Vancouver Sun Letter
In the Letters section of today’s Vancouver Sun, readers will find me disputing the notion that recent drops in overdose deaths can be attributed to the provincial government’s rejection of…
Saturday Photo: Evi in the Garden with Her ‘Escape-proof’ Harness
This is Evi in the little front garden, on the watch for interesting flying insects. You'll note she's wearing a harness and on a leash. That's because we don't want…
The Reflecting Pool as Metaphor
The whole Trump administration is summed up by what has happened with that Reflecting Pool. It is a metaphor for everything wrong with Trump. The following chain of events is…
Bold move or big mistake? Naheed Nenshi implores Ottawa to step in and force Alberta to drop surgery line-jumping scheme
Send ‘a strong signal that Canada works’ NDP Opposition leader urges PM Mark Carney in letter Opposition Leader Naheed Nenshi called yesterday on Ottawa to step in and use the…
Musical interlude
CAKE - Love You Madly
What I’ve learned from other countries’ battles with homelessness
I recently gave a presentation titled “What I’ve learned from other countries’ battles with homelessness.” A ‘top 10’ overview of the presentation can be found here:
Wasn’t that a beautiful game? Plus Carney gets things done and Trump fumbles.
Vancouver went slightly mad today, and took the rest of the country with them. View on Threads This is the Red Sea of Canada supporters at the World Cup. Each…
Day after day
People with rust in their arteries (like me) probably remember a song that was briefly popular in 1969...
Carney says the war against Iran was ‘worth it.’ He’s wrong
US President Donald Trump greets Mark Carney at the West Wing entrance of the White House, May 6, 2025. Photo courtesy the White House/Flickr. Prime Minister Mark Carney supports the…
UCP plunges ahead with scheme to Americanize health care by letting patients with money jump the line for surgeries
Premier Danielle Smith’s pathetic $100 Dani Dollars gambit having flopped miserably with pretty well everyone on Wednesday, Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government plunged ahead yesterday with its previously announced scheme…
GenAI Sucks Power and Water
Most people would not be surprised to learn that computer data centres need a lot of electricity and water for cooling. “The federal government, and some provinces, have been actively…
Storytelling with Enhanced Intelligence
Recently, I finished the first iteration of The Ascension of Mont Royal, a dystopian science fiction novel, audiobook, and story-cast: a serialized audiovisual narration of the story. The project took…
Richard Dawkins and “Cultural Christianity”
Richard Dawkins is no stranger to shaking the cultural tree to see what falls out. In 2024, Dawkins was interviewed by Rachel Johnson on British TV. He noted in that…
Why Is This Man Exuberant?
Well, he has just become a trillionaire, one of the many reasons Elon Musk must feel chuffed these days. Being a master of the universe is surely a heady experience,…
Things that make me say hmmmm….. from that awful MOU to our MAID anniversary. Plus World Cup stories and today’s Pride updates
I saw lots of good posts and comments today, but I'm just focusing on the ones that made me think about things a little differently. First, cartoons! About that MOU…
Wow! 3.4 million Albertans will qualify for $100 ‘Dani Dollars’ energy rebate – enough for maybe half a tank of gas
Apparently no one in the United Conservative Party cabinet has to buy their own groceries these days! How else do you explain the lamest stunt in Alberta political history? Premier…
Alberta’s role in Canada – why we need to tell better stories
Federalists need emotional arguments about improving Canada and Alberta Alberta’s separation referendum is only four months away, so longtime Daveberta Podcast contributor Adam Rozenhart joins Dave Cournoyer for part 2…
Albertans are renewables YIMBYs
Albertans love pipelines and hate renewables, right? Well … not exactly. Two recent surveys conducted... The post Albertans are renewables YIMBYs first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Toby Buckle and Greg Sargent highlight the need for a global response to the race war being propagated by Elon Musk and other white…
Clumsy Carney Comment Confounding
Was the bombing of the girls’ school in Iran worth it Carney? Was a blockade of the world’s oil worth it? What was the gain other than high gas prices?…