No Vaccine, No Airplane Ride.
As of today you’ll need proof of vaccination to board a train or jetliner in Canada. Perhaps spurred on by the Omicron variant, Ottawa has slammed shut the door to…
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A Ray of Hope?
The Fraser Valley could receive another 50 mm of rain today but the mayor of Abbotsford seems confident his city is ready for it. Henry Braun told CBC that repairs…
On toxic preferences
From the standpoint of any reasonable observer, there’s reason for outrage that Saskatchewan is one of the provinces pushing to undermine federal standards for water pollution from coal mines –…
Christ On a Crutch!!
You might remember Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas from his former job as White House physician to president Donald Trump. Now Ronny is weighing in on the new Covid variant,…
Is Nature Adding Insult to Injury or Is Santa Bringing Coals to Newcastle?
British Columbia is known for having reliably unpredictable weather. I recall a meteorologist from Environment Canada saying that the accuracy of forecasts more than three days hence was somewhat worse…
Have I Got a Read For You
If you’re wondering why everything has gone haywire you might be interested in this, the October 2020 MIT Technology Review, The Long-Term Issue. Editor-in-Chief Gideon Lichfield offers a hell of…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Jill Lepore writes that the COVID pandemic has left no room for doubt that there is such a thing as society reflecting mutual…
Canada’s Biggest Port All Backed Up
A port is really just a dock. It’s a place where cargo is transferred from a ship to a rail car or a flatbed truck for delivery to a waiting…
Nathan Cullen Gets the Bums Rush
NDP MLA Nathan Cullen has been given his marching orders by the Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. Members of the Gitxsan Huwilp Government posted the notice of eviction outside the…
But What About the Cattle?
It will be a while before we have an accurate figure but the flooding in southwest British Columbia has taken a toll of livestock in the Fraser Valley. Some cattle…
What Do You Want for Christmas, Johnny?
Well it sure as hell ain’t water up to my arse and a new virus.
Little Did We Know. Maybe We Just Didn’t Want to Know.
Back when the science types introduced global warming to we plebs they began with a few basic predictions. The first one was that the world was going to get warmer.…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Ivan Semeniuk reports on the response to the Omicron COVID variant both globally and in Canada. But Eric Topol writes that the U.S.…
The Aerial Ballet
I just watched clips of people being airlifted by helicopter to safety from torrential floodwaters. Some of those helicopters were British. Scotland is being hammered by rains and floods. It’s…
Musical interlude
Elderbrook w/ Bob Moses – Inner Light
This Is Rich. Insurance Companies Want Ottawa to Fund Flood/Fire Insurance.
It’s the old “privatize profit, socialize risk” scam and, if he runs true to form, it probably has some appeal to the prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau or, as…
Here’s the Problem. What Do You Do With an Uninsurable House?
For most plebs their house is their home and their most valuable asset. It’s their retirement nest egg. It’s where they sink most of their disposable cash on improvements, redecorating,…
Michael Harris on How to Destroy the Conservative Brand
Stephen Harper, Jason Kenney and Erin O’Toole. To Michael Harris they’re the unforced errors of the Conservative Party. The Conservative Party of Canada’s slide into irrelevance has turned into a…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Matt Gurney writes that the COVID pandemic has exposed – without ameliorating – our political leaders’ inability to respond to any real crisis.…
Environment Canada’s Weekend Outlook for BC’s Southern Mainland
Here it is, straight from Environment Canada’s presses: Another front will approach the south coast on Saturday. Rain will begin for most areas Saturday morning but the heaviest rain will…