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Dear Canada: We gave you Stephen Harper. We’re sorry.

10/07/2015 by the editor

By Frank Moher Dear Canada, Western Canada here. We gave you Stephen Harper. And we’re just writing to say we’re sorry. We know it’s a little late in the day. But it’s something we really need to square with you. It’s true that Ontario gave him to us, back when Harper was 19 and moved out […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: "Fair Elections Act", 2015 federal election, Bill C-45, BIll C-51, Calgary, Canada, CBC, civil liberties, Conservatives, environment, First Nations, Quebec, Revenue Canada, Stephen Harper, western Canada

$175,000 to shake hands with the terrorists

05/26/2015 by the editor

By Frank Moher You’re liable to hear quite a bit today and for the next few days about the Governor General’s $175,000 plane flight to Saudi Arabia to offer condolences on the death of King Abdullah. That’s because it’s the perfect story for an election year, along with the widening Senate scandal and Pierre Poilievere’s weekend […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 9/11, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, BIll C-51, Bob Graham, Canada, civil liberties, Conservatives, David Johnston, Governor General, Iraq, Jean Chretien, Saudi Arabia, terrorism, U.S., U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate

Kinder Morgan: A little uncoordinated

11/28/2014 by the editor

By Montreal Simon They have gathered on Burnaby Mountain to try to prevent the giant energy company Kinder Morgan from drilling a hole through its heart. Dozens of young and old activists have been arrested.   But today they won a big court victory, and Kinder Morgan got a big slap in the face. A […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: British Columbia, Burnaby, Burnaby Mountain, Canada, civil liberties, First Nations, Kinder Morgan, law, oil sands, protest, RCMOP, Stephen Harper, Stewart Phillip, tar sands, Trans Mountain pipeline

“The Province”: Doing it right for the petroleum producers

11/24/2014 by the editor

By Alison@Creekside h/t Waterbaby That’s very good, isn’t it? “Kinder Morgan has solved the NIMBY problem by taking the backyard.” I also liked his debunking of the attempt to de-legitimize protest itself — the argument that “protesters undermine the rule of law by claiming to speak for the whole community.” Hey, here’s one now from […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: 24 Hours, British Columbia, Burnaby, Canada, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, civil liberties, Kinder Morgan, newspapers, oil sands, Postmedia, protest, RCMP, Rick Perry, Sun Media, tar sands, Texas, The Province, Trans Mountain pipeline, USA, Vancouver

You really don’t care about Betty Krawczyk, Mr. Selley?

09/27/2010 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside A column in the National Post last week compared the peaceful civil disobedience and incarceration of 82-year old environmental activist Betty Krawczyk with that of 62-year old anti-abortion protester Linda Gibbons: Two court injunctions; two women who violated them in a way that significantly harmed no one; prison time for both that would […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: British Columbia, Canada, civil liberties, National Post

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Fort McMurray: Shopping time!

By Brady Tighe We’re now officially in the aftermath phase of the northern Alberta wildfire crisis. The fire is long gone, and everyone with a home to return to is back in its … [Read More...]

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Electoral reform: Hashtag fresh thinking

By Alison@Creekside The most interesting and innovative idea to come out of the first meeting of the all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform, or ERRE, was Nathan Cullen's suggestion, … [Read More...]

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The Trudeau gush fest is getting old

By Jim Henshaw There have been several bewildered as well as angry accounts coming out of the USA lately about how little media time has been spent covering the Democratic Presidential Primary … [Read More...]

Rick Meyers in Nanaimo Pride Parade

My friend, Rick, at the Pride Parade

By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

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Triumph of the drama nerds

By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

From “Our Rape Blog”: Shooting the Moon

Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

First Nations defending Lelu Island

The video: Lelu Island: “They will come.”

From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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