On Above Ground Transit Corridors
So … the UCP wants the Green Line to be above ground as it passes through downtown. The reasoning for this is ostensibly the “complexity” of dealing with water issues.…
September 2024
BC Hydro wasn’t privatized, but billions of dollars were
In 2001, BC's party of big business was called Liberal; in 2024, it is labeled Conservative. Different names; same purposes. Some voters in the October election were not even born…
Today’s News: Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies….
For years now, we have been told how successful the Canadian right-wing social media influencer pundit critics are. They told us during the Convoy how popular these yahoos were --…
Shannon Phillips, former NDP environment minister, teams up with well-known Conservative and Liberal strategists
Former Alberta NDP environment minister Shannon Phillips announced on social media today she is joining a policy advisory firm with Conservative political advisor Ken Boessenkool and his Liberal equivalent Tyler…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Andrew Freedman reports on the extreme heat wave scorching the southwest U.S., while Costas Kantouris reports on Greece's unprecedented drought and water depletion. And…
Legal News Post of the Day: September 6, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Trump pleads not guilty to revised federal indictment in 2020 election case #law #legal #LegalNews via @CBCNews https://t.co/B1Nuyh7mXF - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
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We Can Prevent Chronic Illness in Children, But It’s Kinda Inconvenient
Another NEW study shows, yet again, that SARS-CoV-2 is harmful to kids. Who knew?!?This was a three-year study that followed 1319 children after a first infection. Almost all of the…
Teflon Doug
He's loved of the distracted multitude,Who like not in their judgment, but their eyes- Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 3It is deeply disappointing to discover that Ontario Premier Doug Ford is…
Trying to protect the NDP vote in Elmwood-Transcona?
Canada is still mystified by Singh's decision to "rip up" his Supply and Confidence agreement with Trudeau. Funny, most of the time when people “rip up agreements” it’s because the…
Note to readers
2024 is the 16th year of this personal blog. Here at IN-SIGHTS, reader contributions keep the lights on. Unfortunately, lighting those lights has become more expensive and reader support in…
Drug overdose drugs are preventable
Last week, the British Columbia Coroners Service reported unregulated drug toxicity deaths of at least 192 people in July 2024. The leader of the BC Conservatives believes this is largely…
We have a problem; we have the right solutions
British Columbia has been reliant on hydroelectricity for generations. However, climate change is threatening that supply. Persistent dry conditions have become a reality. BC Hydro has spent tens of millions…
Just resting
A cat drawing from a while back.Like the drawing itself, the cat is momentarily taking up space. Share This Post:
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Andrea Thompson reports on the record-breaking heat wave in the southwest U.S. as another stark example of a climate breakdown in progress. But…
Predictable, Incurable, Disabling, Fatal, and PREVENTABLE
It's still here. It's still dangerous. We have the ability to stop it, but we can't wait to be told to because that's just not happening. Andrew Nikiforuk wrote in…
Free Speech Maximalists
Leo Laporte said once again today "I'm a free speech maximalist" on the TWIG podcast, and once again I had the same visceral reaction to the term. We know that…
Legal News Post of the Day: September 5, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: More than 300 Toronto corner stores can sell alcohol as of Thursday #law #legal #LegalNews via @CBCNews https://t.co/pzTSDsao4S - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Singh’s Demise
Jagmeet Singh has done it. Yesterday he cancelled his agreement with the Liberals. Max Fawcett writes:After months of speculation about the fate of the confidence and supply agreement that bound…