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Spinning delay as a favour to teachers and a response to COVID, Kenney indicates he’ll press on with controversial curriculum

2022-01-03 20:50

The death chemicals of conventional agriculture

2022-01-03 20:40

Looking to 2022: democracy or fascism?

2022-01-03 20:12

Alberta energy minister says she received reports on controversial coal mining plans, with little additional information

2022-01-03 16:12

Year in review: from the editor’s desk

2021-12-31 13:48

Here we go again…and again: The top ten UCP scandals of 2021

2021-12-31 01:53

Why is media silent about Trudeau’s worst foreign policy failure?

2021-12-31 01:34

Big Tech is grooming kids while deliberately misleading parents

2021-12-29 23:09

UCP orders Alberta Health Services to drop its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for employees

2021-12-29 22:15

In review: Alberta in 2021

2021-12-29 15:36

No dancing or pool, but bars remain open and unvaccinated Albertans are still welcome at house parties

2021-12-28 19:11

Ted Byfield, talented rhetorician and paleoconservative activist, dead at 93

2021-12-28 18:11

The year in COVID: the good, the bad and the negligent

2021-12-28 15:48

Wishing you a very ‘precedented’ new year

2021-12-25 02:13

Political year saw a capricious election and continued big differences with U.S.

2021-12-24 14:18

It wasn’t hard to see Omicron coming, Joe

2021-12-23 18:44

Adhere to the letter and spirit of guidelines to slow Omicron COVID infections? Not Alberta’s UCP!

2021-12-23 18:28

A year of babble: what a sh*t show

2021-12-23 17:18

Bill 21: the Charter, the challenge, and the controversy

2021-12-23 16:52

In Havana, a scarcity of everything

2021-12-22 18:06

No room at Canada’s inn for Afghan refugees

2021-12-22 14:43

Workers allege union-busting at Mi’kmaw shelter space in Halifax

2021-12-21 20:25

Chaotic implementation of free rapid COVID test distribution shows a government that can’t plan, or won’t

2021-12-21 17:00

Indoor gathering limits are in fact the law

2021-12-21 16:13

El Jones: Justice does not belong to some of us – it belongs to all of us

2021-12-20 20:50

We are at a time of reckoning and truth

2021-12-20 20:47

Will fighter jets be an issue in the Ontario election in June?

2021-12-20 20:25

Veganism is sprouting fast

2021-12-20 19:01

N.W.T. drops Alberta school curriculum, adopts B.C.’s — a powerful symbol of what’s gone awry under Jason Kenney

2021-12-18 01:39

Farewell free trade, and remembering a copyeditor

2021-12-17 22:34

Guaranteed Livable Basic Income one step closer to reality

2021-12-17 22:08

300 free COVID test kits in Hamilton a joke

2021-12-17 21:41

Human rights case against Ontario Provincial Police shows how migrant workers are set up to be stereotyped

2021-12-17 21:10

Ending violence against sex workers requires you to care about our lives

2021-12-17 19:53

1,400 scabs at Kellogg’s?

2021-12-17 17:59

Best of rabble radio 2021

2021-12-17 17:57

When we talk about reconciliation, we’re talking about Landback

2021-12-17 17:15

We’re failing this pandemic, but it’s not your fault

2021-12-17 05:30

Chile at a Crossroads

2021-12-16 23:24

Canada’s Africa-only travel ban reveals the racism shaping Canada’s international policy

2021-12-16 23:15

Feds’ fiscal update is all about COVID, but does too little to address root cause

2021-12-16 21:47

Kentucky capitalists insist workers stay on the job during climate emergency, resulting in death

2021-12-16 18:36

Racist Five Eyes spy network wages deceitful campaign to ban Huawei

2021-12-16 18:32

Health Canada proposes blind trust in the safety of future GMOs

2021-12-15 22:36

Thirty-four people added to Toronto homeless memorial: a call to action

2021-12-15 22:13

Thirty-four people died homeless in Toronto this month: a call to action

2021-12-15 22:13

Unvaccinated Albertans are now welcome at family gatherings, so brace yourselves for the Best Christmas Ever!

