When July 1 happens on a Wednesday, Canadians usually take the Thursday and Friday off too, so we engineer a five-day weekend to kick off the summer. This year, that…
Saving Canada and saving the planet? Not necessarily a pipeline, but a pipeline if necessary! Prime Minister Mark Carney appeared last night to have threaded the needle between Alberta and…
Thanks Carney! And this time he waited until the pancake was set before he flipped it - I think he's taken some lessons! Heads up, Stampeded -- PM Carney now…
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. Photo by Robert Linsdell/Wikimedia Commons. “Facts Not Feelings.” “History Is Not a Storybook.” “Teach the...
Prime Minister Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Photo courtesy Prime Minister of Canada/Facebook. American-funded dark money groups operating in Canada openly praised Prime Minister Ma...
This and that for your Canada Day reading.- George Monbiot points out that the determination by petropoliticians to deny climate change and the heat stress it causes is a threat…
This cartoon is an oldie but a goodie -- hope you are also enjoying just kicking back and swatting those annoying mosquitos!Brittlestar explains Canada Day to Americans: I feel like…
The Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Bowmanville, Ontario will be the site of Canada’s first small modular reactor (SMR) project. Photo courtesy of Ontario Power Generation. ...
Government news release fails to mention the omission actually breaks the law, but there’s no penalty, so why worry? Happy Canada Day! The summer solstice has already come and gone.…
Slumbering cat.
Watching the following should give us all a deeper appreciation of our own country. I can't imagine any of our representatives speaking to the people with such contempt. This is…
I have a 12 year-old daughter going into Grade 8 and the usual summer braindead zombieness has struck already.With tomorrow being Canada Day, and some work colleagues gently teasing me…
Britain has been playing musical chairs with its prime ministers. Last week the most recent... The post Can we accept less? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
I noticed that Canada’s top blogger is again adding content to their blog. Is this a trend, will blogs come back into style as people sour on Meta/Facebook and ExTwitter?
I’ve written a blog post titled “Non-market housing 101.” You can read it here: https://nickfalvo.ca/non-market-housing-101/
The United Jewish People’s Order is 100 years old and the Winnipeg chapter celebrated this milestone at the Ukrainian Labour Temple last week. In keeping with UJPO’s social justice mission,…
