The Edmonton Eskimos are a legend. From the time of Jackie Parker and Normie Kwong, they have always been one of the toughest contenders in the CFL. Now there comes a demand for them to change their name. Some Inuit and other Indigenous groups say that the name is...
Part 23 of John Robson's documentary comparing climate change alarmism with widely accepted facts about the past state and present condition of the Earth.
Are you a big-hearted person who likes to help everyone? If so, you probably suffered a phase where you offered too much of yourself—heart, time, and money. Then you realized if you gave out too much, you would just plain give out. Despite your best efforts, there...
The division and acrimony between First Nation communities over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project can often mask the many examples of Indigenous communities that have successfully signed agreements with resource companies. For example, how many Canadians...
Prohibitionists Dig In Heels for Supply Management, Ignore U.S. Success There is a legal way to consume raw milk in Canada: buy it in the United States and bring it home. Of the 13 states bordering Canada, 12 have legal raw milk. More than 40 have it legal in some...
In the Alberta Health Services v. Artur Pawlowski and Dawid Pawlowski decision last September, a Court of Queen’s Bench justice found the two brothers in contempt of court. The Pawlowski brothers openly challenged health ordinances and court orders and did not deny...
The "Secret Path" by Downie and Jeff Lemire suggests that in 1966 an Indigenous teen named Chanie Wenjack ran away from a residential school near Kenora Ontario and died trying to get home to his first nation contains some unsubstantiated claims.
The Federal Government’s Crown Corporation, Export Development Corporation (EDC), is in a big problem because it invested in a mining company, Turquoise Hill. Unfortunately, Turquoise Hill transferred a considerable amount of money offshore to minimize the taxes it...
Alberta's Economic Future. The Alberta Budget has been delivered with a lot more spending, a deficit, and more debt. Surprising to see the current Alberta government who vowed to diversify away from oil and the Alberta oil sands betting on the price of oil to get...
For Métis entrepreneur Caralyn Rabichuk, 39, the secret to success in her Winnipeg-based business – Covert Logistics – has been the hard work and dedication she and her husband Robert have placed in their logistics and transportation solutions company. “People we work...
Manitoba Hydro’s Keeyask dam and Bipole III debacle — and the taxpayers’ probable assumption of much of its horrendous debt — were not inevitable, but Crown corporations have vulnerabilities that are inherent with being government-created and -controlled. Risk begins...
Manitoba Hydro’s current management issues are only a tiny part of the problem that this poorly-run public utility faces. It’s debt load is expected to reach $25 billion, endangering the province’s finances, compelling budget cutting, and hurting economic...
In recent years, we have seen the children of former strong Canadian leaders enter politics. They don’t have to start at the bottom because of the reputations their fathers forged through the hot steel of heady Canadian issues, such as separatism and free trade. They...
Bang for the Buck: How well Canada performs in health care How good is Canada in providing health care: areas of progress and challenges? Why advanced health care systems aren't always the most expensive? Where is health care service the best available in the country...
Do you hear voices? Do you have too much on your mind to get any sleep? Do you wonder if you are still alive? These are frightening thoughts. But, they are the thoughts that people have when they are in solitary confinement, a correctional method used for violent...