Kenney’s ‘Data-Based’ Covid Restrictions
There are some leaders you’d follow to hell and back, and then there’s Jason Kenney. On Nov 24 Mr Kenney declared a second covid related public health emergency and outlined…
November 2020
Man and beast feast on this year’s chum salmon runs to the Cowichan River
Larry Pynn While tourists enjoyed a world-class wildlife spectacle this month — Steller and California sea lions hauled out on the Cowichan Bay waterfront — Cowichan Tribes engaged in a…
November 30, 2007 – November 29, 2020: Good Bye (For Now) and Thank You From Kurt and the Other Past and Present Writers of ARC
What I hope is at least a slightly more flattering photo than the one Keean Bexte used in his story about me back in January, though to be fair I…
A Biblical Story of the Concentration of Wealth During a Disaster
Today I find myself thinking about a story in Genesis 47:13 – 26. It is the story of a famine in Egypt. I’ll share the text from the Bible, and…
Don’t be fooled by Canada’s recent pro-Palestine UN vote
A man waves a Palestinian flag during a protest in the Jordan Valley, West Bank. Photo from Pixabay. Last week, Canada stood with the majority and voted in favour of…
Plague Update: Saskatchewan Descends As Faithful Cheer On The Coming Darkness
Saskatchewan has COVID-19 getting out of hand. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/27/canada-prairies-coronavirus-alberta-saskatchewan-manitoba In light of the shocking, disturbing behavior of a former politically-appointed chair of Sask health region, compounded by fact it's being directed…
Richard Gordon interviews Richard Fantin on Albertastan
Episode 69! Part one of our discussion on The Great Reset. Podcast:
250 million people participate in countrywide strike in India
Despite police repression and the COVID-19 pandemic, workers and farmers and their allies across India participated in a pan-India strike action against the recent neoliberal reforms pushed through by the…
"at your library" in the north island eagle: an antidote to covid boredom: virtual book clubs
An Antidote to COVID Boredom: Virtual Book Clubs As winter settles in on the North Island, and we continue social distancing to lessen the risks of contracting COVID-19, life can…
"at your library" column in the north island eagle: homeschooling? your library can help
Homeschooling? Your Library Can Help One of the many ways COVID has changed our lives is an increased interest in homeschooling. Of course no parents want their children to be…
"at your library" in the north island eagle: new e-resources and new hours at the port hardy library
New E-Resources – and New Holl different areas – language learning, music, crafts, local history and culture, auto repair – and so much more. And like everything in your library,…
"at your library" in the north island eagle: september is literacy month
Catching up on my “At Your Library” column in one of our free local newspapers. September Is Literacy Month When you hear the word “literacy”, you might think of reading…
Yo-yo Ma is a godlike genius
Just read the interview with him in the New York Times Magazine. He’s just brilliant. Full interview here. Snippet here: Do you think music is fundamentally good? That’s a good…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – In the absence of leaders at any level of government willing to act on the scale needed to stop the coronavirus pandemic…
The Final Nail
“Give me liberty or give me death!” That line was Patrick Henry’s claim to fame. If you live in Jason Kenney’s Alberta, those seem to be your two options. Don…
A State of the World Address (In under two minutes)
It seems to me that the ecological crisis is at a critical stage, as is the war on democracy, with the billionaires and corporations having taken over the planet, and…
Breaking Faith with Canadians.
Before people started accepting news in free form as whatever was trending on social media, we were encouraging business and government to work together. We called it by various names…
Breaking Faith with Canadians.
Before people started accepting news in free form as whatever was trending on social media, we were encouraging business and government to work together. We called it by various names…