I haven't been following the Paralympics as much as I should have, but here's some great news:GOLD FOR CANADA 🇨🇦 Nicholas Bennett wins Canada’s first gold medal at the Paralympics.He…
Judge for yourself. Here are quotes from Deborah Lipstadt, the planet’s leading expert on the subject. From the ‘Antisemitic Enablers’ chapter in her book, Antisemitism Here and Now. • “The…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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 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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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 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+…
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.…
