Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Michaeleen Doucleff offers an FAQ on the causes and consequences of long COVID in its various forms. Guy Quenneville reports on the need…
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Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Tuckered-out cats.
Well, That’s a Relief
The Trudeau government will end the pandemic, fight climate change and rebuild the economy. It’s right there in today’s Throne Speech. And if this prime minister is known for anything,…
No Matter Where You Turn, You Run Face First Into Walls. What Would a Progressive Do?
Maybe you doubt that Canada is in the throes of a climate emergency. Then you’re an idiot. Maybe you cling to blind hope that “they’ll think of something.” Then you’re…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Doug Saunders writes that Europe’s devastating new wave of COVID – like those elsewhere – can be traced directly to politicians pandering…
Next Week – "A Parade of Storms"
On the heels of last week’s storm disaster, much of British Columbia is now facing a second atmospheric river. The storm has come ashore at Haida Gwaii and is expected…
Suzuki Predicts Pipelines Will Be Attacked
It’s a matter of life or death to David Suzuki. The government has a choice, end these climate killing pipelines or see them destroyed. “We think dinosaurs were losers because…
How to Re-Invent Roads
Building highways in British Columbia can bring challenges not always faced in other provinces. Mountains and snowpack and raging rivers can do that sort of thing. When, last Wednesday, a…
Why Settle for Jesus When You Really Want Mars?
Mars, the god of war. Is that what Americans are referring to when they proclaim “in God we trust?” Ain’t it odd that Americans call the Pentagon the “defense department”…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Bruce Deachman discusses the new “normal” we’re approaching in which COVID continues to be a threat to people’s health on an ongoing basis.…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Stephanie Nolen examines (PDF) some of the inequality revealed and exacerbated by the COVID pandemic. Bonnie Allen reports on the tragic story…
What They Wrought on this Fine Province
The Liberal Party of British Columbia left a disastrous legacy that reverberates today even after they’ve been run out of office. Among other things, during the reign of Gordon Campbell…
Hell, I’m Not!
I refer to this gem from Jason Kenney’s appearance today at the UCP general meeting. “I know that many of you are angry with me.” I don’t mind that he…
Will No One Rid Us of This Meddlesome Priest
Who better to explain British Columbia’s floods than a guy who believes in a heavenly father, the National Post’s in-house authority, “Father” Ray J. de Souza. RayJay unleashed a little…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Sarah Zhang writes that the three factors which will determine the path of the COVID pandemic over the winter are our own immunity,…
You’ve Picked a Fine Time to Leave Us, Lucille
It’s an old song. Canada’s first major climate calamity* arrives and the Greens are nowhere to be found. Annamie Paul has only just handed in her key to the executive…
What a Novel Idea
“Infrastructure/resilience/climate change” Every cloud does have a silver lining. The natural disaster that is today’s southwestern British Columbia has got officials speaking the words they kept to themselves for decades.…
Musical interlude
Men I Trust – Tree Among Shrubs
Return of the Talking Head
I appeared on CTV’s News at 5 with Matt Young today, around 24:00 in this show. And of course, there were a few points I didn’t make in the process,…
A Useful Reminder
In the beginning of human civilization, wildlife made up most of mammalian life on Earth. By comparison, humans were almost insignificant. Today, in this Anthropocene, our man-made geological epoch, mankind…