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Originally published by https://www.sixmountains.ca Written by Larry Pynn North Cowichan and First Nations release long-awaited MOU on forest reserve Meetings of new Working Group won’t be public After more…
August 2021
The Sad Neglect of Collingwood’s Terminals
Whether you want to restore them or tear them down, you would probably like council to do SOMETHING about the decaying, century-old icon*on our waterfront. Anything, in fact. But as…
PTSD in Caregiving – When Little Things Feel Life-Threatening
One day when I was 17, I happened to be home alone with my father. As a result of three strokes a year earlier, Dad was paralysed on his right…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Crawford Kilian takes note of new research showing that the Delta variant of COVID-19 produces more severe outcomes (including increased hospitalization rates) even…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – The Maple examines how the timing and format of the campaign chosen by Justin Trudeau could hardly have been designed for lower…
Recent writing
I am in the process of building a new site, but in the mean time, here is some recent writing: In the digital age, who has a right to be…
What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast – #Elxn44 Week Two
The latest episode of Bluesky Strategy Group’s “What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast” with my colleagues Tim Barber, Neil Brodie and Alyson Fair is now out. In this episode…
Saturday Photo: School Starts, Summer Was Too Hot and Dry
This is not this year’s batch of kids going to school: you can see that there’s not a mask in the lot. But school started in Montreal this week, and…
When Are Mandatory Vaccinations Not Mandatory?
When large loopholes are allowed. As I wrote recently, almost all mandatory vaccine orders allow for both medical and religious exemptions. The only problem is that no religions forbid vaccinations,…
The Best Possible Outcome
Justin Trudeau is in trouble. Chantal Hebert writes: Since the election call the Liberal lead has melted. At week’s end, a handful of polls put Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives in first…
It’s time to make Canadian medicare truly universal
By not providing enough public services, we are pushing those who can afford it into paying for for-profit care. This is yet another reason why we need a new national…
Is Dougie at Summer Camp?
It is a strange thing to say but we really do miss Ontario premier Doug Ford. That shmuck has deserted us when we need him most. We need a break…
Election Follies and Funnies #9
Well wasn’t this a day? Canada was rocked by the news that the Trudeau campaign has to cancel one of its Ontario rallies because the anti-vaxxer mob was putting Trudeau…
What a Difference a Generation Can Make
Justin Trudeau skipped another campaign appearance today over security concerns, this time in Bolton, Ontario. Dozens of angry protesters, who outnumbered Liberal supporters, gathered near the Bolton rally and began…
The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King leads independent bookshops’ non-fiction bestseller list for week of Aug. 22
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. The lists are compiled…
A battle of ideas surround Covid-19. Vaccine mandates offer hope for us all
Remember that the current vaccine passport system is an alternative to another lockdown situation. It is the opposite of a lockdown – lockdowns shut down society, the vaccine passport is…
Musical interlude
Eve Owen – Mother
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election. – Alex Ballingall writes about the NDP’s task in translating the general popularity of Jagmeet Singh into votes and seats. And Gary Mason highlights…
All must change utterly: We need a ‘People’s Green New Deal’
Biglow Canyon Wind Farm, Columbia Gorge, Wasco, Oregon. Photo by Dan Meyers/Unsplash. Max Ajl has written an exceedingly important and powerful book, a uniquely comprehensive report about climate change, its…
New Zealand Gets a Blob
A “blob” in an area of unusual ocean heating, an oceanic heatwave. We’ve come to associate it with the North Pacific where it was first detected in 2013. Warmer conditions…