I said I wasn’t going to be pulling punches anymore. Well here goes. Canadians are undergoing what amounts to a Psychological Operation right now, or colloquially a “Psy-Op”. The decision…
I am writing this as a citizen of a world that no matter where we live are strongly impacted by whatever America does and whatever happens in America America is…
Justin Trudeau is a three. The late, great Rafe Mair left us with one of the truest of truisms: in politics, if you are a three, it doesn’t matter —…
This Sunday would have been one of my favourite Sundays of the year. Edmonton head coach Ray Jauch, with QBs Tom Wilkinson (left) and Bruce Lemmermon It would have been…
A certainly level of sociopathy has become endemic to the conservative movements throughout North America and I think it is based on a lot of pent up anger that their…
Many well-known rock and pop musicians have died lately, including Helen Reddy, Eddie Van Halen, and Jerry Jeff Walker. More names will be coming fast and furiously as the icons…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Nazaneei Ismail Ali discusses how public procurement can and should be a means of improving social and economic conditions, not merely a source…
SK Doctors: sign letter with 400 of their colleagues begging the government to do something to stop the spread of COVID-19 Sask. Party: Okay, we’re listening. No more hookah lounges.…
I was very saddened to hear of the too-young death of Robert Fisk, veteran war journalist, author, and truth-teller. Fisk was often criticized for “politicizing” war reporting, or for not…
Warren Kinsella is the president of Daisy Group. Previously, he was a partner at the law firm of McMillan Binch, in its Public Policy Group, and has also worked as…
CLC President Hassan Yussuff speaks at the Ontario Federation of Labour Convention, November 21, 2017. Photo courtesy of the OFL Communications Department/Wikimedia Commons. On October 30, the Canadian Labour Congress…
The Globe and Mail this weekend is featuring a number of articles about cities. Among them is one about the role that concrete has played in building them, and the…
Restaurants have been lobbying hard to stay open during the pandemic. Alan Freeman writes: Could the inability to order pizza in an indoor restaurant be the most dire result of…
It is fun to remember that, as a youngster, I was looking forward to a career as a writer. Writing an unedited blog can have serious consequences for those hopes.…
Faced with a real crisis — a deadly pandemic that won’t quit when you yell at it to knock it off — Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government apparently has no…
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. The lists are compiled…
Snail Mail – Full Control
A man climbs a stoplight holding a Biden-Harris banner in Washington DC. Photo by Alejandro Alvarez/WTOP Radio. Oh, what’ll you do now my blue-eyed son? Oh, what’ll you do now,…
China Shipping container. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. In mid-January 2020, 800 people gathered at Mexico’s Ministry of Economy to celebrate “China Day” with a seminar on Chinese-Mexican relations. Mexico’s Minister…
Lemmings, Cowards & Sheep Unite!
Covid-1984, which is the best way to describe the recent events, is certainly acting as a litmus test. It is separating clearly the men from the boys, the women from…