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Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada November 9 Sid Shniad | It is essential for all to oppose anti-Semitism. At the same time, we must not allow the struggle for justice for Palestine to be impeded by deceptive misuse of the term. |
Blog - Alberta Diary November 6 David Climenhaga | Only three categories of close contacts will now be notified by provincial health officials: health-care workers, children (whose parents will be informed) and people in communal facilities. |
Blog - Alberta Diary November 5 David J. Climenhaga | Neil Fassina is about to leave his job as president of Athabasca University to lead Okanagan College in Kelowna, B.C. |
Blog - Alberta Diary November 4 David J. Climenhaga | If what is happening in the United States were taking place in another country, the American establishment would likely be denouncing the behaviour of President Trump as that of a tyrant. |
Blog - David Suzuki November 3 David Suzuki | When we turn away from the world not shaped by human hands and decrease our connection to other living things, we can be struck by profound loneliness. |
Blog - Alberta Diary November 3 David J. Climenhaga | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with an Edmonton radio station Friday to urge the province to adopt the federal app, and stated that the United Conservative Party government was blocking its use. |
Blog - Alberta Diary November 3 David J. Climenhaga | "If you haven't done it already, you know what you need to do today, for the sake of your Republic, our Dominion, and the rest of the planet as well. To wit: Vote!" |
Blog - The Views Expressed November 2 Kit Dobson | Current demands for pandemic discounts on tuition are imprecise and impractical, but the abolishment of fees entirely would make the social benefits of post-secondary education accessible to all. |
Blog - Alberta Diary November 2 David J. Climenhaga | Conservative MP Garnett Genuis said his supporters crowdfunded the ads appearing on buses in Vancouver, and insists they're not attacking reproductive rights. |
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog November 2 Maya Bhullar | A toolkit for understanding the 2020 United States election. |
Blog - The Views Expressed October 30 Ole Hendrickson | The nearly 70-year history of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited has left a $16-billion toxic legacy of shuttered reactors, polluted lakes and groundwater, contaminated soils, and radioactive waste. |
Blog - Alberta Diary October 30 David J. Climenhaga | David Hughes concludes in a new study that if TMX is completed, it will result in a loss of at least US$4 per barrel shipped to Asia by that route. |
Blog - The Views Expressed October 29 Jim Harding | If the NDP ever wants to govern Saskatchewan again, it will have to build a new coalition that can embrace the key issues of the day. |
Blog - rabble.ca's staff blog October 29 rabble staff | rabble.ca wants to collect stories from young artists whose work and lives have been affected by COVID-19. |
Blog - Alberta Diary October 29 David J. Climenhaga | Commissioner Steve Allan still hasn't managed to unearth any foreign funders of "anti-energy" campaigns. |
Blog - Brent Patterson October 28 Brent Patterson | Boeing says buying its fighter jets would create employment in Canada, but even a cursory analysis shows a Green New Deal would create more jobs. |
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog October 28 Maya Bhullar | Tools to dig into the details behind the conflict and support the enforcement of treaty rights. |
Blog - Alberta Diary October 28 David J. Climenhaga | The National Energy Program was intended to ensure Canadian oil security, increase Canadian ownership of the resource, and capture for all Canadians some of the huge windfall increases in oil revenue. |
Blog - David Suzuki October 27 David Suzuki | Land repatriation lies at the heart of decolonization. In Canada, we must work to advance Indigenous sovereignty, support Indigenous land-use practices, and shift governance. |
Blog - The Views Expressed October 27 David J. Climenhaga | Infuriated at the Kenney government's determination to lay off public sector health-care workers and privatize their jobs, members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees walked off the job. |
Blog - On The Other Hand October 27 Penney Kome | Current polls suggest Democratic candidate Joe Biden is on course to win the 2020 election. But polls only matter if Americans can actually vote. |
Blog - The Views Expressed October 26 Eric Strikwerda | By any reasonable measure, nearly everything the Kenney government has touched has turned into a stinky disaster. |
Blog - Alberta Diary October 26 David J. Climenhaga | COVID Alert can be turned on in Alberta immediately without waiting for the provincial government to solve the technical issues with its own failed app, which it has walked away from anyway. |
Blog - The Journalism Doctor October 26 John Miller | The Postmedia columnist recently claimed the media are covering up a dubious story about U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden's family. |
Blog - The Views Expressed October 23 Ed Finn | October 27, 1962, was by far the most dangerous day in human history -- the day the world came perilously close to being devastated by a nuclear holocaust that could have killed three billion people. |
Blog - The Views Expressed October 23 Karen Rodman | Since August 5, 2019, India has illegally annexed the territory, downgraded its status and put the Valley of Kashmir under siege. |
Blog - Alberta Diary October 23 David J. Climenhaga | New COVID-19 cases are soaring in Alberta, on Wednesday passing 400 for the first time since the start of the pandemic. |
Blog - Council of Canadians' blog October 23 Robin Tress | What does corporate mega-fishery Clearwater Fine Foods have to do with the Mi'kmaq Nation exercising their treaty right to fish? |
Blog - Council of Canadians' blog October 23 Robin Tress | In the past week we've seen shocking acts of violence and vandalism in Nova Scotia as non-Indigenous fishers continue to oppose Mi'kmaq rights-holders exercising their treaty right to fish. |
Blog - The Views Expressed October 22 Jade Guthrie | The first food bank opened its doors in Alberta in 1981 as a "temporary" measure to address food insecurity. But many still rely on them 40 years later. |