Corona Virus-Keep Calm And Wash Your Hands
Washing hands with soap is an effective way to prevent the spread of viruses, medical officials say. Photograph By SERENITY VIA WIKIPEDIA To repeat: In 2003, a total of…
2020
"A Fundamental Reshaping of Finance" Another Nail in Fossil Energy’s Coffin.
When seven trillion dollars speaks, people listen. That’s the sort of clout BlackRock CEO, Larry Fink, commands when he announces that, going forward, his firm will incorporate environmental sustainability in…
Cowichan Tribes begins development of major marijuana-growing operation on Mount Tzouhalem reserve
Originally published by sixmountains.ca. Logging has been taking place on Mount Tzouhalem in the Six Mountains, but this time it’s not the Municipality of North Cowichan. Cowichan Tribes has been…
New column day
Here, on how the costs of approving the Teck Frontier tar sands mine likely include locking Canada into another cycle of public subsidies for a dying oil sector – making…
Allegations & Revelations in British Columbia: Verdict from the Ethics Commissioner
In politics sometimes there are stories that happen that you can’t help but follow. For me one such story has been the case of now-former Liberal MP Joe Peschisolido. Those…
Living In Infamy
In the wake of Donald Trump’s acquittal, Senator Sherrod Brown has written a devastating op-ed about the fear which grips the Republican Party: History has indeed taught us that when…
No Better Time than now to Work from Home
For many office workers there is little reason to go to the office thanks to the advances in technology (it seems the only reason to be in an actual office…
Politician or diplomat for Washington?
It has always been the argument. Does Canada need a diplomat or a political apparatchik representing us in the American capital? I also expect some humourist to suggest we go…
Inside Jason Kenney’s troll factory: the UCP propaganda ecosystem goes after Alberta’s registered nurses
The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour called out the Canadian Taxpayers Federation yesterday for the partisan role it plays supporting of the Kenney Government’s contract demands in negotiations…
What is shaping Canada’s foreign policy: human rights, democracy or bankers’ bottom-line?
Self-proclaimed Interim President of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, speaks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa. Photo by Dave Chan/AFP. Last week, Venezuelan politician Juan Guaidó was fêted in Ottawa. The…
What made Nancy Pelosi go on a tear?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rips her copy of Trump’s State of the Union address after he finishes delivering it. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) Following a typically Trumpian State of the…
Trump’s ‘Red Meat’ State of the Union Speech
US President Donald Trump steps to the podium to begin his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Tuesday, Donald…
Green Party Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Judy Green
Photo Credit: Judy Green The Green Party is the second federal party holding a leadership race this year after the lovely Elizabeth May announced in 2019 that she was stepping…
Guest Article: Far-Right Harassment of Fierte Sudbury Pride
This article is cross-posted with Anti-Racist Sudbury, and can be found on here. ARC has wanted to cover the extensive harassment being suffered by Fierte Sudbury Pride for some time…
Is It Time to Expel Ottawa’s Fisheries Department From Coastal BC?
This is the same Department of Fisheries and Oceans that ruined the east coast cod fishery. Among their litany of outrages on the west coast are the fish farms where…
Repave the atrociously decayed blacktop, in both directions, on Government Street
Dear Duncan Mayor and Councillors: I realize city council and public works have many priorities but please consider a new one to repave the atrociously decayed blacktop, in both directions,…
Flirting with Armageddon. We’re Not So MAD Anymore.
By MAD, I refer to the doctrine of “mutually assured destruction” that is credited with averting a major nuclear exchange of ICBMs by the American or Soviets during the Cold…
News From the Front. Arctic Methane Bomb Worse than Predicted.
Permafrost that thaws abruptly releases twice as much greenhouse gas as when it thaws gradually. The problem is that much of the permafrost is now thawing much faster than had…
When Big Pharma Apes Big Tobacco
When North Americans began kicking the habit, Big Tobacco opened up new markets for their “cancer sticks” overseas, especially across Asia Pacific. Now, Big Pharma, reeling from the pushback over…
Peter Rusland Volunteers For Sandbagging Duty
Dear Mayors and Councillors of North Cowichan and Duncan: I appreciate multi-million-dollar diking in and around Duncan and North Cowichan in recent years was well intentioned and did prevent flooding…