The Unhurried Dawn
The first dead Indian baby I ever saw was also the first one I ever baptized. His name was Albert Gomez. That’s what his mom and dad called him, at least, because he died in the womb and finally...
View ArticleViola and the TSE Bears
Circa 50 years ago, when stock fraud was in its infancy, there dwelt in Toronto a comely mining promoteress named Viola MacMillan. With her compliant husband in tow, she promoted a stretch of moose...
View ArticleI do not think we need more human beings on this planet: Peter Singer
Peter Singer, world-renowned Australian philosopher and bio-ethicist; is a Professor of Bioethics at Princeton and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. Singer specializes in applied...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to ''Thievin' Steven'' Harper, Alleged Prime Minister of Canada
I doubt that if one of your own kids was savagely raped, strangled to death and thrown into a garbage pit somewhere, you’d look too kindly on a government that gave $57 million to the killer’s...
View ArticleTruth and Consequences in the Land of Nothing
I’ve been ignoring the orchestrated circus calling itself the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, but now that it’s meeting in my own backyard, I’ve been asked to comment. Frankly, it’s all quite the...
View ArticleAlberta: Political hell looms
Alberta is one of the few places in the world that is rat-free, and has been so for more than half a century. Only zoos, universities, and research institutes are allowed to own caged rats in Alberta,...
View ArticleThe Toughest Element in Fitness is Motivation
If you are like most of us you have your hands full with life’s daily routine and frequently that routine does not include fitness! If that’s the case for you, trust me it’s not limited to you!
View ArticleAn Apology for the New Republic
My father was an imperialist. He was raised in Tory Ontario in a Baptist family that was perhaps embarrassed by the existence of the rebel Philip Annett who, four generations earlier, had seized the...
View ArticleThis Land is Our Land: The Case for Kanata
Last week, the first dozen of us on the west coast who are pledged to a new deal for everyone in our land met in a small café in Vancouver’s east end. We started dreaming together, which is what...
View ArticleA Twin Dilemma Solved... Something Fishy On The Fraser
If Jesus could be beamed down to earth, let's say just east of where the Port Mann Bridge spans the mighty Fraser River above its huge embouchure at the city of Vancouver, I'm not only certain that He...
View ArticleTake a Lesson, Canada! In England, the Cops Actually Investigate Reports of...
In Canada, the RCMP and local police have consistently ignored reports of eyewitnesses who have buried children at former Indian hospitals and residential schools. The government and media have...
View ArticleEmily Herx sues St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School
A former Catholic School English Teacher named Emily Herx, is taking St. Vincent de Paul School in Fort Wayne, Indiana to court for wrongful firing. She wanted to have a child. As it turns out, the...
View ArticleSoft Yet Durable - Local Fabric Production Could Help BC's Economy
Industrial hemp has been with human civilization since before 7000 B.C. Fast forward to the middle ages and start of the Renaissance back to your high school lesson—you may remember a hippie history...
View ArticleThe Lilies of the Field, and Krista Lynn: A Prescription for Tired Hearts,...
The first of so many aboriginal friends of mine who have died for speaking up was a young woman named Krista Lynn. On January 29, 1995 - the Sunday after I was barred from my pulpit at St. Andrew’s...
View ArticleCanadian Plastic
In the 1987 movie Trains, Planes and Automobiles John Candy and Steve Martin are staying in the same room and the same bed, when they're robbed by a small town burglar. Candy: “What kind of plastic...
View ArticleThe Journey To Newcastle
The summer of 1938 was an incredible journey, perhaps the first of the many discoveries that were to follow. But then, I was 10 years old and waiting only to see and understand. My vision then may...
View ArticleCatholic Church Faces Disruption and Banishment as Irish Cardinal Set to Resign
The Roman Catholic Church faces permanent disruption and banishment in at least five countries if it does not comply with ten “non-negotiable measures” by September 15, 2012. The list was issued today...
View ArticleCanada: Rebels With No End of Causes
By the end of the 18th Century, the French and the English had done so many wars that they had run out of names. So for a change, the War of 1812 wasn't given one. That didn't matter because it only...
View ArticleWhen Seeing Leads to More than Believing
What I held in my hand yesterday caused me to flee from the University of British Columbia library, and seek solace in the deep forest that surrounds the campus where I grew up, and where I have...
View ArticleA Double-Take from Last Indian Summer... Open Letter To Christie Blatchford
Let me begin by noting an historical event known as the Two-Row Wampum Treaty of 1613. It illustrated that our hosts at that time didn't WANT to become white Europeans, such as those who were...
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