By Simon Little Global News Posted January 21, 2020 12:39 pm The Vancouver Park Board held its first meeting since the winter break Monday night, but how to deal with…
It was just another day in the Con clown leadership race, but before it was over the real face of the Harper Party had been revealed. Again.And it couldn't be…
Veteran energy scribe, Andrew Nikiforuk, tackles the lies that our federal and some provincial politicians spin about liquefied natural gas. The Big Lie is that Canadian natural gas will wean…
There was an item in the papers about how our federal government will be providing handouts to farmers who need extra fuel to dry out their sodden grain harvests. That’s…
Transparent decision making and promises of public engagements have been common in British Columbia. Liberal leader Gordon Campbell’s 2001 platform undertook to: Hold open Cabinet meetings at least once a…
No, probably it’s just another lethal toxin or rather a family of persistent toxins. Residents of Miami, Philadelphia and New Orleans are most at risk from PFAS or perflouroaylkyl substances…
I know you don’t want to hear this. I know you would rather bury your head in the sand. But you need to know that kind of thinking is about…
It has become an informal protocol that the White House gets to appoint the president of the World Bank while the EU gets to nominate the leadership of the International…
The Doomsday Clock no longer marks our future in minutes. They’re working in seconds now. And, as the venerable Union of Atomic Scientists now sees it, we’re 100 seconds away…
Alberta wants to know how it got so screwed by abandoned oil and gas wells. 3,406 as of today and that may just be the tip of Alberta’s hydrocarbon iceberg.…
While #DonutGate went viral earlier this week when Prime Minister Trudeau bought donuts at a local donut shop in Winnipeg and something something drama, I have been preparing this review…
George Monbiot writes that, if you’re going to stand for climate justice, the powers that be will label you an extremist: The police have always protected established power against those…
And I’m amazed CNN spelled “doughnut” correctly. Usually they spell it like these guys do. PS: this proves that (a) we’re lucky that this counts as a scandal, when you…
Well folks we’re getting further along in the beginning stages of the Conservative Leadership race and I think we can politely say that it’s not necessarily going to plan so…
CBC’s ecological science show is taking an unorthodox look at the vermin and critters in our cities by showing how they help us. On Jan. 31 The Nature of Things…
I had some revelations about education and the current state of affairs in Ontario doesn’t reflect well on either group of special interests at the table. We have enjoyed unprecedeneted…
What kind of trial is this in the U.S. senate chamber, where the rules are controlled by the jurors? Does a trial matter if people have already made up their…
“Soon, we will find out if breaking the law is illegal.” The line is Stephen Colbert’s and, no, he wasn’t talking about Alberta. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney (Photo: David J.…
Here’s some tweets that I have been enjoying today: An incorrectly assembled whippet. pic.twitter.com/CVAAOL3efV — Jonathan Best (@jonnnybest) January 18, 2020 No matter the size, cats will be cats? pic.twitter.com/EXaVWGNGaa…
The sad news as it appears on the Island Bakery Facebook Island Bakery We’d like to let our valued customers know that with heavy hearts, Island Bakery will be…
