Icil Dobell There is an extraordinary phenomenon occurring in North Cowichan and the world because of Covid-19. The unanticipated implications for our forests are an advocate’s dream come true. In…
If you don’t understand the reference, after destroying First Nation People’s property, homes and very lives governments gave them blankets to help them through the winter, the blankets were infested…
It wasn’t that long ago that we snickered at people walking around with wheelbarrows of money, just enough to buy a loaf of bread. It happened in Weimar, in Zimbabwe,…
The office of the presidency comes with the ultimate responsibility for the biggest decisions in the world. Every great president throughout our history has met that duty with the leadership…
The familiar voice at the other end of the line laughed, a bit. “They’re making fun of the way I look and sound, again,” he says, sounding not at all…
With the world seemingly in free fall mode it’s not hard to get a bad case of the downers. Ivy League great, Yale, has something you might want to try…
Important, extremely useful books here. A brain washing, in the sense of clearing away the fog and gaining some clarity and perspective, is critically needed, now more than ever. What…
Today I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the tragedy over the weekend in…
The world oil supply is bursting at the seams. World oil producers are running out of places to put it. The Saudis (and others) have been so backed up with…
From Oilprice.com: Canadian oil companies have begun shutting down steam-driven oil sands production projects as prices continue to fall, Reuters reports, noting the move could have dire long-term consequences for…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Bruce Campbell writes that we have a needed opportunity to reimagine how our economy and society are organized, while Gregory Beatty rightly argues…
Poland and Denmark have decided that there’ll be no government bailouts for corporations registered in offshore tax havens. The Danish finance ministry on Saturday extended its bailout program into July…
The Serpent of Venice is a mash-up extraordinaire of The Merchant of Venice, Othello, and The Cask of Amontillado, starring Pocket, the lead from Moore’s… Continue ReadingReview: The Serpent of…
Many residents at the Huronia Regional Centre, an institution for developmentally disabled children operated by the government of Ontario between 1876 and 2009, suffered long-term neglect as well as physical…
The problem with this Facebook censorship/correction of disinformation is that they’re really bad at censoring. My blog has been blocked for years, and they’ve never responded to my appeal to…
A few months from now, there will be two classes of people: those with proven immunity, and those who don’t. It’s going to upend a lot of the old class…
William Dudley “Big Bill” Haywood during the Lawrence textile strike on the Lawrence Common, Lawrence, Massachussetts, March 14, 1912. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. Periods of mass unemployment, like the daily-worsening…
By now everyone knows that Covid-19 attacks its victims in their anatomical boiler room – the heart and lungs. But Covid-19 has a new and very dangerous ally. These people,…
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We had a hard discussion about the tragedy from…
Isn’t this beautiful? I had an instant flashback to stores we visited in Amman. For a healthy snack, you can’t beat nuts. They’re packed with protein, healthy oils, vitamins, and…
