More than 200 dedicated Liberal Party supporters piled into Edmonton’s Santa Maria Centre yesterday evening to hear candidates for their party’s leadership speak and answer questions. I attended and…
Jonathan Huckabay and Raj Sherman at a Liberal leadership all-candidates’ meeting in Edmonton Wednesday night. Below: Government Whip Robin Campbell.“When in doubt, tell the truth,” Mark Twain famously advised. “It…
Narrative plus photos, maps, and what not now posted here. A lovely trip although I clearly didn't travel far enough and had too much time to write.
We are now right in the middle of the class war. Feeling the potshots yet? The wage disparity, loss of job security and benefits, the shredding of the social safety…
One of the things you notice right away when you return from almost any modern country in the world, is the crumbling state of our infrastructure.In Toronto, giant pieces of…
Never let it be said that all of the banks and corporations on the planet have their head in the sand when it comes to climate change. Why, just recently,…
There is some hope that this near-historic hot weather will return to “normal hot” by Sunday. I have no doubt that this will be a great relief to all involved…
JOE FANTAUZZI| YorkRegion.comPoint/counterpointConvicted sex offenders will be wearing GPS tracking devices if a Progressive Conservative government is elected in October, party leader Tim Hudak said.The idea has drawn a mixed…
MonaLisaMustaHadTheHighwayBluesGhostOfElectricityVilleLife's like that.Sure is..
Confined as I have been to the house today and tonight thanks to the heat and humidity, I thought I would make a brief posting. I've been writing recently about…
Whenever we consider the pros and cons of a new policy, we want to know if it benefits or hurts the poor, the middle class and those who are better…
Thanks to the sometimes fine folks at Rabble.ca, we've got links to poll-by-poll maps of certain regions of Canada. I'd suggest looking at the entire list.But here are the important…
I was in the budget lock-up in Ottawa back in 2009, when the feds announced a home renovation tax credit as part of the stimulus package, and one of my…
If you thought this song was silly, wait’ll you get a load of this story: “What are you ready to do for your president?” says the video calling on the…
Right wing media, "Shocked! Shocked!", to be thought of as right wing.
My name is Phineas GageNew Hampshire boy, born and raisedI drive a stagecoach here in ChileYou might say I’ve come a long way Drive the coach steady, drive the coach…
My name is Phineas GageNew Hampshire boy, born and raisedI drive a stagecoach here in ChileYou might say I've come a long wayDrive the coach steady, drive the coach slowFrom…
My name is Phineas GageNew Hampshire boy, born and raisedI drive a stagecoach here in ChileYou might say I’ve come a long way Drive the coach steady, drive the coach…
The Fifth Column has been idle for a few weeks because the Fifth Columnist has been on vacation in Northern Ontario.We spent about a week at our favourite bed and…
