An all-Edmonton blog
In the unlikely event that there is someone outside of Edmonton reading this blog (except for you, Bill) a gentle suggestion: stop reading now. This is for Edmonton eyes only.…
February 2021
Superbowl snacks
Source: The Superbowl super-gathering …
Juggling Variables
Ontario has begun to re-open its schools. However, Martin Regg Cohn writes there is no one correct answer to schools reopening. That’s because the virus — and our knowledge about…
Covid Journal, February 7, 2021
Art will be one of the greatest casualties of the global response to Covid. So many great works will disappear from public halls and be shuffled into the basements of…
On the right with U.S. Catholics?
And we thought Donald Trump was a problem. What gives with those politically right-wing Roman Catholic bishops in the U.S? It turns out that those guys are criticizing their own…
Life philosophy
When he’d date a girl, he’d always tell her about how the Replacements were perfect because they always deliberately self-destructed before they could achieve any success, and how it was…
What’s Ailing the Neighbours and Why We Can’t Ignore It
America is in the throes of a malady that could cripple if not end the Republic. I have a sense of it and I expect you probably also sense it.…
The dark side of Canada’s role in Haiti
Jovenel Moïse with Justin Trudeau, April 14, 2018. Photo courtesy the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru/Flickr. Sunday will be bittersweet for many Haitians. February 7 is usually a day…
It’s all over but the crying, I suppose.
It’s just another meme making the rounds of Facebook but I can’t get this one out of my head. It’s true. Even here in “tree hugger” country, British Columbia, our…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Globe and Mail’s editorial board laments the choice of far too many provincial governments to sacrifice tens of thousands of lives rather…
Leftists should abandon the term “Anthropocene” in discussing the climate crisis
With the facts in front of us — with even further evidence that corporations overwhelmingly produce the majority of our global greenhouse gas emissions — it’s clear that responsibility for…
Will Madigan Pay for Inquiry Costs?
In a recent story on CollingwoodToday about the Saunderson Vindictive Judicial Inquiry (SVJI), Councillor Bob “Lapdog” Madigan commented that he wanted, “…those who are responsible for this need to be…
Fearing Modernity
Republicans may not want to admit it. But Marjorie Taylor Greene is now the face of their party. Lloyd Greene writes: Trump is out of office but his spirit lives…
Saturday Photo: Funeral for a Dear Friend, a Fine Man
Today a few of us will be celebrating the life of Michel Lizée who died just shy of his 70th birthday after a long illness. As a tribute in the…
Did you know the campaign was on?
Jagmeet Singh has been heard from. He did not exactly come down from the mountain with tablets of stone. The new democratic party leader has decided that the low-hanging fruit…
Marilyn Manson’s fans killed Brian Warner and now all that’s left is Marilyn Manson – Part 1
This is not an easy post for me to write but as someone dedicated to truth I feel I have no choice. I have been a Marilyn Manson fan since…
How to Pronounce Knife, Braiding Sweetgrass are Alberta independent bookshops’ fiction and non-fiction bestsellers
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. 31, 2021. The lists are compiled…
Six Mountains’ rising popularity spurs municipal plans to manage mountain biking
Originally published by https://six mountains.ca North Cowichan is proposing a land-transfer deal with a property developer that would add new and expanded parking lots to help manage a growing number…
“Ottawa warns boaters not to disturb sea lions hauled out at Cowichan Bay”
“Educational signs may be posted” The fall arrival of Steller and California sea lions to Cowichan Bay to feed on salmon is a world-class wildlife spectacle, allowing people a rare…
Musical interlude
glimmers – Don’t Tell Me