Now that Premier Jason Kenney has declared it “un-Canadian” to say oil is dead, I wonder if it’s OK to admit Alberta’s fossil fuel industry is on the ropes? Probably.…
“Capitalism’s shield has been breached — we can now see its soul,” writes Brad Zarett in a recent article first published in Medium. Brad writes about avoiding the trap of…
NEWS FEATURES by Craig Takeuchi May 6th, 2020-5:24 PM PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA B.C. Premier John Horgan, accompanied by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian…
Now that he’s made a little progress sorting out Canada’s gun enthusiasts, maybe it’s time for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do something about those coronavirus mega-spreaders in our midst…
Vampire. https://t.co/oGRr8I2HhD — Gord Perks (@gordperks) May 6, 2020 Recommend this Post
It’s become trendy to be thrifty. Frugal, even. There’s always been a case for being frugal, but now it’s more apparent to a society facing supply chain disruptions from an…
You’ve probably got friends on that gosh awful Facebook website who’re clamouring to go back to normal. They want the certainty of a steady paycheque, the regular services, and plentiful…
The parallels recall the 2003 ‘Holy Shit’ fire in Western Canada. Ed Struzik 30 Apr 2020 | The Conversation Canada Edward Struzik is the author of Firestorm: How Wildfire Will…
In Victorian times, doctors had an expression: “The operation was a success, but the patient died.” Doctoring in Victorian times was a pretty iffy proposition; once they ran out of…
About three weeks ago I wrote a post looking at those who were still refusing to accept the deadly nature of Covid-19.I warned that kind of ignorance could kill us.And…
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 4,2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: Premier Doug Ford’s anti-profiteering push sparks almost 20,000 price-gouging complaints Detroit Students Have…
Frank Sinatra sang that fairy tales can come true. One hopes he was right. H/t Marie Snyder Recommend this Post
Another type of Bubbles Stay in your bubble. A cute, clever little phrase that Newfoundlanders and Labradorians have been hearing for weeks. We all assume it means something like protect…
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador guards atCOVID-19 Border Check Point(not exactly as illustrated) No other province in Canada has banned travel into the province by non-residents in the way Newfoundland…
Jason Kenney marked May 1 with a message to the Conservative base complaining about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decisive move in the wake of the murderous shooting rampage in Portapique,…
It’s been two and a half months since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic; infections and deaths will continue until a vaccine is found. Economists and global thinkers…
Each night I allow myself a half-hour dose of news from an American perspective, usually NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. And every night I emerge from the experience immensely…
Billy Bragg We’ve been experiencing what we refer to as ‘Andy Warhol Weather’ here today: fifteen minutes of rain, fifteen minutes of sun, fifteen minutes of hail etc etc. As…
At least Alberta Premier Jason Kenney didn’t have a “Mission Accomplished” banner hanging behind him. But then, being landlocked and all that, Alberta doesn’t own an aircraft carrier even if…