2021-12-15 21:19

Activists call new government bill to remove some mandatory sentences ‘incomplete’

2021-12-15 20:30

Kenney government backs off plan to immediately implement widely condemned K-6 curriculum

2021-12-15 19:16

If our stories set us apart, we need to create new ones

2021-12-15 19:11

Trudeau needs Bloc’s votes, so is muted in defence of hijabi Quebec teacher

2021-12-14 16:12

Who are the rabble rousers to watch in 2022?

2021-12-14 15:58

Kenney rival Brian Jean wins UCP nomination in Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche; hastily announces vote result himself

2021-12-13 20:44

Here’s what a balanced inflation policy could actually look like

2021-12-13 20:27

Omicron o’clock: Only time will tell us what we need to know about new variant

2021-12-13 18:59

Why the UCP won’t use Bill 81’s nomination-stacking provisions to mess with the Alberta NDP

2021-12-13 16:57

Why does Doug Ford hate Caledon?

2021-12-13 16:53

In boycotting Beijing Olympics, U.S. and Canada throw stone through glass house

2021-12-10 21:29

Foreign oil money should be kept out of Canadian elections

2021-12-10 20:41

Land defenders Eve Saint and Jocey Alec talk Indigenous power in the face of RCMP arrests

2021-12-10 18:10

Condemning China’s actions in Hong Kong

2021-12-10 18:00

Group of youth challenge voter age as ‘unconstitutional’

2021-12-10 17:47

We won’t build back better if we build bombs

2021-12-09 23:27

Despite dissenting voices, nomination-stacking law shows Kenney firmly in control of UCP

2021-12-09 21:53

We’re being gaslit about the pandemic

2021-12-09 21:00

We still don’t know who was in charge of Alberta while Premier Jason Kenney vacationed last summer — maybe no one

2021-12-09 15:36

Childhood poverty to exist for next 50 years unless governments act: new report

2021-12-08 22:07

Experts fear Canada will extradite Hassan Diab to France again

2021-12-08 16:46

We have to stop squandering our brief time on Earth

2021-12-08 15:57

New data shows just how much higher the risk of contracting COVID-19 is for Indigenous, racialized workers

2021-12-07 21:20

When attacking Alberta Health Services, Dan Williams likely saying what Jason Kenney thinks

2021-12-07 18:45

Your bank account has a carbon footprint, and it’s big

2021-12-07 15:39

Off the Hill presents: Games of the Throne

2021-12-06 21:59

Claims of Russian interference in Ukraine reek of hypocrisy

2021-12-06 21:54

Lack of transparency around when B.C. government authorized RCMP raid on Wet’suwet’en

2021-12-03 21:07

Lack of transparency around when B.C. government authorized RCMP raid on Wet’suwet’en

2021-12-03 21:07

Pfizer and its peers claimed to help us but they’ve been harming us the whole time

2021-12-03 20:35

Meet Roxann Shapwaykeesic, rabble’s new Journalism for Change fellow

2021-12-03 20:04

Off the Hill: Games of the Throne

2021-12-03 17:07

Global unions condemn Israeli action

2021-12-03 17:05

Canada stubbornly opposes waiving patent protection on COVID vaccines

2021-12-03 16:53

Jason Kenney’s lawyers respond to eight environmental groups threatening to sue

2021-12-03 16:47

We must correct pharmaceutical apartheid or COVID will never disappear

2021-12-02 23:22

Premier’s office indicates Alberta cabinet minister had role in chief of staff’s firing

2021-12-02 19:23

Conversion “therapy” ban a landmark moment for queer, trans survivors

2021-12-02 19:04

In an increasingly authoritarian world, we are our own worst enemies

2021-12-02 14:56

Omicrom variant arrives in Alberta — so naturally Jason Kenney is talking about easing COVID restrictions

2021-12-01 23:54

Omicron variant arrives in Alberta — so naturally Jason Kenney is talking about easing COVID restrictions

2021-12-01 23:54

Confronting death in the activist community

2021-12-01 23:05

Big, small or in between, wild animals should not be pets

2021-12-01 15:11

Touting it as a winner, UCP picks hydroponic pea shoot producer for optimistic jobs announcement

2021-11-30 21:50

The Syrian refugees that time – and Canada – forgot

2021-11-30 21:41

What do you actually know about First Nations in this country called Canada?

