We’re flush!
According to Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre “our country is broke.” The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO),... The post We’re flush! first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Happy Labour Day
Yesterday Premier Danielle Smith issued a statement celebrating Alberta Day—a non-stat holiday created by her predecessor Jason Kenney to commemorate the day Alberta became a province—without once mentioning Confederation. Today…
Eating on the road: Alberta beef at Caesar’s Steakhouse & Lounge in Calgary
After a brisket sandwich the day before, the next night I continued my quest for a beefy Alberta visit and my Internet research brought me to an old school Calgary…
Eating on the road: Alberta beef at Caesar’s Steakhouse & Lounge in Calgary
After a brisket sandwich the day before, the next night I continued my quest for a beefy Alberta visit and my Internet research brought me to an old school Calgary…
labour day reading list
Image: Ricardo Levins MoralesLast year, I created and led a labour book club through my union, the BCGEU. I navigated my way through multitudes of obstacles to make this happen,…
Working with spies makes you a propagandist, not a journalist
While it’s strange that anyone claiming to be a journalist would boast about working with the intelligence agency of a foreign state, National Post columnist Adam Zivo is certainly not…
Today’s News: International Overdose Awareness Day 2024
Saturday, Aug 31 was International Overdose Awareness Day and in Saskatoon it was marked at Prairie Harm Reduction through memorial and remembrance. Here are photos and an article from The…
Democracy is threatened
Elections in the next few months will alter governments in three Canadian provinces, as well as in Washington DC, and in all states of the USA. Justin Trudeau will call…
Happy Alberta Day
I just finished reading Premier Smith’s statement celebrating Alberta Day and wondered how I would explain it to someone who knows nothing about Alberta’s history. I suspect the conversation would…
Recovery Alberta, the first new agency to be carved out of Alberta Health Services, officially begins operations
Recovery Alberta, the new mental health, addiction and correctional health agency created by the province’s United Conservative Party Government as it proceeds with its project of dismantling Alberta Health Services,…
Eating on the road: Alberta Cheesesteak at Palomino Smokehouse in Calgary
I visited Calgary in the spring and, before heading up the tower I popped into Palomino Smokehouse for a late lunch. It was a large and casual spot which seemed…
Eating on the road: Alberta Cheesesteak at Palomino Smokehouse in Calgary
I visited Calgary in the spring and, before heading up the tower I popped into Palomino Smokehouse for a late lunch. It was a large and casual spot which seemed…
This latest cartoon as process
Start with this photo. Does he really have enough badges and labelled jackets? So as usual a jumble of ideas fall through the sieve of my brain. The background, sky,…
Aim in the Right Direction
A Tiktoker, amylynn79, explained why she's not masking despite being very sick with Covid. She has few followers on that site (maybe because it's 9 minutes of rambling), but clips…
Today’s News: "But how is the chicken cooked?"
Sometimes I have thought that bloggers like me are too "down" on the media.And then then I see how many in the American media persist in living in a myth…
Reflections on the First Official Portrait of King Charles III
Back in June the, much delayed, official portrait of the king was unveiled. At the time I was quite busy organizing an eventin my local community and didn't really have…
Prime minister announces two Alberta Senate appointments; UCP throws predictably petulant tantrum
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced two long-anticipated Alberta appointments to the Senate of Canada this morning. Kristopher Wells of St. Albert is a post-secondary educator and champion of Alberta’s 2SLGBTQI+…
My latest: America gets ready
BIDDEFORD, MAINE – George Weismeyer is America. He lives on the ground floor of a three-story walk up on Gove Street, down by Saco Bay in a working class neighborhood.…
No Sweetness And Light
Pierre Poilievre wants an election. He sent a letter to Jagmeet Singh this week, suggesting he should bring the Trudeau government down. Susan Delacourt suggests that Singh may be worried…