Remembering the radical promise of Canada’s New Left
Rochdale College governing council meeting, 1971. Photo by Alex MacDonald. The Long Sixties: Stories from the New Left Edited by Jim Harding Fernwood, 2026 “Bliss w...
Voters everywhere in North America turn against AI data centres with a vengeance
Now that voters everywhere in North America are turning against Artificial Intelligence data centres hard and fast, what’s Alberta’s United Conservative Party going to do? They’ve spent two years planning…
Our nations animals speak
Our nation’s symbols speak
Wise Law’s Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of August 24, 2026
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of August 24, 2026
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 24, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump’s push to toss out $5 million verdict in…
Of Trade Deals, Foreign Interference, and Conservative Leadership In Canada
We talk a lot about "foreign interference" in Canadian politics, but we don't very often talk about the single biggest source of interference in Canada's political discourse: the United States.…
Maura L. Gillison, Who Linked Throat Cancers to HPV, Dies at 61
This popped up in my feed today from an Aug 9 New York Times obituary, no doubt due to some smart algorithm searching. I hope
Vassal Statehood Averted
A vassal state is a nation that, while often appearing to be independent, has its sovereignty and decision-making powers significantly constrained and dictated by a more powerful state. Its ability…
Under Poilievre, We’d Have CUSMAGA
I have heard from many Conservatives that under Pierre Poilievre we would have had a deal with the Americans, and they are most certainly right — having a Prime Minister…
Sunday Funday: Canada Strong, plus some cartoons, some good posts, TrumpWatch, Animal Crackers and Wildfire Update
Canada Strong Carney's speech and press conference Saturday morning: I saw no criticism anywhere about what Carney said or how he said it - clear, informative, straightforward, understandable. View on…
A trade war with the U.S. may not be great, but the day after Labour Day 2026 is a great moment for it to start
If a country had to pick a moment to strike back with targeted countervailing tariffs at the Trump Administration’s habitual bad-faith trade bargaining, surely it would be difficult to imagine…
The pencil case
Trump branded pencils
Looking at BC Hydro
BC Hydro has released its annual report. Several realities stand out. Electricity demand from residential, commercial, and light industrial customers remains flat while power delivered to heavy industry has increased.…
Civic election issues from yesteryear
A collection of London Ontario civic elections cartoons from previous years Candidate registrations are over. Some are already knocking.
Saturday Photo: Dog Days in Mile End
Well, according to Wikipedia the Dog Days of Summer run from July 19 to Aug.11, so this beast sitting on a car in Montreal's Mile End neighborhood last weekwas a…
For Canada, the best deal is no deal. Because we’re not going to be America’s Guam North
Canada reached its gag limit with these jerks. I know it might be terrible news for our industrial workers and manufacturers, but Canada now understands that Free Trade is dead,…
Musical interlude
Eli & Fur feat. Tailor - Ceremony
Some election themed cartoons from the past
We gathered a few thought-relevant cartoons from yesteryears. Check ‘Em out here: https://wp.me/P38YJ-4zk
A Bad Deal Is Better Than No Deal?
Honestly, I had resolved not to write another post about the pending surrender trade 'deal' between the U.S. and Canada until I knew the full dimensions of the capitulation. What…
Outrageous
Residents of a condominium for people aged 55 and older, at 255 Erickson Road, have been locked out of their homes for more than two and a half years following…