2021-11-30 16:37

A tale of two reports: Trudeau and Ford both receive failing grades on environment

2021-11-29 20:20

Green Party’s interim leader has personal experience with climate disaster

2021-11-29 18:48

Matt Wolf’s tenure in Alberta politics is over

2021-11-29 15:10

François Legault’s bland attempt to restore hockey glory to Quebec

2021-11-26 23:32

Israel names Palestinian human rights organizations ‘terrorist’ groups; Canada is silent

2021-11-26 21:47

Women in politics: a conversation with Dr. Jeanette Ashe

2021-11-26 21:21

Making Amazon Pay around the world

2021-11-26 21:18

Could Alberta taxpayers be on the hook for Jason Kenney’s legal defence against defamation suit?

2021-11-26 18:23

State violence against the Wet’suwet’en and apparent police and industry collusion

2021-11-26 14:51

It’s the 400th American Thanksgiving. How many more?

2021-11-25 23:31

Housing affordability: rethinking single-family homes

2021-11-25 21:29

Environmental groups tell Jason Kenney to apologize and retract by Tuesday or meet them in court

2021-11-25 21:12

Paid sick days a ‘health equity’ issue in Canada: doctor

2021-11-25 20:24

Who’s telling your news? Now you can find out

2021-11-25 16:11

Engler: David Suzuki is an environmentalist to emulate

2021-11-24 22:47

Despite good news about child vaccine, Jason Kenney rants about David Suzuki

2021-11-24 22:30

Big Agriculture versus public health

2021-11-24 18:02

Where do we go from COP26?

2021-11-24 16:42

Trudeau’s throne speech is empty of real meaning

2021-11-24 16:12

The terrible paradox of the green energy transition

2021-11-23 22:17

What is it about environmentalist and scholar David Suzuki that makes Alberta Conservatives lose their minds?

2021-11-23 21:58

Raising the bar in climate change communication

2021-11-23 16:58

Wet’suwet’en solidarity

2021-11-23 16:20

Off the Hill presents: Games of the Throne

2021-11-23 15:47

Did RCMP stage Wet’suwet’en raid at Coastal GasLink camp?

2021-11-22 18:30

Alberta’s UCP may not be all that united, but Jason Kenney’s position is more secure than it was a week ago

2021-11-22 16:04

Hamilton says NO to sprawl — what’s next?

2021-11-22 15:45

RCMP arrest Wet’suwet’en land defenders days after COP26 summit

2021-11-21 01:00

RCMP arrest Wet’suwet’en land defenders days after COP26 summit

2021-11-21 01:00

Don’t expect a battle royale over Jason Kenney’s fate at this weekend’s UCP annual general meeting

2021-11-19 22:32

The terrible, terrifying beauty of climate disasters

2021-11-19 22:27

Our health system is unprepared for climate change

2021-11-19 20:14

The River Clyde reacts to COP26

2021-11-19 19:45

Fairy Creek, Lee Maracle and activism during a climate crisis

2021-11-19 16:52

Pandemic costs women $800 billion in lost income

2021-11-19 16:21

Don’t wait for Elon’s billions when we could end hunger ourselves

2021-11-19 14:42

Does spat between columnist and premier signal the end of the road for Alberta’s premier?

2021-11-18 21:45

No one trusts journalism anymore, and that’s a problem

2021-11-18 21:26

Hamilton faces crucial decision: sprawl or soil?

2021-11-18 20:26

The war against climate change isn’t winnable as long as Big Oil is in the war room

2021-11-18 18:41

The de-radicalization of an anti-trans activist

2021-11-18 16:22

Your postal code and your health care: a necessary correlation

2021-11-17 18:19

Glasgow meeting issued stern warnings, now we need courageous leadership

2021-11-17 18:01

B.C.’s proposed decriminalization laws should instead be federal law: experts

2021-11-17 17:06

It will take more than electric cars to drive down emissions

2021-11-17 15:28

Stephen Harper reported planning ‘activist fund’ with protégé of ‘Evil Captain Kirk’

2021-11-17 15:07

Will police violence once again be the response to the Wet’suwet’en struggle?

