BC Hydro doesn’t want quickly available, low-cost energy
If David Eby's government supported or acquired the Hecate Strait project planned by Oceanic Wind Energy Inc., power could be flowing to the area to be served by the $10…
Powering our future
Lew Edwardson prepared the following item after the webinar prepared by Canada West Forum. Lew is a keen observer of current events and always articulate and accurate when expressing his…
Avi Lewis decisively wins federal NDP leadership; Alberta and Saskatchewan NDP leaders foolishly freak out
Avi Lewis has decisively won the leadership of Canada’s New Democratic Party, so the Greek chorus of doomsaying commentators predicting the bleakest of bleak futures for the party will be…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Paul Krugman writes that the U.S. is now the world's foremost petrostate - with disastrous results for it and for the world at…
#ndpldr – Results and Thoughts
The votes are in, and Avi Lewis has been elected leader of the federal NDP on the first ballot. And while that doesn't come as a huge surprise based on…
Hole in the global energy supply…
The idiot crew around Donald Trump may have been so focused on personal enrichment schemes that they didn't bother to examine the medium- to long-term effects of waging war on…
#NOKings Protest, March 29, 2026
#NoKings: Bigger than ever, but better? Time will tell when Trump is finally removed from office. The post #NOKings Protest, March 29, 2026 first appeared on Excited Delirium.
War vs Us
We need a war on war. The post War vs Us first appeared on Excited Delirium.
From Brexit to Canadeu
A decade ago, the United Kingdom pulled off the profoundly counterproductive feat of quitting the European Union in a narrow vote whose results surprised even its proponents.
Sunday Funday: Canadians being Canadians, ‘No Kings’ signs, good videos, good posts, getting old(er), Trump gets trolled by Iran, Carney Hat Trick, Trump Watch, and Animal Crackers
Canadians being Canadians View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads A great video showing the building of Toronto over the last 200+ years View on Threads The Canucks…
The All You Fascists Bound To Lose Collection
Woody Guthrie Billy Bragg Resistance Revival Chorus with Rhiannon Giddens NM RagingGranny Bette Midler
It only took 1,429 years
If I were a Christian, I would be an Anglican. I was, after all, baptized... The post It only took 1,429 years first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
#ndpldr Roundup
One final collection of links and resources for those still deciding (or just wanting to learn more about the NDP leadership campaign):- Marcel Nelson and Nathan Rao offer their take…
A Rant About Media Coverage of SCC Hearings
I want to take a moment to express my disappointment in Canada's media and how they have chosen to cover this week's hearings at the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)…
The Thousand and One Nights
Humans have always been storytellers. From the time when humans first developed language around 100,000 years ago, we have been telling one another stories. Long before we could write, we…
People doing good – Kinew, Carney, Mamdani, Zelenskyy, Tumbler Ridge, Minneapolis, Forest and Gunther, Joe Biden and the Blue Jays
Global Village collage by Juliet O'NeillSo many times we put our focus on the people and politicians we are criticizing -- and there's a lot to criticize so much of…
Cenovus pulled the plug on its much-ballyhooed ‘multi-year’ study of ‘small modular reactors’ in 2024 after a year
Despite getting a much-ballyhooed $7-million in start-up costs from the Alberta Government in 2023, a year later Cenovus Energy Inc. pulled the plug on its study of the potential for…
Musical interlude
Myrne - Close The Distance
From whistle punk to witness
When I was in high school, I spent time working for my uncles at Mahood Logging Ltd. That experience took me deep into TFL 39, Block 1, to a camp…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Robert Reich examines how the uber-wealthy have undermined any pretense of decision-making in the public interest - and how political financing rules and more…