All indications are B.C. politicians will continue to avoid the B.C. Legislature by conducting meetings remotely, while also sending children and teachers into classrooms with no physical distancing among cohorts…
A safe supply of cannabis could reduce other drug use and ease challenges for marginalized youth, according to research. Moira Wyton 27 Aug 2020 | TheTyee.ca Moira Wyton is The…
A BC Green Party co-founder urges a radical new path. Pursuing electoral power hasn’t paid off, and the planet can’t wait. Michael M’Gonigle Today | TheTyee.ca Michael M’Gonigle was eco-research…
Our premier and I come at politics from such different angles, it always comes as a surprise to me when I find myself agreeing with him. But sometimes I do.…
August 31 2020 The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation and City of Vancouver will welcome an experienced municipal leader to the role of General Manager, Parks and Recreation, when…
In the fiscal year ended March 31, to its residential, commercial and industrial customers, BC Hydro sold 1.6% less electricity than in the previous year. The volume in 2019-2020 was…
With just over two months to go before the election, Donald Trump is clearly feeling the heat. He must be finally realizing that he could lose, and end up in…
Colfax, Louisiana is what the New York Times calls a ‘flyspeck’ town. Today the town is remembered for the ‘Colfax Riot’ when, in 1873, white supremacists massacred scores of former…
I just finished a telephone consult with my GP. I’m still not sold on over-the-phone medicine but these are unusual times. Among other things I wanted to know about this…
We are happy to announce that books from two new publishers are now available from leftwingbooks.net: Black Rose Books and Pathfinder Press. You can check out some of their titles…
As the month of August ends and an end of the summer is just around the corner, it’s hard to find any positives out there. Really it feels like the…
Fall is approaching, and while we love the winter it is bitersweet as normally we would be gearing up to table at various conferences, universities, and bookfairs. Not this year!…
Originally published by Rolling Stone LONG READ Wade Davis August 6, 2020 8:00AM ET Anthropologist Wade Davis on how COVID-19 signals the end of the American era The COVID crisis…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks with reporters, March 20, 2020. Photo courtesy of FordNation/Twitter. One of the main tensions that has come to the forefront during the COVID-19 pandemic is…
WHERE DO WE STAND North Cowichan How we treat people is how we will treat the forests. While writing an article about bullying in Maple Bay recently, I asked…
Note: this is an unedited audio transcript generated by the Google sound recorder app on my Pixel 4. In the future I may edit it (or if you want to,…
Difficulty justifying billions of dollars spent to meet a need that has not existed is no real problem for people who benefit from the expenditures. After years of arguing falsely…
After a very eventful summer in Alberta politics, Dave and Adam tackle big questions about Alberta’s fiscal challenges (and revenue problems) and Premier Jason Kenney’s promised ” fiscal reckoning,” the…
Community is the key to the future. Those societies that are fairing best in responding to COVID 19 are those with a strong sense of community. America’s dismal response is…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Hannah Aldridge writes that we should be expecting far more from the provinces in taking care of people in the course of the…