2021-11-16 21:24

Alberta signs on to federal child care deal its premier once mocked

2021-11-16 20:28

Brainstream anxiety away

2021-11-15 21:35

Be wary of those who claim to speak for The Black Community

2021-11-15 18:49

Rest in Peace, ‘Grassroots Guarantee’ — Jason Kenney’s famous promise is gone with the wind

2021-11-15 17:09

Canada’s first nuclear reactor waste disposal facility could squander billions while contaminating Ottawa River

2021-11-12 19:48

Ian Adams confronted Canada’s dark corners when no one else would

2021-11-12 18:23

Swarms of industry lobbyists plague COP26

2021-11-12 18:03

The B.C. NDP is asleep at the wheel of the climate emergency. Here’s why

2021-11-12 17:30

Brian Jean takes up residence in Jason Kenney’s head

2021-11-12 17:22

The threat of urban sprawl

2021-11-12 17:17

What unions did at the UN climate change conference

2021-11-12 17:07

Who do we picture when we think of veterans?

2021-11-11 20:13

Lessons for progressives from Quebec’s municipal elections

2021-11-11 18:29

Remember the Mac-Paps

2021-11-11 18:01

Wounded veterans deserve better

2021-11-11 15:42

That office drinking scandal? Just never mind! Jason Kenney launches job program update in Calgary pub

2021-11-10 22:47

Are First Nations moving forward?

2021-11-10 22:36

COP26 and the carbon pollution from Canada’s new fighter jets

2021-11-10 19:07

Governments must end support for coal, oil and gas

2021-11-10 15:26

Edmonton officials want another $3-million sole-source advertising deal with Postmedia

2021-11-10 14:50

Hamilton, vote NO urban expansion

2021-11-09 18:39

To fight climate change, tax the rich: Oxfam

2021-11-09 16:58

N.B. premier forces striking workers back to work as picket action nears two weeks

2021-11-08 21:46

Rent control, living wage and ‘real jobs’: how Nova Scotia continues to fumble affordability policies

2021-11-08 21:46

Hidden logging emissions compromise Canada’s climate leadership

2021-11-08 18:58

No one expected Devin Dreeshen to quit Jason Kenney’s cabinet — so what happened?

2021-11-08 18:18

Breaking down ‘Dougthink’

2021-11-05 21:08

Mandating care: recommendations for Canada’s new ministerial mandate letters

2021-11-05 19:28

UCP bill will allow big money back into election financing, NDP Opposition says

2021-11-05 18:51

How the Supreme Court is enabling racialized policing in the United States

2021-11-05 17:24

Labour is tackling Amazon world-wide

2021-11-05 16:28

How the Supreme Court is enabling racialized policing in the United States

2021-11-05 16:24

Labour is tackling Amazon world-wide

2021-11-05 15:28

COVID inequity has excluded the global south from COP 26

2021-11-04 20:01

Bloc Québécois’ Blanchet tells UCP’s Kenney: Bring it on!

2021-11-04 19:50

Sex workers are culture makers and credit is past due

2021-11-04 19:33

The Blackfoot Confederacy’s antidote to the opioid crisis: kindness

2021-11-04 15:57

Jason Kenney blames chief medical officer of health for Alberta’s vicious fourth wave of COVID-19

2021-11-03 21:01

Defence against critical threats requires less military spending

2021-11-03 17:20

Despite “code red,” governments continue to support fossil fuels

2021-11-03 13:41

Film exposes ghosts in the machine of a young Indigenous filmmaker

2021-11-02 21:25

Canada finally has a housing minister. Or do we?

2021-11-02 18:39

Trudeau’s COP26 pledge will not stop the criminalization of Indigenous land defenders

2021-11-02 16:58

Notley’s NDP raises more cash than Kenney’s UCP for third consecutive quarter

2021-11-02 16:02

Trudeau adopts good-cop-bad-cop strategy to deal with victims of Indigenous child services

2021-11-02 15:34

Cuba’s surprise victory over COVID lets it re-open for tourism, more or less as ever

2021-11-01 20:34

Schweitzer claiming ignorance about his chief of staff’s troubles raises eyebrows

2021-11-01 19:15

Hamilton prepares to vote on urban expansion that would destroy essential farmland

