Leaders of pro-separation groups were complaining on social media yesterday about a decision communicated to them by Elections Alberta just after 5:30 p.m. advising them that third-party advertisers will not…
On October 17, Vancouver goes to the polls to choose a mayor, city council, park board, and school board. My perpetual top-of-mind issues, in this election and others, are climate…
"On November 5, 2026, we’re making some changes to our Google Play Terms of Service. These changes won’t affect the way you use Google Play, but they should help make…
I'm seeing a number of stories this week with the same theme -- such egregious stupidity that the only conclusion possible is to say "You're finished!" Poilievre is finished A…
Dear Morning Edition: I was concerned that you read Bell’s reply to the story on Wednesday, without offering listeners important context for their weasel-word answer that their “project is developed…
Bill C-39, the Building Canada Strong Act, currently wends its way through Parliament. The omnibus... The post About Bill C-39, democracy and a fair wage first appeared on Views from…
On September 11, 2026, the Winnipeg Chilean Association held its annual remembrance of the coup that overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973. The event…
Well, just as you wonder if the American nation can sink any lower into abject debasement, along comes Pete Hegseth with his newest plan to both provoke and briefly satiate…
Well, I can't complain that the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Judge Navanethem “Navi” Pillay I wish it had gone to Prime Minister Carney for his leadership around…
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her municipal affairs minister, Dan Williams, announced yesterday that their United Conservative Party Government will overrule Edmonton City Council’s infill housing policy, a decade in…
Thursday, September 24, 2026By Bailey SeymourAfter four years of instability in North Saanich’s council chambers, newcomer Stuart Mackinnon hopes to be part of a council that can stabilize the district…
First, some good cartoons.Alberta separatism gets skeweredI'm noticing how many cartoonists are now riffing on various transportation memes - sailing off a waterfall or taking a wrong turn on the…
Photo by Rosa Menkman/Flickr A reckoning is coming between municipalities and upper levels of government, and today’s AI data centre fights are the opening salvo. As provincial and federa...
It’s no surprise the Most Hated Man on Earth thinks that Canada should be busted up and sold for scrap. But it does clear the air to have it right…
I have seen statistics about wealth and income concentrations many times, but I was shocked when I came across the World Inequality Report for 2026. Ricardo Gómez-Carrera of the Paris…
“It feels ridiculous that I should have had to spend so much of my time fighting for this.” It’s a familiar feeling for me. Seeing a broken system, and not…
David Moscrop, author of Too Dumb for Democracy? and Alex Himelfarb in discussion about Alex’s book, neoliberalism in Trump times, the opportunity for breaking free that Canadians ’ new-found civic…
Quebec’s election is mercifully behind us, Alberta’s referendum is on the 19th, BC’s election is on the 24th, and the US midterms are just over a week later on November…
