Parasitic Capitalism (Oilpatch Edition)
I have little love for the oil & gas industry in Alberta. Having grown up here, worked in and adjacent to the industry for years, I have become increasingly disillusioned,…
New Air Quality Guidelines
Health Canada published new Guidance for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Professionals that acknowledge that Covid can be spread through airborne transmission. "Indoor air quality is considered an important environmental determinant…
198 Methods of Nonviolent Action
More than 7 million Americans hit the streets to protest the authoritarian Trump regime in the USA, they rallied under the banner No Kings. Unsurprisingly, the protests were peaceful and…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of October 20, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 20, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Parts of Ontario Superior Court to introduce new digital court system Tuesday Federal…
Canada needs an industrial strategy that serves public goods, not corporate interests
An 1891 editorial cartoon from New York’s Puck magazine shows a young Canada being pulled inexorably toward Uncle Sam by the joint forces of business and common interests. The caption…
Seriously? We only have until Dec. 15 this year to order flu and COVID vaccines for next year?
Is Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government seriously proposing to make anyone who wants an influenza or COVID-19 vaccination next year order it during an unannounced 78-day window that is already…
A paen to Peanuts, and good ol’ Charlie Brown
“Well, here comes ol’ Charlie Brown … Good ol’ Charlie Brown, yes, sir! … Good ol’ Charlie Brown … How I hate him!” The greatest comic strip of all time…
UPDATED: A Balm to The Spirit
While I often talk about critical thinking on this blog, I always say that I aspire to the ideal it represents. And there is one offence I regularly commit that…
Poilievre’s Descpicable Attack
On Thursday, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said that the “leadership of the RCMP is frankly just despicable when it comes to enforcing laws against the Liberal government.” Coming just weeks…
Sunday Funday: Love those Jays! plus a No Kings roundup, Carney as the Trump-Trainer, Canada stuff, other random stuff, TrumpWatch, Animal Crackers
Love those Jays! So now the boys have to win on Sunday AND on Monday. Canada is cheering for them! At The Globe and Mail, Cathal Kelly writes about the…
Jack Flaherty, elected as St. Albert’s MLA at 71 in 2004, remembered for hard work in Opposition and congenial nature
Jack Flaherty, the congenial retired St. Albert schoolteacher, school superintendent, and senior civil servant recruited to run by the Alberta Liberals in 2004, scoring an upset victory at 71 years…
NDP Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Tony McQuail
Source: Tony McQuail's campaign page The second NDP leadership candidate to get back to me is Tony McQuail. Tony is advocating for a merger between the NDP and the Green…
Why is there never enough?
Calgarians and Edmontonians have had enough. Growth, that is. Recent surveys indicate a majority of... The post Why is there never enough? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Influential: this column is Paris Hilton approved
“Know the star you are. And see yourself as part of a galaxy.” So sayeth the Mother of All Influencers, the Hashtag Highness, the Rich Stick Insect, Paris Hilton. Paris…
Today’s News: Conservatives are under-bussing Poilievre. It couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy.
It seems pretty clear now that Poilievre is so worried about the leadership vote in January that he's lost his marbles. View on Threads Poilievre's whole October 3 interview is…
Musical interlude
Tame Impala - My Old Ways
Danielle Smith declares herself vindicated by Wyant report on dodgy contracts scandal
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has declared herself, her political aides and her government vindicated by a former Manitoba judge’s limited investigation of contract jiggery-pokery at Alberta Health Services. In a…