A "Harper-Whipped Throwback"
That’s how Michael Harris sees Tory leadership hopeful, Peter MacKay. He can’t speak French, he views the media as either a vanity mirror or the enemy, and a rubber boot…
The Mound of Sound
Andrew Nikiforuk – Canada Chooses Colonialism Again
The Trudeau government isn’t exactly winning the hearts and minds contest with British Columbians. Ditto for John Horgan’s NDP. The Tyee’s Andrew Nikiforuk writes that Canada is once again lapsing…
Don’t Say This Question Hasn’t Crossed Your Mind
Is America finished, ruined beyond redemption, a now hopeless case? It’s the sort of question that, once raised, prompts a flood of ready opinion, the sort of deluge that reveals…
Remember How We Admired the Dakota Pipeline Protests?
A lot of Canadians expressed support when American First Nations protesters tried to block the Keystone XL pipeline at Standing Rock in rural North Dakota. It’s Canadian First Nations who…
Pipeline Stasi Shamed into Changing Course. Won’t Arrest Journalists for Crime of Journalism.
Apparently RCMP sleuths have discovered there’s something called the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The pipeline Stasi are in a tactical retreat. The RCMP is standing down on threats to…
It’s Up, Up and Away for Trudeau’s Folly
It’s no wonder the private sector wants nothing to do with “Trudeau’s Folly,” a.k.a. the Trans-Mountain pipeline. When Kinder-Morgan dangled the hook there was only one sucker willing to bite…
Trump Says "Snitches Get Stitches"
You tell the truth about Donald Trump and it’ll cost you. There was plenty of that today as the Mango Mussolini, reveling in his staged impeachment acquittal, took his revenge…
Pope Francis Says – "Eat the Rich"
Pope Francis says tax policies that favour the rich – tax havens, shelters and such – are part of a “structure of sin.” Speaking at the seminar set up by…
Calling Yourself "Liberal" Doesn’t Make You a Liberal
The federal government needs to get their attack dogs under control. The RCMP now resemble East Germany’s Stasi. The latest outrage from these thugs is the threat to arrest and…
A Courtroom Full of Criminals
“Do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of Donald John Trump, president of the United States, now pending, you will do impartial…
The Resistance Builds
Support is building for the Wet’suwet’en in their resistance to the RCMP clearing protesters out of their lands. The Tyee and the National Observer are clearly backing the First Nations.…
"A Beaver on Steroids"
Harbour Air has taken to the skies with its first electric-powered de Havilland Beaver. It wasn’t a long flight, about five minutes in all. Long enough to prove that it…
Will Governments Step In as Markets Bow Out?
The future of fossil energy is precarious. We’ve been warned of the “carbon bubble” for years by scientists, economists and both of the past governors of the Bank of England.…
"A Fundamental Reshaping of Finance" Another Nail in Fossil Energy’s Coffin.
When seven trillion dollars speaks, people listen. That’s the sort of clout BlackRock CEO, Larry Fink, commands when he announces that, going forward, his firm will incorporate environmental sustainability in…
Is It Time to Expel Ottawa’s Fisheries Department From Coastal BC?
This is the same Department of Fisheries and Oceans that ruined the east coast cod fishery. Among their litany of outrages on the west coast are the fish farms where…
Flirting with Armageddon. We’re Not So MAD Anymore.
By MAD, I refer to the doctrine of “mutually assured destruction” that is credited with averting a major nuclear exchange of ICBMs by the American or Soviets during the Cold…
News From the Front. Arctic Methane Bomb Worse than Predicted.
Permafrost that thaws abruptly releases twice as much greenhouse gas as when it thaws gradually. The problem is that much of the permafrost is now thawing much faster than had…
When Big Pharma Apes Big Tobacco
When North Americans began kicking the habit, Big Tobacco opened up new markets for their “cancer sticks” overseas, especially across Asia Pacific. Now, Big Pharma, reeling from the pushback over…
Trump to Honour Limbaugh with Medal of Freedom
I suppose it makes sense. One degenerate, racist bigot with a mile-wide streak of cruelty would choose to bestow a high honour on another degenerate, racist bigot who also displays…
Sinn Fein Swings Ireland
Polls suggest that Sinn Fein is in line to finish first in Irish elections on Saturday. Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin’s leader, said on Tuesday that Irish people wanted a…