven’t been a New Democrat…
An F-35 Lightning II employs a Guided Bomb Unit-12 (GBU-12) Paveway II laser-guided weapon from the internal weapons bay against a fixed ground tank test target at a test range…
Having worked in politics for close to a decade and having worked over a dozen campaigns in the last 15 or so years, it gets hard to shock me anymore…
https://www.etfo.ca/AboutETFO/MediaRoom/MediaReleases/Pages/Ford%20government%E2%80%99s%20return%20to%20school%20plan%20unravelling%20because%20it%20refuses%20to%20fund%20smaller%20class%20sizes%20to%20keep%20students,%20educat.aspx My home province, Ontario, has a premier who is Donald Trump’s twin brother. His name is Doug Ford. ______________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/sep/23/aid-agencies-warn-of-covid-19-crisis-in-refugee-camps-as-winter-approaches Our wars have pushed tens of millions – probably…
The Glass Mountain Inn on the Silverado Trail north of Napa. This is the inn as it once was
Eileen McGann, a talented and accomplished artist and singer/musician is joined by her husband David K. Enjoy ‘No Country’s Law’ followed by ‘Too Stupid For Democracy’ Humour, music…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Economist highlights the public health steps governments need to be taking while we wait for vaccines and therapies to make the…
Are we getting more ‘false positives’ with Covid testing? Will the so-called ‘second wave’ bring about more harsh restrictions on supporting local businesses, generating more upward movement of wealth around…
It amazes me how sometimes a few little pieces of information that could seem completely unrelated can help to tie a story together. It was just yesterday here at this…
81 percent of COVID-19 deaths in Canada were in long-term care, nearly double the OECD average. Photo from Flickr. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the failure of Canada’s long-term care…
The second COVID wave has arrived in Ontario. And things are not going well. Bruce McArthur writes: On Monday, Ontario recorded a pandemic-record 700 new COVID-19 cases, and the premier…
A new UK-based shoe company, Allbirds, wants you to know it cares about your carbon footprint. The clothing industry alone is estimated to contribute 4% of the global greenhouse gas…
