NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh will not have to worry about Green Party opposition in the upcoming Burnaby-South byelection. Singh, who does not have a seat in parliament, announced last week his intention to seek NDP MP Kennedy Stewart’s soon-to-be-vacant seat. Related Jagmeet Singh says he’ll move to Burnaby if he wins election there Green Leader Elizabeth May said her party…
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Working-Class White Women Could Make or Break the Midterms for Democrats
When Donald Trump this week publicly disparaged his former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman as a “dog,” he crystallized again the belligerent style and volatile behavior that has exposed Republican candidates in November to the risk of a crushing backlash among women. The most important unanswered question for the midterm election may be how far that backlash extends among the women…
The Government’s Technical, Jargony, Revealing Case Against Paul Manafort
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—The trial of President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has been anything but sexy. A document-heavy, jargon-laden slog, the tax and bank fraud trial has disappointed many who expected bombshell testimony and allusions to a grand Trump-Russia conspiracy—but left the courthouse gossiping about $15,000 ostrich jackets and the extra-marital affairs of Manafort’s ex-business partner, instead. In U.S. District…
7 unhinged cartoons tackling the Omarosa-Trump feud
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Pauline Greaves announces bid as independent for Surrey mayor
Pauline Greaves, an instructor at Langara College’s school of management, is running as an independent for Surrey mayor. Greaves has experience in management, administration and leadership in education, and places emphasis on inclusion and equal opportunity for all children and young adults. Her campaign platform focuses on the need for a municipal police force, better infrastructure to serve Surrey’s rapid…
The Freedom of the Press Is Yours
The press, says the 45th president of the United States, is “very dangerous & sick.” It causes “great division & distrust.” It is the “enemy of the people.” Every president—starting with George Washington, who griped about his treatment at the hands of “infamous scribblers”—has felt maligned or misunderstood by the media. The rhetoric now emanating from the White House—remarkable in…
Ian Mulgrew: Injunction-itis in Kinder Morgan debate gives rule of law a black eye
Once again, with the regularity of clockwork it seems, the B.C. Supreme Court is back at the old game of ordering police to do their job and of insulating politicians from accountability. Usually, it’s to remove First Nations from some logging or mining road. This time it is to get rid of Camp Cloud, which was established to oppose the…
Conference resolutions reflect B.C. municipalities’ cannabis concerns
B.C. municipalities’ preoccupation with cannabis ahead of legalization in October is evident in the more than a dozen resolutions up for consideration at this year’s Union of B.C. Municipalities conference. “Legalization of cannabis is going to impact all communities across the province, and some at different levels than others, so communities are uncertain about how and what the impacts will…