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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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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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…
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…
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…
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…