James Madison said tyranny arises “on some favourable emergency”. The COVID-19 pandemic is today’s “favourable emergency.” It’s being used by unscrupulous politicians as a smokescreen for undemocratic behavior in Alberta’s…
March 22 2020 Effective immediately, the Vancouver Park Board is prohibiting parking at its most high-traffic parks and beaches across the city, including: Kitsilano Beach English Bay Queen Elizabeth Park…
It was just a few months ago that we were told to prepare to respond to major calamities, two, perhaps three at a time. Covid-19 certainly qualifies as one. We…
Have you heard that Tom Brady has left the New England Patriots for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers? This is HUGE news … at least it is right now. Normally, I…
While the world is currently in Chamberlain mode (denial), it may soon go to Vichy/Quisling mode (collaboration & surrender – giving up). Despite his enormous faults, we need people…
On the March 21 edition of CBC radio's The House Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said, "This is a moment when all Canadians should get down on their knees and…
On the March 21 edition of CBC radio's The House Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said, "This is a moment when all Canadians should get down on their knees and…
On the March 21 edition of CBC radio’s The House Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said, “This is a moment when all Canadians should get down on their knees and…
by Nikitha Martins and Tarnjit Parmar Posted Mar 22, 2020 10:57 am PDT NEWS 1130 VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — The Vancouver Park Board has announced it’s closing all public outdoor…
From the Russian Revolution until the fall of the USSR, the Western power elite used the pretext of fighting Communism to justify, rationalize, and provide cover for imperialist wars around…
It is perhaps to state the obvious that a crisis of the scale the world is currently experiencing is also an opportunity to reorient our perspective and our society. As…
I’m taking piano lessons! I’m really happy and excited about it. I’m using an amazing site called Pianote, which combines traditional lessons with seamless, user-friendly technology. * * * *…
Some news recaps. I’m feeling strangely optimistic today and encourage everyone to play along with self-isolation. When we turn the corner (and we will), we ALL have to understand that…
For years now, the gig economy has been morphing into our new economic model. Martin Regg Cohn writes that the coronavirus has made gig workers of us all: If you…
Governments and corporations, and the state-corporate media they control, systematically distort or conceal the truth, peddle illusions and starkly deceitful false narratives, and lie. (Does anyone remember Iraq’s WMDs?)…
Bob Hepburn of the Toronto Star wrote an opinion piece last week that commented on Doug Ford of Ontario looking “downright ‘leaderly’.” I rarely argue with Hepburn, but in this…
I’ve read that the recent border closures, part of the effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, have raised concerns in the agricultural sector. Farmers are worried that there will…
One thing you’ll find on this blog a handful of times every year are posts that discuss some major ecological calamity that conclude that the whole business will be down…
This whole Babylon smartphone app partnership between the Alberta government and Telus Corp. is starting to look like a major blunder. If he’s smart, Health Minister Tyler Shandro will recognize…