2021-11-01 18:50

How Canadian taxpayers were made complicit in the murder an Afghan family

2021-10-29 21:30

How Canadian taxpayers were made complicit in the murder of an Afghan family

2021-10-29 21:30

How Canadian media is importing British transphobia

2021-10-29 20:57

Banning Chelsea Manning from Canada is bad for whistleblowers everywhere

2021-10-29 19:52

Jerry Dias on Ontario’s disconnect from work law

2021-10-29 19:00

What Trudeau’s cabinet shuffle means for Canadian politics

2021-10-29 18:54

A new Cold War seeps into cultural corners

2021-10-29 16:46

Hungry for change

2021-10-29 15:30

When old laws govern modern times in the not-for-profit sector

2021-10-28 18:33

COP 26 showdown: green capitalism versus eco-socialism

2021-10-28 17:58

No rest for the wicked: sexual harassment scandal hits Alberta premier’s office hours after supposed referendum victory

2021-10-28 17:45

Jason Kenney will try to spin his anti-equalization referendum vote as a huge victory

2021-10-27 20:43

How Nunavut’s new MP is dealing with her territory’s water crisis

2021-10-27 16:31

Trade and investment rules shouldn’t undermine climate ambition

2021-10-27 16:15

What activists will be demanding on the sidelines of COP26

2021-10-27 15:59

Breaking down Trudeau’s bulky new cabinet

2021-10-27 15:29

How Prime Minister Trudeau can prove that he is serious about fighting Islamophobia

2021-10-26 15:30

Sorting fact from fiction in Allan Inquiry commentary and coverage

2021-10-25 21:32

Highway 413: the anti-green, mean sprawl machine

2021-10-25 21:11

The perfidy of the Democrats: party elites are the real problem, not Joe Manchin

2021-10-22 23:25

An epidemic within the pandemic: police killings of African American men

2021-10-22 23:02

Rachel Snow: What should be in the next Speech from the Throne

2021-10-22 22:48

Chuka Ejeckam on how to influence Parliament outside of the election cycle

2021-10-22 22:38

Leah Gazan: “People want to know what you’re going to do to change the world as an elected official”

2021-10-22 22:25

Karl Nerenberg on the future of the Green Party

2021-10-22 22:06

Jim Stanford on the minimum wage Nobel Prize

2021-10-22 20:54

What to do about Facebook

2021-10-22 20:37

Allen Inquiry half-heartedly exonerates environmental groups that took U.S. funding, turns on Alberta War Room

2021-10-22 20:08

Liberals, NDP clash over cuts to COVID benefits

2021-10-22 19:28

Jordan River Anderson never got to see Norway House Cree Nation Reserve

2021-10-21 16:32

Autonomous truck convoys reinventing the wheel

2021-10-21 16:05

Lessons from Alberta’s municipal election will be hard for Jason Kenney to learn

2021-10-20 15:36

Why not leave those leaves alone?

2021-10-20 14:41

Despite UCP efforts, progressive mayors are elected in both Edmonton and Calgary

2021-10-19 20:28

Six Nations of the Grand River and community group oppose Amazon warehouse development

2021-10-19 20:12

Off the Hill: How to make a hung Parliament work for people

2021-10-19 18:22

Jason Kenney deceived Albertans about federal equalization

2021-10-19 17:53

NDP MP has a six-point plan for regulating Facebook

2021-10-18 22:42

Tech workers challenge the giants who employ them

2021-10-18 20:43

Naheed Nenshi’s last words as mayor of Calgary

2021-10-18 18:59

Canada and the criminalization of land defenders

2021-10-18 18:54

How low can Jason Kenney go? Polls continue to track all-time-lows

2021-10-15 22:04

Racism in professional sports continues to run rampant across the continent

2021-10-15 21:58

A Star’s Trek to space reminds us to stay grounded in reality

2021-10-15 21:49

Churches big and little weigh in: religious COVID-19 vaccination exemptions aren’t going to be easy to get

2021-10-15 19:26

The solution to the hospital capacity crisis is vaccines, not more ICU beds

2021-10-15 16:11

How to make this minority Parliament work for people

2021-10-15 15:02

Unvaccinated teachers are dying daily

2021-10-15 14:26

2021 Nobel economics prize will inform political discourse in Alberta

2021-10-14 16:23

Language diversity and the internet

2021-10-14 15:13

First-past-the-post deepens regional divides

2021-10-14 14:44

Winter is coming: housing activists propose a plan

2021-10-13 20:21

Five ways the 44th Parliament could make history

2021-10-13 20:01

CBD gummy scam illustrates need for media literacy

2021-10-13 14:39

What do we know about the RCMP’s resource extraction protection unit?

