Saturday Photo: Showing the Way
When you get to the end of the road at Kegaska, you can continue by going out to sea. Manypeople must have considered doingtht, becausethe harbourhas many inukshuk, those Inuit…
2022
Charles In Charge
Well, it finally happened. The Queen of Canada died, at 96 years old. She passed a couple days ago at her Scotland estate, and I still haven’t heard a cause…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – Jim Naureckas discusses the absurdity of the New York Times (among other outlets) criticizing the idea of saving millions of lives from COVID…
Degrowth is the only path to a sustainable future
Degrowth-Conference 2018 in Malmö, Sweden. Photo by Cindy Kohtala/Flickr. There is no time left. Entire regions of the Earth’s surface bake at regular intervals, killing thousands in brutal and now-routine…
Burn now, pay later
Large parts of Canadian climate change policies seem written by fossil fuel lobbyists inspired by the fake architecture of movie production. The aim of GHG emission reduction strategies is to…
How Pierre Poilievre and His Convoy Party Are Killing Canada
Although fall marks the end of summer, and heralds the impeding arrival of winter, I have always loved the season.The fall colours are just another reason I love Canada so…
How Pierre Poilievre and His Convoy Party Are Killing Canada
Although fall marks the end of summer, and heralds the impeding arrival of winter, I have always loved the season.The fall colours are just another reason I love Canada so…
Putting Things Into Perspective
With the passing of our beloved Queen, an icon of selfless dedication we fondly thought would go on for much longer than her 96 years, mortality is on the minds…
How Pierre Poilievre and His Convoy Party Are Killing Canada
Although fall marks the end of summer, and heralds the impeding arrival of winter, I have always loved the season. The fall colours are just another reason I love Canada…
Rural ERs on Life Support.
Life-saving efforts highlight importance of rural ERs, says Clarenville doctor There was an explosion at the refinery in Come By Chance, about 45 kilometres down the Trans-Canada Highway on the…
Rural ERs on Life Support.
Life-saving efforts highlight importance of rural ERs, says Clarenville doctor There was an explosion at the refinery in Come By Chance, about 45 kilometres down the Trans-Canada Highway on the…
The Stalking Horse.
The stalking horse is a strategy that has been used in politics over the past 200 years. A stalking horse in politics appears to be a candidate for an office…
Today’s News: Ukraine, and CNN
Just a couple of highlights tonight — Ukraine’s success, and CNN’s failure. First, Ukraine is kicking Russia out, town by town! Ukraine has broken its silence since the start of…
Musical interlude
ODESZA feat. Sasha Alex Sloan – Falls
My latest: the calm at the centre
There is nothing stable in the world. Uproar is your only music. Uproar: so said the English poet John Keats in a letter to his brothers, in January 1818. George…
Flower power
Sunflowers obsess me lately. Had to get this one out. Joey didn’t care. pic.twitter.com/yiYNvLWHLK — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 9, 2022
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Andrew Nikiforuk writes that what information we continue to receive about COVID shows that we can’t afford to stop working on preventing its…
A Long Covid Compendium
Long Covid is now pretty close to the top of my List Of Diseases I Never Want To Get. For the past several weeks I have been collecting Long Covid…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 9, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: ‘One of my favourite people’: Justin Trudeau and Queen Elizabeth II’s relationship spanned 45 years #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3d8XSWa – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…