Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Will Snell points out the connection between extreme wealth and unconscionable impunity as epitomized by Jeffrey Epstein and his elite co-conspirators. And Joan Wallach…
Saturday Photo: Nature Loves Hearts Too
Happy Valentine's Day!
Coat Caper
My coat was stolen while at Trifons on Friday night, but their staff were able to identify who did it from security footage. From their ID of their regular customers…
Round-up: Tumbler Ridge Vigil; commentaries from Coyne & Smith; observations about US-Canada relations; Olympic Catch-up
First, some posts about the Tumbler Ridge VigilCARNEY: "When you wake up tomorrow, and the world feels impossible, know that millions of Canadians are with you ... Because Canada is…
Musical interlude
Live - They Stood Up For Love
Trump—union buster
No institutions have put more people into the middle class than unions. They were largely... The post Trump—union buster first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
BC’s uncomfortable political reality — REDUX
The material below the separator line was first posted at IN-SIGHTS in April, 2013. Today, an acquaintance reminded me about Sean Holman’s important work across many years. In the early…
Let’s Go All In On Inequality
I used to be a communist that believed everyone should be equal, or was that a Christian that believed all men are created equal. Whatever, perhaps it is time to…
Darlene Marzari on local governments
UBC Professor Patrick Condon used Facebook to circulate an opinion from former NDP Minister of Municipal Affairs, Darlene Marzari. It had been published in BC Orders of the Day, a…
Weekly Wrap: Tumbler Ridge Strong, Minnesota is winning, the Trump administration is losing all over, and Olympics Catch-up
Tumbler Ridge Strong Stories of courage will be comingStories of brave students, teachers emerging after Tumbler Ridge shooting, B.C. premier says— CTV News Vancouver (@ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social) February 13, 2026 at 1:00…
Whatever became of those ‘triage liaison’ docs who were supposed to ease the crisis in Alberta’s big-city Emergency Rooms?
Whatever became of those elusive “triage liaison” docs who were supposed to be a Band-Aid on the crisis in Alberta’s big-city Emergency Rooms while the United Conservative Party Government figured…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- David Lurie is rightly appalled by the Trump regime's nihilism, combining insatiable greed for whatever it can seize with a willingness to destroy…
Callousness Or Cowardice?
In my previous post, I spoke about Canada's strange silence regarding Cuba, despite its long relationship with the island nation. In today's Globe and Mail, a letter-writer addresses the issue:…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates February 3, 2025
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
There Must Be No More ‘Thoughts And Prayers’
École Polytechnique, Dunblane, Columbine, Sandy Hook, and so many others in so many places over so many years, with Tumbler Ridge now joining this infamous list.
Housing and homelessness online forum – February 23
Affordable housing is a major problem, with many Canadians struggling with high costs and the inadequate supply of suitable homes. These struggles can impact health, happiness, and financial stability, and…
Today’s News: Mourning with Tumbler Ridge, plus Olympic Catch-up
The people of Tumbler Ridge gathered to mourn together on Wednesday night.Prime Minister Carney says "All of Canada stands by you": The BC Government has set up a Condolence Book…
Should I stay or should I go? ♪♫ Now Alberta separatists are upset that us woke folk might want to leave!
A recent Angus Reid Institute poll that suggests three quarters of the significant majority of Albertans who want no part of Alberta separation would leave the province if Alberta separated…
Correlation Fallacy and the Tumbler Ridge Tragedy
Yesterday, a person in Tumbler Ridge, BC went into the high school and shot a large number of people, killing 6 at the school, and injuring dozens more. This is…