Henry Porter in The Guardian reports from inside recent Trump Rallies: “To attend a Trump rally in rural America makes you worry for humanity’s future. After six hours in the baking sun watching 60,000-plus Trump supporters lap up his lies, I am here to tell you that there are few more lowering experiences to be... Continue Reading →
BC’s average real GDP per capita was 2.4 per cent higher in 2023 than five years earlier, compared with a 0.6 per cent decline in Canada overall. Photo via Wikimedia, Creative Commons licensed (THE TYEE) It will not surprise readers of this blog to discover that I have begun to comment on the BC Election... Continue Reading →
The dedication and enthusiasm of American pollsters, journalists, academics, campaign workers, and the candidates themselves are matched—and in some estimates exceeded—only by the efforts of researchers here at takenote.ca. Our goal is to continue to place before you, dear reader, inspiring, witty, artistic, topically relevant, sometimes edgy political imagery which captures the intent and spirit... Continue Reading →
Writing in The Tyee on the 4th annual National Truth and Reconciliation Day, Monday, September 30, Tumia Knott, spaləl̕, a member of Kwantlen First Nation, a lawyer with First Peoples Law, with a practice focus in Indigenous law and self-determination initiatives expresses concern and some sadness about our national observance: I struggle with National Truth... Continue Reading →
Seriously, we at takenote.ca are trying to move on from post-debate, Springfield cat and dog stories, especially now that JD has admitted on CNN to the fabrication of such stories so that American media will pay attention to him. Hello? I will lie through my teeth so I can tell you the truth about suffering... Continue Reading →
From the United Church of Canada, Friday Oct 13, 2024with thanks to Jennifer Henry for both the title and the share With great sadness, The United Church of Canada announces the death of The Very Rev., The Honourable Dr. Lois M. Wilson, the denomination’s 28th Moderator, and the first woman to fill the role. She... Continue Reading →
With a bit of an apology, and my now diverted promise to move beyond post-debate political memes, the meme-verse has exploded with a huge variety of extreme-memes, a collection we at takenote.ca have distilled down to just a few for your consideration today. "Cats and dogs" has inspired dog and cat lovers alike. Reference to... Continue Reading →
The debate is over. There is no debate—Harris won; even Fox News agrees. Of course they blame the hosts who knew what, and who they were facing, and were prepared. Nothing less that letting time and the tape play out would please conservative commentators. Harris was intelligent, careful, needling, emotive, engaging, real, appropriately reactive, and... Continue Reading →
Once again the diligent team at takenote.ca has scrutinized the media streams for another catch of political wit, satire, and (mostly) respectful complaint. We continue to seek the ethical high road though may stumble occasionally into the gutter. The bizarre notion that women exists only to make babies still has some public presence. Out of... Continue Reading →
Another in our series “Life in our little Town of Summerland” The rumours are true; the Summerland Chamber of Commerce has put up its roadside information centre for sale. Located on Highway 97 at Thompson Road the site has outlived its usefulness. For many decades, alert and weary travelers would stop in for maps and... Continue Reading →
