Reading Time: 4 minutes The collapse of the Islamic State nation will have a profound effect on the organization but it will not eliminate its ongoing presence
Category: Viewpoint
Are we witnessing the slow death of cooking?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Recent surveys suggest the average adult spends more time watching cooking shows than actually cooking
How being politically correct can muddy complex waters
Reading Time: 3 minutes University of Calgary’s “cultural engagement” guidelines bear little resemblance to the complex relationship that existed between aboriginals and later immigrants
N.B. on its way to building a more inclusive democracy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Electoral reform recommendations seek to build a bigger democratic tent and populate it with under-represented New Brunswickers
A brief history of federal budgets from 1867-2017
Reading Time: 3 minutes Politicians who do not learn from history doom the rest of us to repeat it
How to fight the right, one committed citizen after another
Reading Time: 5 minutes The only way we can stop the forces of division and hate is to get organized, go grassroots and show up – again and again
Canada’s contribution to the environment means very little
Reading Time: 3 minutes Trudeau can go blue in the face talking about Canada’s crucial role in protecting the environment, but it is only political rhetoric
Carbon could be the new staple of the Canadian economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Many Canadian are more likely to believe that our resource economy is dragging us down than that Canadian innovation talent is building us up
Banning log exports would harm B.C. economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Streamlining the log export process and reforming the PST better options to ensure a prosperous province
Creditors will be chief audience for Newfoundland budget
Reading Time: 3 minutes The financial problem facing the government is so large that it will need to borrow enormous amounts over the next five years, no matter what