News July 20
New B.C. government sworn in. Photo: BC Gov Photos/flickr
Unions say minimum wage and workers' rights should be NDP Premier Horgan's priority
Meagan Gillmore | British Columbia's unions are hopeful for increases to minimum wage and improved workers' rights with John Horgan's NDP-Green coalition government.
Podcast July 20
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The Great Debate: Fresh perspectives on free trade
Victoria Fenner | Now that the Americans are on the brink of reopening NAFTA, a spirited debate about the idea of free trade, from the Press Progress Summit in April 2017.
Podcast July 18
Image: Vaden Earle. Used with permission.
Statelessness, politics and fighting for the underdog
David Peck | There are many who credit the rise of 'voluntourism' to humanitarian and motivational speaker Vaden Earle. He talks to David Peck about his ability to release vision and purpose in others.
Blog July 20
Brian Jean and Jason Kenney. Image: Facebook/Wildrose Party St.Albert
Unity voting starts today and UCP candidates are already at the clubhouse turn
David J. Climenhaga | With voting starting this week, the campaign to unite the Wildrose and Progressive Conservative parties into a single entity is inevitably being described as entering the final stretch.
Blog July 19
Premier Wynne delivers Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan Announcement. Photo: Premier of Ontario Photography/flickr
Billions wasted and jobs lost as Ontario's Green Energy Strategy continues to fail
Nora Loreto | Tracing the financial line from Samsung Renewable Energy to Siemens' recent layoff notices.
RabbleTV July 19
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WATCH: How Trump's travel ban is affecting Muslims living in Canada
Melek Ortabasi | The recent travel ban by the U.S. president has far-reaching effects on the Muslim community living outside the six banned nations. This video sheds light on how Muslims are affected.
Columnists July 19
Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump at the White House. Photo: Adam Scotti/PMO
Trudeau dodges 'poodle' label after caving in to Trump on arms build-up
Linda McQuaig | The Trudeau government's pledge to hike military spending by a whopping 70 per cent over 10 years succeeded in winning praise from Trump while going largely unnoticed by Canadians.
News July 19
Niki Ashton. Photo: Matt Jiggins/flickr
Niki Ashton is a veteran MP -- and also the youth candidate
Karl Nerenberg | NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton describes herself as an intersectional feminist -- and as the candidate of youth and of the left.
Blog July 18
A plant-based diet is the key to better health, for people and the planet
Ed Finn | The crucial connection between nutrition and wellness isn't emphasized enough by the medical establishment, leaving us to take matters into our own hands.
Columnists July 18
Urban Organic Farming. Photo: Visit.org/flickr
Street Farm serves up food for the soul
Lois Ross | Street Farm is the story of Sole Food Street Farms and how the creation of an urban farm eventually developed into a network of four farms located in Vancouver's East Hastings district.
Blog July 17
A now "rare" monarch butterfly photographed by the author's step-mother in early July. It is one from a greatly reduced North American population threatened with extinction due to the use of herbicides and climate change.
If the monarch butterfly goes extinct, we're all to blame
Thomas Woodley | Back in the 1970s, "citizen scientists" were engaged to track the migration of the monarch butterfly. Today "citizen scientists" are needed to save this formerly ubiquitous butterfly from extinction.
Blog July 18
Image: Flickr/Olivia Chow
Has dyke become the internet's next four-letter word?
Krystalline Kraus | Apparently, the word dyke is too controversial for Facebook administrators to trust consenting adults to use appropriately. So you could upload your content but not mention what you were referring to.