From The Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Joint Review Panel: “In the unlikely event of a large oil spill . . . we found that the adverse effects would not be permanent and widespread.” And just in case you aren’t convinced of this by reading it just the once, the National Energy Enbridge Board repeats it […]
Solidarity whatever
By Rod Mickleburgh These are strange days, indeed, for public sector unions. Big developments, not always happy ones, are everywhere. Yet the dearth of labour reporters and collective yawns from editors and the public alike have combined to obscure groundbreaking events that would have dominated front pages not so long ago, when unions were considered […]
Flaherty’s magic surplus
By Montreal Simon Well in case you thought that the Con regime was nickel and diming veterans, and killing good jobs all over the country, because they absolutely HAVE to slay the deficit. Or as Jimbo Flaherty warned us: We could find ourselves in a big black hole, the economy is fragile, the global risk is huge […]
Oil sands doc is on key
By Rod Mickleburgh A guy walks into a bar . . . That’s pretty much how film-maker Charles Wilkinson came to make his seductive documentary, Oil Sands Karaoke, about, of all things, a karaoke contest in the heart of you-know-what country, Fort McMurray. After being distinctly underwhelmed by two earlier forays during the Vancouver International Film […]
Calgary’s artists rebuild
By Mark Leiren-Young As I was driving away from Calgary it started to rain. I was on my “C Canada tour,” promoting my new book in Cochrane, Calgary, and Cranbrook. The Calgary event was a reading at Pages — a funky bookstore in the type of funky neighbourhood that doesn’t exist in the minds-eye view […]
This is exactly the time to talk about climate change
By John Klein (aka Saskboy) The Prime Minister infamously implored people to not “commit sociology” when Chechen-American thugs blew people up in Boston. The PM’s point was that he didn’t want people analysing the root causes of terrorism, out of supposed respect for the distant victims. With another deadly tragedy playing out in Alberta, there […]
Sweet City Steve
By Frank Moher Some people have complained that the new red, white and blue paint job on the Prime Minister’s airplane makes it look too American. Others have complained that the colours are too much like those of the Conservative Party. However, some of us know that the do-over is really an homage to the […]
Klein wasn’t called “King Ralph” for nothing
By Steve Weller I was listening to a call-in radio show on CBC, about the death of former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein. I listened to the glowing reviews until I felt like vomiting, and turned the radio off. You see, I lived in Edmonton through the Ralph Klein years, and I am frankly sickened to […]
Idle No More: The overnight YouTube roundup
The Idle No More movement approached critical mass yesterday, as tens of thousands of First Nations people and their supporters rallied across Canada, and as far afield as New Mexico and Ukraine. Many of the peaceful protests, featuring round dances and drumming, struck at the very heart of the dominant culture — shopping malls. Others […]
Artists for the rainforest — and reality
By Rachelle Stein-Wotten Art is at the forefront of a raging energy debate in Canada. Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline – you know, the one that would travel 1,000 kilometres from Alberta to British Columbia’s coast, delivering oil to be pumped into tankers taller than monuments, destination: Asia — has created a small boom in art-not-just-for-art’s […]
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