The ugly king in the south, the beautiful king in the north, and the Roman god, Jupiter. Viewing our predicament through the lens of symbolism reveals a lot about the questions that might lead us to the Holy Grail.
"No deal ... no buyout." A speech that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could have given if he'd said 'no' to Kinder Morgan is imagined by 'Mitchell Beer, publisher of The Energy Mix, an e-digest on climate change, energy, and post-carbon solutions.
Ontarians are set to cast their ballots in the province’s election in just a few days—and voters, especially conservatives, need to ask themselves what they expect from a leader.
Throwing in the towel as Kathleen Wynne has in a request to hold the balance of power is cynical to say the very least. But it may be the best thing that’s happened to Horwath this whole campaign.
By 2002, drivers in London, England, were spending as much as half their commuting time stalled in traffic, contributing to much of the city centre’s dangerous particulate pollution.
A few days before Bill Morneau announced the federal government’s plan to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline, my morning newspaper displayed the collision of forces behind this decision. On one page was a story about the pipeline’s expansion, and on the facing page was a story about cities on B.C.’s coast planning to build seawalls and abandon low-lying land to cope with rising ocean levels
Politicians are quick to thank first responders in the wake of a tragedy. But paramedics and other front-line workers need action too: more resources, more support and more funding.
As Bill McKibben told me recently, seated on Burnaby Mountain where we were sheltering in the shade of a Douglas fir on a blazingly hot May day, "Physics is remarkably disinterested in how the economy is doing right now, or where in the election cycle we are."
