Archive for August 2024

In some ways Poilievre government in Ottawa different from Ford government in Ontario … in other ways the same ??

Aug 21st, 2024 | By | Category: In Brief

RANDALL WHITE, ONTARIO TONITE, GANATSEKWYAGON, ON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2024. The impressively independent Ottawa journalist Dale Smith has argued for “resisting the sense of fatalism that [Conservative leader Pierre] Poilievre has already won the next election when it’s a year away and there is plenty of time for progressive voters to fight.” In at least […]



Harris-Walz has made strong start — now like the rest of us it has “promises to keep,/And miles to go before I sleep”

Aug 11th, 2024 | By | Category: In Brief

RANDALL WHITE, FERNWOOD PARK, TORONTO. SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2024. It’s cooler up here on the northwest shore of the most easterly North American Great Lake. In some similar spirit the final strand of the new Democratic party ticket for the 2024 US election is now in place. Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz […]



Why should I care who is President of the United States? .. well for one thing Kamala Harris is only 59 .. and almost hot ..

Aug 1st, 2024 | By | Category: In Brief

RANDALL WHITE, FERNWOOD PARK, TORONTO . THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2024. Still in the middle of the summer of 2024. The heat is starting to feel oppressive. In the US : “The National Weather Service predicts hotter-than-normal conditions almost everywhere. And … last year was the hottest … on record.” I live in Canada. I should […]