Paying attention

Six thoughts on the Alberta election. First, this is not that wild a swing. Rachel Notley is a moderate. That’s how she got elected. And,...

It looks like Postmedia has moved into asset-strip mode, based on its latest quarterly report. The results were dismal, as they have been...

The National Post devoted just 160 words to the news it had lost a defamation suit launched by Victoria  climate scientist and Green MLA ...

Union rights for construction trades...  but not for these women Photo: NS News It’s tough to buy Premier Christy Clark’s sudden commi...

Looking from the square to the Iglesia el calvario on a sunny, dusty Saturday When we said were heading to Leon once our Cuso Internat...

Journalists: Never Befriend a Source Columnist's athlete admission shows favourable coverage -- not good reporting. By  Paul Willco...

   Train wreck, gong show, circus - the clichés used to describe the municipal meltdown in Saanich, Victoria´s bigger suburban neighbour, h...

Saanich council is doing a lousy job of dealing with the suburb´s bizarre political problems. Mayor Richard Atwell complained to Saanich...

The proposal to build a trans-oceanic canal across Nicaragua seems mostly like the scenario for a slightly implausible summer blockbuste...

I can see why people wind up travelling to more and more exotic places. After a month in Managua, I recognize a faint disappointment a...

I got used to the lack of addresses in Copan Ruinas, Honduras. We told people we lived in the Casa de Jorge Ramos on Calle Independencia. T...

It’s been a long time between posts. Lots of good reasons. We’ve had two weddings in October, two daughters marrying two great guys. T...

Both sides are losing in the teachers’ dispute. The spin and counter-spin, PR gestures and ad campaigns aren’t moving the parties any close...

The tit-for-tat press conferences by Premier Christy Clark and BCTF head Jim Iker did nothing to advance negotiations, and left most people...