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POLITICS & BUSINESS – Sinking the myth of dangerous West Coast oil tanker traffic

May 27, 2017 // 4 Comments

VICTORIA – The expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline system, to ultimately move Alberta crude oil by tanker through the Port of Vancouver, was a [Continue]

ECONOMY – China offers a lesson on financing infrastructure

May 26, 2017 // 1 Comment

AS MEMBERS of a developed western economy, Canadians think we know all about capitalism. And, obviously, we believe our way of doing things is the best – we have nothing to [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Canadians want federal government to deliver on protecting door-to-door mail service

May 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

Most Canadians like the idea of changing mail delivery from 5 to 3 days a week The latest from the Angus Reid Institute, released today, May 25, 2017: With a decision on the [Continue]

POLITICS – Saving the euro: Why Germany must bring back the mark

May 25, 2017 // 1 Comment

IT’S TIME for Germany to abandon the euro – to save the European Union. The Euro is the official currency of the eurozone. It’s used by the institutions of the [Continue]

KINSELLA – A tempest in a cultural appropriation teapot

May 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

ALL NOVELISTS are liars. Thieves, too. So said the late Mordecai Richler. My friend and I were in the dark at the back at the Bovine Sex Club on Queen West, waiting to see [Continue]

SUZUKI – Oil and plastic are choking the planet

May 23, 2017 // 1 Comment

PEOPLE WHO deny that humans are wreaking havoc on the planet’s life-support systems astound me. When confronted with the obvious damage we’re doing to the biosphere — [Continue]