Do YOU have what it takes to be Governor General?
Job listing: Governor General of Canada Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of…
January 2021
what i’m reading: the bridge by bill konigsberg — important, powerful, essential teen fiction
The Bridge, by Bill Konigsberg, is the best YA novel I’ve read since Eleanor & Park in 2012. Unfortunately, I know that many readers won’t go near this book, because…
Racist Right terror: why hasn’t Trudeau done in five years what it took Biden one day to do?
Because his rhetoric about fighting racism is just that: rhetoric. From today’s New York Times: The Biden administration on Friday announced an initiative aimed at overhauling the government’s approach to…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Grace Blakeley comments on the connection between neoliberal ideology, and the replacement of even the possibility of collective action with an assumption…
Saturday Photo: What To Do on a Snowy Sunday
It’s been a remarkably mild winter until last week. Sunday we had a spectacular, wet snowfall, and peple enjoyed making all manner of snow creatures. And then there was this…
How To Deal With Domestic Terrorists
Recent events in Washington have pushed an old question into the spotlight: How should we deal with domestic terrorists? Robin Sears writes: There is no more sensitive dilemma in a…
What’s a billion Jason Kenney?
It was actually a billion and a half. It was the money from Alberta taxpayers that Jason Kenney put into the Keystone XL pipeline. It was not just a stupid…
NDP to ask UCP cabinet to release risk analysis and full documentation of Premier Jason Kenney’s $7.5-billion Keystone XL deal
Opposition NDP members plan to make an emergency motion on Tuesday at a meeting of the Legislature’s Public Accounts Committee calling for full-disclosure of Premier Jason Kenney’s $7.5-billion Keystone XL…
Cowichan Tribes still facing racism in wake of COVID-19 outbreak
Cowichan Tribes Chief Willliam Seymour, seen in a file photo, says Indigenous people are being subjected to racism following a COVID-19 outbreak on the reserve. ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST…
Is Joe up to the challenge?
The strongest emotion many people felt in response to the election of Joe Biden as president of the U.S. was relief. Relief not because Biden is the new president but…
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy tops Alberta independent bookshops’ fiction bestseller list
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. The lists are compiled…
Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation launches coyote education campaign
January 22 2021 The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation is launching a public education campaign to educate the public about co-existing with coyotes as coyotes continue to chase and…
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The Cons And Their Ugly Vaccine Games
I knew that Cons have larger amygdalas or fear glands than most, but the way Doug Ford and Erin O'Toole have been reacting to a small hitch in our Pfizer…
How the Liberals Botched the Covid Crisis and Left Canadians Exposed
There’s no two ways about it. Justin Trudeau screwed up. That became undeniable when Pfizer announced disruptions in the scheduled supply of vaccine doses while it retooled some plant in…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Anna McMillan reports on the disproportionate effect COVID-19 has (predictably) had on First Nations reserves in Saskatchewan. And Maan Ahmidi reports on the…
Intellectual Zombies
Joe Biden wants to unify his nation. But, Paul Krugman writes, he faces a tough slog: Some, perhaps most, of the opposition he’ll face will come from people who are…