We know that, eventually, climate breakdown will exact a heavy toll on every country. However, like pandemics, the burden will be easier to bear for rich countries than for poor…
Full quote: I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English – it is… Continue ReadingTwain edits The post…
People out and about at 5th Avenue in Manhattan, 1900. Someone suggests that they would like to see this original photo colourized….
So we just got another call from the Peter Mackay campaign to ask for our support. I don’t think he gets it. We just laughed and laughed. Sigh…. Many people…
The robins have been back for a couple of weeks, and are singing away early in the morning. Glad some things are happy. There is such a lot of sadness…
The Globe and Mail one, not the Star Trek one. Here.
Andrew Scheer will not go down in history as the best and brightest of Conservative leaders — nor will the people who want his job. Chantal Hebert writes: It is…
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We live in an age of populist political solutions but we never expected to have to deal with a populist pandemic. The problem is that a populism pandemic is blind.…
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, April 12, 2020. The lists are compiled…
Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance.These are the stages of grief and I’ve been through them all since the COVID19 lockdown began. I think everyone else has going through them too.…
Matthew Good Band – Deep Six
“The causality of the One was frequently explained in antiquity as an answer to the question, ‘How do we derive a many from the One?’ Although the answer provided by…
As I'm sure you all know, I have long believed that Andrew Scheer and his Cons are more American than Canadian.And now we have yet another example of how low…
I haven't felt much like blogging recently. The greyness of these Covid times, and worrying about my friends risking their lives on the front lines of the pandemic, has practically…
It doesn’t look anything like this. When I mentioned on Facebook that I was making this, many people were interested in the recipe. So here it is, adapted from the…
The following COVID-19 resources may be useful to many of you; if you know of similar resources not on this list, send me an email and let me know. i…
It is very difficult for vulnerable people to practise social distancing in the crowded Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, advocates say. Photo by Nick Procaylo. As COVID-19 continues to take its…
As COVID-19 advances around the world, political opportunism is not far behind. This is to be expected. The pandemic, like all crises, presents a combination of circumstances that is ripe…
