M23 rebel stands outside of Bunagana, North Kivu Province, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo by Nicolas Pinault. Perhaps no country in history has been more ravaged than...
Ahmed al-Sharaa in Moscow, 2025. Photo by Sergey Bobylev/TASS/Wikimedia Commons. Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former Islamist commander linked to al-Qaeda factions, toppled Syria’s long-...
Of all the things Trump has destroyed that America used to be proud of - charity, fairness, openness, diplomacy, rule of law - it turns out to be the war…
One of the greatest and most realistic movies about Canadian politics is Guibord s’en va-t-en-guerre, a comedy about an indepedent rural Quebec MP who must cast the deciding vote in…
I found some good commentaries to share tonight, plus a bit about the B-Ark.Commentary about Carney's progress: Wayne Horton has started a fascinating series called The Carney Letters - an…
The Millennium Library in downtown Winnipeg. Photo by Ccyyrree/Wikimedia Commons. Canadian cities are increasingly managing social problems and perceived threats in public spaces through securit...
The European electoral system is based on Proportional Representation (PR) with multiple parties while the American electoral system is based on the First Past The Post (also known as Single…
Canada has been accused by its allies of being a slacker when it comes to... The post More money for guns, for butter … not so much first appeared on…
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Alberta plans to invoke its "Sovereign Alberta" legislation as part of "fighting back" against federal firearms legislation that bans firearms that are commonly seen as "military-style". As the first application…
Despite the fact that rage bait has been named the world (phrase?) of the year by the Oxford University Press, I much prefer John Cleese's above word. It definitely is…
At the Parliamentary press gallery dinner this weekend, Pierre Poilievre actually made fun of himself: Right wing journalists were ecstatic. "Poilievre steals the show at parliamentary press gallery dinner" posted…
Thanks to the success of former Progressive Conservative deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk’s Forever Canadian petition campaign, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith now finds herself on the proverbial horns of a very…
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- David Suzuki writes about the desperate need to loosen the grip a few megalomaniacal billionaires have over political and economic decision-making. And Matt McManus'…
Why the most meaningful benefits are the hardest to notice.Across the publi...
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of December 1, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Ontario bar exam for future lawyers could be scrapped, replaced with skills-based course…
Danielle Smith’s use of the notwithstanding clause reflects a deeper ideological shift in Alberta toward authoritarian governance and reactionary social conservatism. Photo courtesy Danielle Smith/Facebook. ...
4 minutes to the Minifie Lecture with Andrew Coyne. Auditorium is nearly full in the wings too.#YQR #cdnpoli— Saskboy from Saskatchewan (@saskboy.bsky.social) 2025-11-28T01:28:07.284Z
