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PETERS – More than just an irritation, Christmas Creep could be health hazard

November 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

CHRISTMAS CREEP shows no signs of abating, does it? Costco, of course, has long been the retail standard-bearer for introducing holiday merchandise well ahead of the holidays [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – When nature gives you tar sands, make carbon fibres

November 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

OIL SANDS crude prices have hit rock bottom. The future could be in the tar -the bitumen. The original name for the deposits, tar sands, should be restored because that’s [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Let’s meet the folks who support First Past the Post

November 23, 2018 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THE STRANGEST arguments in favour of Proportional Representation is that the wrong people support First Past the Post. “Want a good [Continue]

EDITORIAL – It’s a lot safer not to name new facilities after people

November 22, 2018 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S A LESSON to be learned about naming public structures after people — don’t, unless you make sure the public is onside. The new [Continue]

SUZUKI – Ocean study criticism shows benefits of scientific method

November 21, 2018 // 1 Comment

ERRORS IN A RECENT ocean warming study illustrate global warming’s complexity. They also show the depths to which climate science deniers will stoop to dismiss or downplay [Continue]

FEATURED COMMENT – Drug addiction can happen to anyone’s child

November 21, 2018 // 2 Comments

Re: editorial ‘Why drug consumption sites for kids are not so outrageous,’ Nov. 20, 2018 Thank you Mel Rothenburger for paying attention and giving this Opioid [Continue]