An “engagement process update” published Wednesday night by the so-called Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns reveals inquiry head Steve Allan commissioned reports by climate-change skeptics and a fossil fuel…
Many of us voted for Trudeau, giving him a majority government for four years. But since his 2015 legalization promise, Justin Trudeau has done little to help the generation that…
Here’s a map I found that illustrates the Jan 6 Trump Insurrection: The New York Times has an excellent interactive article which describes how the attack on the US Capital…
I believe it’s not a coincidence that the UK, US, and much of Canada – the trio that promoted neoliberal free market politics – are not doing enough to restrict…
Were Republican representatives afraid to vote to impeach Donald Trump? The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin writes that House Republicans have been successfully extorted. “Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) in a recent…
How much more mileage are we going to get out of the rise and fall of Donald Trump and his Merry Band of Grifters? Does part of you sort of…
My final week of radiation treatment is here. I should have felt elated that I would no longer be required to drive every day for an hour or more each…
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney moved quickly to kick Pat Rehn out of the United Conservative Party Caucus this morning, a day after an Edmonton researcher revealed the Lesser Slave Lake…
Protesters gathering outside the United States Capitol before a riot and violent attack carried out by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump, January 6, 2021. Photo by Tyler…
It’s the perfect final act of a nightmare presidency. Last Wednesday when he was riling up his Gullibillies to storm the Capitol, Donald Trump had high praise for his own…
I’m sure I am but one of millions who have followed the antics of Rudy Guiliani, deriving bittersweet amusement from his addled but staunch defence of his master, Donald Trump,…
Main Street in Winnipeg during Bloody Saturday, the violent climax of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. Photo courtesy the Eva Stewart Collection at the Archives of Manitoba. As was described…
Donald Trump has been impeached for the second time. It has been a speedy reckoning. Lawrence Martin writes: What a spectacular fall it has been, in the space of just…
In my defence, I shot yesterday’s Sun Media video in its entirety and was sending it to video genius Nelson Branco when I spotted the errant crumpled paper towel in…
If Bob Hepburn of the Toronto Star had not raised it, I never would have noticed. It has been about ten years since Conrad Black was released from prison in…
Paris is showing the world the future (their present) of good urban design, and it’s all about 15 minutes. We’ve looked at this concept before, and every year Paris pushes…
Lots of Pat Rehn’s constituents may think the Lesser Slave Lake MLA is about as helpful as a screen door on a submarine, but it turns out the fellow’s been…
Medieval Society – Then and Now
“You’re still fucking peasants as far as I can see.”- John Lennon Great short video, linked below, but the view of medieval peasant life is too one-sided – as is…