Pharmacare on the ropes
Photo by melany_tuinfosalud/Unsplash Federal election time in 2025 offered up some hope that the Liberal Party policy platform might yield results that resembled its promises. Among the pleasing...
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Samantha Hancox-Li discusses the need to ensure the rampant violence and corruption of the second Trump term is met with prosecutions, rather than another…
The Wrath of Jeff: Prominent Alberta separatist advocates internal UCP coup to oust Danielle Smith
Happy Victoria Day! Over the weekend leading up to our national celebration of Victorian rectitude, imperialism and class inequality, prominent Alberta separatist Jeffrey Rath took to the Internet appearing to…
The weather man.
Doug Ford offers a weather forecast. #onpoli #climate
What does that mean anyway?
Three fowl londoners explain value.
Senate report makes case to expand newspaper subsidies to Big Telecom
A media subsidy introduced as part of the massive 2019 newspaper industry bailout could soon be extended to broadcasters, despite them being mostly owned by our highly-profitable telecom compani...
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Michael Mechanic examines the new depths of corruption being reached by the Trump regime in using public money to reward his violent supporters.…
Separatists Lose In Court
Alberta's rump of separatists suffered a major setback last week, when a judge overturned the Chief Electoral Officer of Alberta (CEO-A) decision that set the signature gathering process for the…
Stars In Their Eyes
There is an obvious problem with those who have stars in their eyes. Blinded by the light, they fail to see the darkness surrounding those stars. This seems an apt…
Preparing The Brownshirts For The Election
Since January 20th, 2025, when Trump pardoned the January 6th, 2021 coup participants, it has been clear that he was not doing it so much for what they had done,…
Tabarnak!!! Plus, Sunday Funday with funny-odd and funny-haha posts, Hating AI, Carney Hat Trick, TrumpWatch, and Animal Crackers
Oh, tabarnak! The Habs lose tonight - On to Monday! The video low-lights of Saturday's game are here. I'm not posting the clip because I don't really want to watch…
Despite political differences, Mark Carney and Danielle Smith have more objectives in common than they don’t
There’s no need to make the explanation of the carbon pricing, carbon capture and bitumen pipeline deal announced Friday in Calgary by the federal and Alberta governments too complicated. It’s…
The collapse—and return—of Toronto’s condo investor
Photo by Jim Crocker/Flickr A Montréal investment firm is betting big on Toronto’s lagging condo market. On May 12, developer and investment firm Jesta Group announced plans to spend half…
Musical interlude
Counterpoint - While The Universe Unfolds
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Simon Mundy examines the growing recognition that the combination of solar power and batteries - both of which are plummeting in price - makes…
The Carney and Smith announcement, plus a note on Trump’s crazy language
It was a big announcement today in Alberta:Canada and Alberta Strike Landmark Implementation Agreement on Energy, Emissions, and Export Diversification By Annie Koshy Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier…
A new reign of climate chaos
Photo by Dikaseva/Unsplash The following is an excerpt from Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System by author and ecosocialist activist Ian Angus, released on Ma...
Sovereign slush fund?
I have nothing but the greatest faith in Mark Carney’s economic acumen. How could one... The post Sovereign slush fund? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
25 Years of OLDaily
I was introduced to a thing called the 'internet' in a pub in Edmonton after a softball game in 1988 or so. We philosophy students had gathered there after losing…
Goodbye to an Old Friend
Some days there are moments that make you stop and ask yourself how you ever got to this time and place. You stare at the clouds, unfocused, remembering, the past…