Author and columnist, Andrew Nikiforuk, presented this year’s Southam Lecture at U Vic on November 17th. Among other things it was a survey of events and practices that have left…
It’s a sad truth but today political parties vie for power for the sake of holding power, not for the chance to serve the country. It’s been that way for…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Miquel Oliu-Barton et al. study the effects of different government approaches to COVID-19 – and find that elimination strategies have produced far superior…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: In potentially groundbreaking decision, B.C. judge says jail no answer for addicts who traffic fentanyl via @CBCNews #law #legal #lawtwitter – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
As I have said before, people who read this blog will know I have zero patience for the idiot brigades known as anti-vaxxers. Convinced of the ‘righteousness’ of their cause,…
Despite massive disruption to the entire province, John Horgan’s government has made no change to its policies of promoting fossil fuels with lax regulation and multi-billion dollar industry supports. It…
It seems there’s been a cluster of some 40 earthquakes off the coast of Oregon. Seismic activity does get noticed out here where the locals are warned of a 9+…
Here’s some depressing news this Christmas. A new report documents that the rich are getting massively richer. Jake Johnson reports that: In the nearly three decades since 1995, members of…
U.S. president Joe Biden is not Canada’s friend. It is not all that likely that Joe Biden would have time to find Canada on a world map. This poor guy…
This is a late post because I have run into a crisis of time. On Dec. 13, I shall be moving from my home in Ottawa down to Kingston, some…
So who was in command of the good ship Alberta during those troubling weeks last summer when it became apparent the fourth wave of COVID-19 was raging and the premier…
Holiday cats.
For decades, flood risk studies written by specialists have accumulated on shelves in Victoria. One government after another failed to prioritize actions recommended by experts. They rated other expenditures as…
Chris Crowther’s letter to North Cowichan Council Dear Council: I am writing in support of Councilor Justice’s motion to seek planning staff’s professional opinion regarding possible impacts of building…
New feminists abortion caravan in Toronto, 1970. Photo by Jac Holland, courtesy the York University Libraries/Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections/Toronto Telegram fonds (F0433). The following is an excerpt from…
I had the misfortune to wind up in a dodgy (seedy?) highschool in southern Ontario in the 60s. When I returned to begin grade 11, there was a new sheriff…
Boeing grew out of war. Its engineers designed and launched the legendary B-17 Flying Fortress. There followed the B-29, the B-47 and the also legendary B-52. On the civilian side,…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Black man convicted by all-white Tennessee jury in room with Confederate flags gets new trial, appeals court says via @ABAJournal – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Dense mangrove forests provide an ecological boost wherever they are found because they protect both land and sea species. They are really ecosystems unto themselves with nuance and each with…
Former World Bank chief economist and Nobel laureate, Joe Stiglitz, has made the study of inequality his life’s work. It was the subject of his PhD thesis. I have some…
