His Naked Ambition
By now it should be clear to most rational people that the emperor has no clothes. His naked ambition to rule the world is becoming quite, quite clear. And unless…
Elections Alberta approves Thomas Lukaszuk’s ‘Alberta Forever Canada’ citizen initiative petition
No sooner was Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer embroiled in a back and forth with Danielle Smith and her justice minister about his decision to ask the courts if a referendum…
This is what Canada recognized
A Thai man is lying on the ground. He seems to be bleeding from a gunshot wound to his chest. The man moves his arms, a bit. A Gazan man,…
NDP Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Yves Engler
Source: Yves Engler's Campaign Page The NDP leadership race is going to be a long one with it not set toconclude until 2026. Even so thereare two candidates alreadydeclared. As…
Living Well is the Best Revenge
I cut my finger cooking today and its a little sore for typing. So just a short post tonight -- I thought this was such a great story of how…
Under Mark Carney, capital’s leading lobby group is back in the driver’s seat
Under Mark Carney, Canada’s Liberal government has become the willing instrument of corporate power, reviving the Business Council’s backroom rule and sidelining democracy in the process. Photo courtesy Mark Carney/Facebook.…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-07-30 17:06:00
Lithuania, 1941 — She Was Told to Undress, Then Told to SingIn the quiet woods of Ponary, just outside Vilnius, thousands of Jews were marched to their deaths by Nazi…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-07-30 17:06:00
Lithuania, 1941 — She Was Told to Undress, Then Told to SingIn the quiet woods of Ponary, just outside Vilnius, thousands of Jews were marched to their deaths by Nazi…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-07-30 16:51:00
The Forgotten Victims: The Fate of Roma and Sinti in AuschwitzAt least 23,000 Roma and Sinti men, women, and children were deported to Auschwitz by the Nazi regime. Among them…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-07-30 16:51:00
The Forgotten Victims: The Fate of Roma and Sinti in AuschwitzAt least 23,000 Roma and Sinti men, women, and children were deported to Auschwitz by the Nazi regime. Among them…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-07-30 16:31:00
Gene Simmons momFlora Klein survived Auschwitz. Her entire family did not. In 1949, in the port city of Haifa, she gave birth to a son — Chaim Witz. They later…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-07-30 16:31:00
Gene Simmons momFlora Klein survived Auschwitz. Her entire family did not. In 1949, in the port city of Haifa, she gave birth to a son — Chaim Witz. They later…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-07-30 16:28:00
Remembering Helena MeislováBorn: February 10, 1926 — Písek, Czechoslovakia Murdered: September 1943 — Auschwitz, age 17
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-07-30 16:28:00
Remembering Helena MeislováBorn: February 10, 1926 — Písek, Czechoslovakia Murdered: September 1943 — Auschwitz, age 17
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-07-30 16:24:00
She hadn’t yet spoken full sentences. She hadn’t run through fields, scraped her knees, or learned to read bedtime stories. At just seventeen months old, she was deported to Auschwitz—too…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-07-30 16:24:00
She hadn’t yet spoken full sentences. She hadn’t run through fields, scraped her knees, or learned to read bedtime stories. At just seventeen months old, she was deported to Auschwitz—too…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Leana Hosea and Sarij Pathirana report on new data showing that tens of thousands of oil slicks every year are going unreported and doing…
The Longest-Shortest Ballot’s Looming Quagmire
Monday, Elections Canada announced that, due to the inordinate number of candidates in Battle River—Crowfoot, voters will have to write out the name of the candidate they wish to elect.