I’ve never actually heard that there’s a ghost in the Premier’s Office at the Alberta Legislative Building, but apparently there’s a dusty old speech that was left in a drawer…
Do my actions to reduce, reuse, and recycle to save the planet matter when Taylor Swift jets around world? The latest Climate of Joy Podcast episode asks the question: “Do…
The people of British Columbia will soon pay $3 billion a year in carbon tax. Yet actions of governments, fossil fuel producers, financiers, and people holding extreme wealth ensure that…
Damage in Gaza caused by Israeli airstrikes, October 2023. Photo courtesy Islamic Relief Canada. After four months of war, some Western leaders seem finally to be waking up to the…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Armine Yalnizyan offers a warning about the spread of the tapeworm economy in which corporate profiteers wriggle their way into public services and…
Knowledge cannot be advanced in an environment where people are afraid to present evidence or research or new ways of thinking that challenge existing norms, writes Laurie Adkin. Photo by…
“And Our Flags Are Still There.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. LONDON — By the afternoon the video link, which would have allowed Julian Assange to follow his final UK appeal…
Two strong Black women, Fanni Willis in Georgia and Latitia James in New York, have proven relentless in their pursuit of justice. As proven last week, despite efforts to disqualify…
Holocaust denier David Irving is dead. Some were surprised to hear that he was dead. Because, really, David Irving had been dead inside for a long time. He claimed to…
In early 2001, my grandfather wanted to show my generation his birthplace while he was still healthy enough to do so, and so much of my extended family travelled together…
In the 2024 Throne Speech, the government of David Eby claimed that “greenhouse gas emissions are down 5 per cent from six years ago.” The claim is simply untrue. It…
Just because Albertans have overwhelmingly rejected the idea, don’t imagine for a moment Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government has lost interest in getting its hands on its citizens’ share of…
Holocaust denier David Irving is dead. But you know what? I want proof.
If you are a climate change denier, better miss this BBC report. If you are not, feel sad for future generations…
Cat among toys.
Back in the comments here, one of this blogs semi-regular, anonymous TERF-y commenters claims that transgender women are "often violent" based on a single news story. The backstory here is…
For some strange reason countries like Canada keep giving tax money to ultra wealthy oil and gas companies even though they keep killing all life on the planet. Let’s stop…
Belleville, Ontario, is the Friendly City. That’s Belleville’s official motto. Belleville has about 55,000 citizens. It’s got a Kellogg’s plant, and a Proctor and Gamble plant. It’s got some beautiful…
Back in the comments here, one of this blogs semi-regular, anonymous TERF-y commenters claims that transgender women are “often violent” based on a single news story. The backstory here is…
Star columnist Armine Yalnizyan wrote about the tapeworm economy that emerges when governments finance private corporations to deliver services to the public. She says it “like introducing a parasite that…
