Now that we have granted asylum to four people who hid Edward Snowden in Hong King, can we please invite the man himself to come to Canada? We would be fortunate to count among us someone with his moral compass, principles, and uncommon courage.
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The world’s most powerful female political leader is ready to call herself a feminist. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, preparing to retire from her role, has previously shied away from the term.
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The military’s favourite PR exercise, the Snow Birds are at it again with their not-always-death-defying synchronized swooping, rolling, and inverted flying antics. Flying over Kingston, ON this week and no doubt thrilling crowds of patriotic alpha males and beyond, this Pushing-Tin to-the-limits exercise has worn out its welcome. It’s anachronistic, given the fossil fuel expenditure. It’s costly (government is spending another $30 million to keep the antiquated aircraft in the air). And with its startling bursts of supersonics, it’s insensitive to refugees from war-town countries and even its own traumatized comrades returned from battle. And all this for a few minutes of zoom…zoom…zoom entertainment.
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Angry about hunting and animal farming on Royal crown land, the U.K.-based Animal Rebellion group last week poured red dye into Buckingham Palace fountains to protest blood shed by animals
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With the election this summer of Jane Weyallon Armstrong, the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly achieved an historic milestone. It becomes the first provincial or territorial legislature to be led by a majority of woman.
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A Joni Mitchell song can bring to mind the musicality of a forest stream: its score composed of the funneling and cascading sounds as water crosses uneven terrain. Mitchell’s talent rivals the creative genius of nature.
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