Leadership 2026 Candidate Profile – Heather McPherson
What We KnewMcPherson entered the leadership campaign with both the advantage and the burden of being the first choice of the party establishment at a time when the party itself…
Leadership 2026 Candidate Profile – Tony McQuail
What We KnewMcQuail entered the campaign with the lowest profile in the field, but his bona fides as a voice for rural environmentalism were clear from the jump. What We’ve…
Leadership 2026 Candidate Profile – Avi Lewis
What We KnewWhile Lewis’ campaign narrative has normally been framed in terms of his family history in the NDP, the aspect of his track record that strikes me as more…
Things in Everyday Life With Surprising Royal Connections: English Actresses
Photo Credit: Peter C.G. Jackson Welcome back to the third article ina series looking at everyday thingswith surprising royal connections.We take it for granted these daysthat female roles in movies,…
Leadership 2026 Candidate Profile – Tanille Johnston
What We KnewTanille Johnston’s pitch to NDP leadership voters includes a strong combination of community governance and personal activism as an Indigenous leader. And she’s highlighted those themes throughout the…
Leadership 2026 Candidate Profile – Rob Ashton
With voting set to begin tomorrow in the federal NDP’s leadership campaign, I’ll take the opportunity to offer candidate profiles - focusing on what we knew at the start, what…
The Age of Doubt
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of scientific advancement; it was the age of flat-earthers and chemtrail fanatics. It was…
What Stands Between Trump And His Nukes?
As he embroils the world in a vast and unnecessary international military conflagration, what is stopping Donald Trump from using nuclear weapons?
Sunday Funday: Paralympics are underway! Plus this week’s funny posts and stories, Carney Hat Trick, Moar Epstein Files, TrumpWatch, Animal Crackers
Paralympics are underway!The Paralympics have begun and Canada has 50 athletes attending. Above is a photo of Canada's team. Alpine skier Kalle Eriksson and guide Sierra Smith take silver Natalie…
The Lambda Fifth Columns: Part 1 (of 4), Fall 1971
This is the first part of a new series of Fifth Columns featuring my columns from 1971 to 1973 in the Laurentian University student newspaper Lambda, that inspired me to…
On the roots of America First foreign policy [ThreeWayFight]
by Matthew N Lyons Balancing war and peace has long been integral to Donald Trump’s popular image. Making America Great Again has always included making America militarily dominant and feared…
Saturday Photo: Canadian War Museum in This Week of War
Spent an interesting and rather weird afternoon Monday at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. The visit was planned several weeks ago, but I never imagined that the world would…
Carney Undermines Himself
I had such high hopes after Mr. Carney's speech at Davos. It articulated a realistic and pragmatic view of the world, peopled as it is with both heroes and villains.…
Powering the future
Canada West Forum is presenting an online event available without cost on a Zoom livestream, Monday, March 9, 10:15 a.m. Moderated by filmmaker and environmental journalist Damien Gillis, the panel…
Canadians to Carney "Hell No, We Won’t Go"
So the US and Israel have been at war with Iran for a week now. How's it going? Well, first of all, they say history doesn't repeat itself but sometimes…
Americans pay the price of inequality
A recent article in Science Daily expounds on the trials and tribulations of the American... The post Americans pay the price of inequality first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Musical interlude
Donovan Woods - Back For The Funeral
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2026-03-06 19:00:00
She could have been a neighbour. Never forget...Magda Brown was just 17 when she was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau on her birthday. She lost her parents and most of her family…
About Those "Violent" Trans People
Over at The Western Standard, flag bearer for their anti-transgender propaganda Christopher Oldcorn wrote a column titled "The Transgender Shooter Epidemic - When Ideology Turns Violent". (Again, I'm not going…