Ron writes: This may help the current overfishing situation. More help will come when the indigenous people are given back their right to harvest the seals. = = = = = = = = = ‘I think that’s quite a critical mission for our department and for Canada,’ says federal official Illegal fishing takes place […]
Rising grey seal population eating adult cod at unsustainable levels Paul Withers In this April 23, 2016, file photo, cod fill a box on a trawler off the coast of Hampton Beach, N.H. (Robert F. Bukaty/The Associated Press) Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has issued a stark warning linking the demise of codfish in the […]
NOTE: There is a good interview of David Lester and another member of the Collective, CBC Radio (https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-43-north-by-northwest) (June 8th). (wait for it to be posted.) BOOK LAUNCH for “1919”, part of the celebrations, Miners Memorial Weekend Cumberland B.C. Museum & Archives Sunday, June 23, 11:00 AM https://www.facebook.com/events/405553010273333/ = = = = = = […]
THE LAST EMAIL SENT OUT: For your selection, May 20, All Monsanto-Bayer Roundup. FOR YOUR SELECTION, TODAY, JUNE 10, Peer through the haze, what do you see ahead? CLIMATE CHANGE 2019-05 A tribute to Greta Thunberg and all the kids who have joined her. Action. A set of postings – – an amazing kid, […]
Netflix documentary “John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky” (2018), 1.5 hours long. https://www.netflix.com/watch/81069255 (note: a web search brings up a video that looks like the Netflix film. It is shorter and not the same.) The film is about the making of the “Imagine” album (release date Sept 1971; Vietnam War ended Apr 1975). But […]
Canadians for Tax Fairness does important work. As you’ll see in this weekly report, the problem of tax fairness is international. People from around the world are working shoulder-to-shoulder – – we shall overcome. I shake my head when I see progress in other countries; Canada is lagging. BUT! forward the Tax Fairness Weekly […]
Chris writes: I’d dearly love to hear your take on the 2019, just out, Census ‘Test’. Again, another mandatory (or is it?) survey… or rather ‘test’ (?) A precursor to the yet to come 2021 all citizen Census. An attempt to see just how far they can push the types of questions they ask. This […]
by Arnold August Although this article was published in the original Spanish version last March, now that Julian Assange is in prison the analysis in this piece on “freedom of expression” is even more valid. There is a wide-open debate/polemic in Cuba regarding Decree 349 on culture and the drafting of the rules for its […]
By:Brett Wilkins Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter makes remarks at a luncheon following a morning symposium for the 25th anniversary of the Camp David Peace Accords between Israel and Egypt. | Photo: Reuters The former president says peaceful China “ahead of us in almost every way.” The only U.S. president to complete his term without war, […]
Canada is a full participant in U.S. foreign policy. RELATED POSTING: 2019-03-10 What in hell is the “Bolivarian Revolution”? Important to understanding why we (Canada) has threatened war on Venezuela Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduroleads soldiers at a military base in Caracas, Venezuela Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro marches with the military and thanks them for ‘demonstrating […]