There has been much talk in recent times about what went so very wrong for the Ontario Liberals. What factors led to such a calamitous decline of losing party status…
Albertans are getting hammered this summer by high electricity prices – just one of the impacts of the chaotic wide-open Alberta electricity market that was Conservative premier Ralph Klein’s gift…
I‘ve hesitated to write this review because, of all the films in the Godzilla franchise, I dislike the campy-cute, family-friendly Minilla, the so-called “son” of Godzilla. Minilla appears in three…
There is an entire class of argument that we see in discourse that basically relies on the idea that “physical attribute X means that Y can never be true”. Often,…
Pierre Poilievre continues to strengthen his ties to conspiracy theorists. Max Fawcett writes: It’s not exactly a secret that conservatism has made more room in recent years for conspiracy theories,…
A JAMA article called out 52 medical health professionals who knowingly posted misinformation on social media. About a third of them are primary care physicians. It doesn’t name any names,…
One of Justin Trudeau’s promises in the 2015 federal election was that it would be the last time Canadians would use first-past-the-post voting. And you know how far he got…
Funny stuff: How to lure me to my death pic.twitter.com/X0sVRGJOWK — Hermeshuns ? (@hermeshuns) August 13, 2023 I saw these on Bluesky: (Read more…)Moving on to US politics, its clear…
This is not meant to be a comprehensive analysis but an imagining of some of the features of a post capitalist world. OK lets get this over with first. The…
This is not meant to be a comprehensive analysis but an imagining of some of the features of a post capitalist world. OK lets get this over with first. The…
This is the sum total of my harvest this year-two small pears. It is a far cry from years when my two trees produced more than the squirrels could eat.…
It is a word that I don’t often use, but it is one that seems especially apt in describing the Greenbelt corruption stench currently assaulting us in Ontario. Many Ontarians,…
Premier David Eby and Ministers of British Columbia spent much time in August 18 news conferences. They talked about dealing with wildfires and assisting the tens of thousands of people…
My oldest best friend Pierre lives in Kelowna. Thursday, their neighbourhood was evacuated by police, hammering on doors to tell people to get out. They left with nothing. Very worried…
Epidemiologist prof Raywat Deonandan said, “Whenever I encourage people to mask in crowded indoor settings, I get the same pushback: ‘Do we have to do this for the rest of…
It is hard to believe that MP Pierre Poilievre has made it as far as he has. His summer travels seem to be a cross between Adolph Hitler’s rants in…
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, lifelong advocate of private health care, moved unexpectedly yesterday to nationalize the province’s recently privatized medical lab services. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). Health…
Tame Impala – One More Year
Assorted content to end your week. – Joseph Choi reports on new research showing that updated COVID-19 vaccines help build immunity against the Eris strain. And Keenan Sorokan reports on…
The news that Robbie Robertson died hit me hard. Although he’s not the last surviving member of The Band (Garth Hudson recently turned 80), he was my last surviving deep…
