We’re all going to learn some interesting stuff, beyond the usual government-versus-opposition popularity contest that has typified Alberta politics for the past decade, from the Sept. 14 by-election in Calgary-Shaw…
Looking back through the process.
PPoliticians tell us that more pipelines are needed to carry bitumen and natural gas and strengthen the Canadian economy. But these long tubes carry something else as well: tens of…
I think we have a new slogan to add to "Elbows Up". And this one comes with a fist - Maîtres Chez Nous. It happened on Monday, during Prime Minister…
Former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Photo by Bumble Dee/Shutterstock. Sean Carleton and Niigaan Sinclair, Indigenous studies professors and editors of the new book, Truth Before Reconcili...
Friends and family can drift apart for all sorts of reasons—pride, misunderstandings, embarrassment, or simply the passage of time. But when a relationship once mattered, it may still be worth…
Where the hell is Dale Nally now that we actually need him? For those of you who missed the memo, Mr. Nally is the “minister of red tape reduction” in…
That's the advice of Justin Ling as as the deadline for Trump's new set of punitive tariffs fast approaches, and that strikes me as eminently wise, for any number of…
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Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 17, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:Louise Arbour reflects on new role as Governor General during Quebec City visit…
I was recently asked to assist the Calgary Homeless Foundation in developing a new common assessment tool. Here’s my ‘top 10’ overview of the work:
Transparency should be a tool for holding the powerful and our institutions accountable. When directed downwards, transparency is a tool of control, writes Daniel Horen Greenford. Image by Electronic Frontier…
So, the last week have been quite a whirlwind of activity from conservative circles in Canada, and much of it looks concerningly desperate:1. MP Dean Allison is creating a "panel"…
This week's Cartoon CavalcadeAbout the Canada-US tariff negotiations: About Trump's catering truck:About the Kennedy CentreAbout the Iran WarAbout ICE Gestapo's new glovesAbout Mid-Terms fear-mongeringInteresting posts A fascinating chart ...
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. Photo by Ken Lund/Flickr. For a response to this article, scroll down to read a perspective from Judith Dueck, a Winnipeg writer…
The debate persists. Why are Canadians, citizens of a democracy, required to swear oaths of... The post About those oaths and Charles Mountbatten-Windsor first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
This week the self-seeding cosmos have begun to bloom. Of course, there are places which have had them for weeks, but they were all started inside and some, like the…
Oh for crying out loud! Preston Manning, 84, the superannuated Godfather of the Canadian right, has teamed up with another tiresome has-been from conservative Western Canadian politics to try to…
About the trade deal negotiations View on Threads Wesley Wark writes Get a trade deal, get ready to give away our sovereignty? Or, what’s with the leaks? ...As always with…
Mark Carney in Davos. Photo courtesy the World Economic Forum/Flickr. As Mark Carney prepares to welcome the world’s most powerful investors to Toronto, opposition to the prime minister...