2021-10-12 20:58

Historically, Black Canadians benefit from minority governments

2021-10-12 20:27

Historically, Black Canadians benefit from minority governments

2021-10-12 20:27

Alberta MLA Drew Barnes proposes new rural conservative party

2021-10-12 20:08

When homeless people are told to ‘stay home’: new Halifax study

2021-10-12 18:12

Off the Hill live: back to a hung Parliament

2021-10-08 19:51

Many Albertans plan to vote no to ‘useless equalization referendum’

2021-10-08 18:14

In ‘Billions,’ even money is monetized

2021-10-08 17:21

A labour-rights app for young people

2021-10-08 16:37

Where’s the beef, chicken and agriculture in Canada’s political discourse?

2021-10-08 16:18

Alberta Inquiry Commissioner Steve Allan dismissed by CBC Ombudsman

2021-10-08 15:31

Facebook’s ‘friendship’ is fake

2021-10-07 21:54

The time to prohibit nuclear weapons is now

2021-10-07 21:39

How to use competition for justice

2021-10-07 18:51

Green MP rules out leadership bid amidst party infighting

2021-10-06 20:21

In Alberta, truth changes by the day

2021-10-06 20:12

Rewilding can help heal wounds we’ve inflicted

2021-10-06 18:35

The truth about wreckonciliation

2021-09-30 20:52

What not to do on September 30

2021-09-29 21:12

Green Party still has influence, if less power

2021-09-28 16:57

How progressive will this Parliament be?

2021-09-24 19:01

The need for electoral reform is clearer than ever

2021-09-22 21:16

The 44th election brought de-facto voter suppression to Canada

2021-09-21 14:49

Canada is for rent

2021-09-20 22:02

A voter's guide to election day

2021-09-20 14:28

No time to waste

2021-09-18 00:36

Ten ways Liberals undermined international rules-based order

2021-09-17 16:30

Off the Hill is tonight!

2021-09-17 12:55

A parent first, a candidate second

2021-09-16 21:38

Vote to protect the climate

2021-09-14 21:47

No party has plan for labour shortage in care economy

2021-09-13 21:11

Let's drop the war on terror

2021-09-10 23:20

Leaders fail to outline climate change policy

2021-09-10 07:13

French leaders debate makes election battles for major parties clear

2021-09-09 23:27

Hawa Y. Mire talks about the link between racism and Trudeau's campaign hate

2021-09-08 21:59

A 'just recovery' must include housing

2021-09-07 22:01

French language debate has Liberals and Conservatives playing defence

2021-09-03 19:55

rabble radio: the importance of the youth vote

2021-09-03 16:38

We need to talk about military spending

2021-09-02 21:33

The immediate toll of climate action

2021-09-02 02:25

Jagmeet Singh demonstrates like-ability in French-language leader interviews

2021-08-31 19:50

Needs no reintroduction: rabble radio

2021-08-30 17:23

Why the Canadian government fears its Afghan interpreters

2021-08-27 18:47

Another election, more of the same on housing

2021-08-26 21:16

The decision to have children is becoming more complicated for some

2021-08-26 14:26

Off the Hill is tonight!

2021-08-25 20:22

Austerity is in Canada's future if Conservatives win this election

2021-08-24 21:17

It's 2021 and it's time for real action on housing

2021-08-23 20:05

Lawsuits from fossil fuel industry pile-up around governments

2021-08-20 21:16

The politics of visibility for the housing crisis

2021-08-19 21:02

Local media is crucial to a healthy democracy

2021-08-18 23:39

Expect a return to centrist rule if Liberals win majority

2021-08-17 21:46

Federal leaders make early campaign strategies clear

2021-08-16 14:39

The colonial foundation of Canada's foreign policy

2021-08-13 22:04

Soleiman Faqiri and the injustice of jailing the mentally ill

2021-08-12 15:08

The climate crisis is happening, whether we want it to or not

2021-08-10 20:47

Medical sexism in Canada persists, leaving women in pain

2021-08-09 21:35

Layton Legacy project honours Jack Layton's activism work

2021-08-06 20:00