COVID-19 PSA
A virus cannot mutate if it cannot incubate. We know how to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, but we conflate and complicate perceived rights and freedoms w/ public health mandates…
November 2021
But What About the Cattle?
It will be a while before we have an accurate figure but the flooding in southwest British Columbia has taken a toll of livestock in the Fraser Valley. Some cattle…
Is Erin O’Toole Losing His Battle To Remain Con Leader?
In the last few days Erin O'Toole and his ugly Cons have been going practically wild, trying to stop the government from bringing back a hybrid Parliament. And it has…
It’s All A Matter Of Perspective, I Guess
Some people are losing good union jobs because of their ‘beliefs’. No doubt those being fired from well-paid positions at Toronto’s TTC, from various hospitals, etc. see themselves as principled…
KINSELLACAST 187: Lilley, Mraz on the new menace – and feminist grrrrl punk rock!
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What Do You Want for Christmas, Johnny?
Well it sure as hell ain’t water up to my arse and a new virus.
Talking the Return of Parliament on CTV News Channel
Saturday I joined CTV News Channel with Akshay Tandon for the “Political Pulse” panel along with Marcel Wieder and Maureen Harquail. We reviewed the first week of the return of…
The Conservative Slide Into Irrelevance
The Conservative Party, Michael Harris writes, is imploding: There are many factors driving down the popularity of conservatism in Canada. Let’s unpack them. Alberta United Conservative Party Premier Jason Kenney…
Ford’s Phantom Freeways.
I remember when I was in public school and I was out picking strawberries on a farm that was in the path of Ontario’s planned highway 400. It was many…
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good returns to top of independent Alberta bookshops’ bestseller list for week ended Nov. 21
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. 21, 2021. The lists are compiled…
The future of the Six Mountains is ours to decide now
Originally published by wheredowestand.ca By Rob Fullerton WHEREDOWESTAND.CA The future of the Six Mountains is ours to decide now The Municipality of North Cowichan is seeking community input about what…
Little Did We Know. Maybe We Just Didn’t Want to Know.
Back when the science types introduced global warming to we plebs they began with a few basic predictions. The first one was that the world was going to get warmer.…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Ivan Semeniuk reports on the response to the Omicron COVID variant both globally and in Canada. But Eric Topol writes that the U.S.…
The Aerial Ballet
I just watched clips of people being airlifted by helicopter to safety from torrential floodwaters. Some of those helicopters were British. Scotland is being hammered by rains and floods. It’s…
Heritage District Rules Need Repair
A recent story in CollingwoodToday about a new homeowner who got caught in the quagmire of our heritage district rules underscores the need for a thorough overhaul of the rules,…
Another Variant
There is a new COVID variant. Bruce Arthur writes: B.1.1.529, the newly named Omicron variant, was detected in South Africa but is already popping up all over; one case in…
Saturday Photo: Winter Smiles and a Little Snow
Actually the photo was taken a year ago, but it fits today, the first morning we have snow in Montreal. Oh, there have been a few snowflakes but nothing that’s…
What the Wet’suwet’en raid tells us about Canada’s ‘liberal democracy’
RCMP Emergency Response Team members stand watch during a raid on Wet’suwet’en territory in British Columbia, November 19, 2021. Photo courtesy Gidimt’en Checkpoint. Canada, like most of the Western (wealthy)…
While the state arrests land defenders and the press, a new report highlights government apathy toward climate change
An all-to-familiar juxtaposition has arisen with the recent arrests of Indigenous land defenders and journalists by the RCMP. On the one hand, we have politicians like Justin Trudeau and John…