Laurence McKeown—Irish Republican, former hunger-striker, writer—was on Montreal community radio station CKUT’s Prison Radio Show recently to discuss And Flowers Grew Up Through the Concrete, his second prison memoir. This…
Fascinating Politico article by reporter Calder McHugh and Ottawa bureau chief Nick Taylor-Vaisey: Mark Carney Plays Hardball On the world stage, Canada's prime minister is a statesman. In Ottawa, he…
But Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sends letter telling Calgary City Council to roll over or the province will step in It’s not over, but Round One of last weekend’s intergovernmental…
Having committed itself to promoting and subsidizing British Columbia’s fossil-fuel industry, David Eby’s government will not restrain a company planning to release substantially greater quantities of harmful air pollutants. Nitrogen…
Photo by Joe Mazzola/Flickr The announcement of Cuba’s new package of economic transformations has generated intense debate both within Cuba and among supporters of the Revolution ...
The Tyee and Canada's National Observer consistently produce independent journalism worth our attention. While browsing recent stories at The Tyee, one stood out. It's an account of a billionaire family…
We tend to like things simple. Right or Wrong. Black or white. Mother Nature tends... The post What political type are you? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
It’s been a few years since I last posted about my excursions into shaving with a safety razor (double-edged blades). In my last post on the subject, dated almost exactly…
I’d say ‘conspiracy’ but here they all are, in plain sight, plotting ways in which they can take over the world. Some days, I feel like I’m in a really…
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Do you read fiction? Do you find yourself ‘hearing’ the different character voices as you read them (other than audiobooks, naturally). Do you picture the world the story is set…
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 22, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter: Federal judge removes 4 plaintiff and defense attorneys over AI errors Delaying…
The topic of their ire? The City of Calgary’s noise bylaw! What’s with that, anyway? Over the weekend, prominent Conservative political figures including Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and federal Conservative…
Lascaux Cave, France. Photo by Traumrune/Wikimedia Commons. The deeper we explore humanity’s past, the harder it becomes to sustain some of the most powerful political myths of the moder...
This and that for your Sunday reading.- A.R. Moxon writes about the desperate need for a radical reshaping of both stories and substantive policy when even the most modest challenge…
If you have ever offered a back-handed compliment to your children knowing that they will not catch it while the adults in the room all snort, then you understand what…
National Indigenous People's Day is this Sunday! Above is Cree/European artist Rachel Drager’s logo chosen by the Fraser River Indigenous Society to represent National Indigenous Peoples Day. In celebration of…
Fathers are tricky businessSome of us love and revere themFeel their presence in all we are as individuals, Or find ourselves bedamned by the weaknesses we see in them that…
I have been thinking about writing on freedom of religion for awhile but have not been able to develop a framework for my thoughts so I decided to just set…
This is part of a series on potential paths of legal challenge for anti-transgender laws in Canada: Anti-Transgender Laws Are Jim Crow LawsLegal Challenges of an Anti-Transgender LawIn the first…
