Have our cultural icons lost their collective minds? Across the cultural landscape – music, film, books – it certainly seems that way. Musicians, filmmakers, authors have apparently persuaded themselves that…
No doubt, the temptation is great. With a stroke of a pen, the Liberal government could curry massive favour from both powerful corporate forces and the flying public, ordering striking…
I couldn't stand to watch even a minute of the obsessive news coverage about the Trump-Putin "summit", so I missed what may well go down in US history as the…
Donald Trump and his MAGA colleagues have decided to do more than abandon America’s fight... The post The U.S. changes sides, whither Canada? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
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July 30, 2025 Dear Mr. Kram: As you may know, Regina’s air quality is now routinely worse than the air quality of Beijing, China. Our weather monitoring service by Environment…
View on Threads What made me say "hmmmm...." the most this week was, of course, Trump and his shenanigans. One of the most pathetic things about Trump is his obsession…
Assorted content to end your week.- Andrew Phillips discusses how the Trump administration is looking to rewrite history in dealing with North American trade. And Thor Benson interviews David Roberts…
Despite the presence of members of the United Conservative Party’s MAGA base primed to cheer and boo in all the right places, it sure sounded as if Premier Danielle Smith’s…
Photo by Digfarenough/Wikimedia Commons Let’s begin by recalling some recent climate events. Blazing fires tore through Los Angeles, consuming acres of land and reducing thousands of homes to as...
The mock haka performed by Auckland University engineering students in 1955. Photo courtesy the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira. The Haka Party Incident Directed by Katie Wolfe Tasma...
Unlike Hamas, which still maintains an office in Qatar, the Doha Film Institute (DFI) operates out of a post office box in the oil-rich Middle Eastern country. But the institute…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Hamilton Nolan discusses how the Trump regime is going far out of its way to build the U.S.' economy on scams and corruption.…
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No person in his or her right mind would favour slavery. Other than white supremacists and Christian nationalists (neither of who meet the criterion of the first sentence), no one…
To begin with, I think anyone who expects Pierre Poilievre to lose the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection next Monday is living in a dream world. Its an understandable dream, of course,…
Hulk Hogan in 2011. Photo by Dave Moss/Wikimedia Commons. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin was a wifebeater. Bret “Hitman” Hart was a serial philanderer. Scott Steiner tried to gouge out th...
With its BookVaccine.Alberta.ca website, which is confusing and upsetting significant numbers of Albertans fearful they will lose access to lifesaving COVID-19 immunization, Alberta’s United Conservative Party has made a significant…
