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08/07/26
Author: 
Charlie Angus
Protestors marching on May 23 raised concerns about the impact of the AI data centres as Metro Vancouver faces tighter water restrictions. (Anaïs Elboujdaïni/Radio-Canada)

Jul. 8, 2026

Last month, Wired Magazine reported that Chinese researchers are growing increasingly concerned about the danger of a “Chernobyl” moment in the race to create superhuman intelligence.

The AI arms race, involving China, the United States, and a range of private-sector interests, is unfolding at a dizzying pace. It is a race to create the ultimate power machine, and there are no guardrails or protections for the public.

One Chinese researcher stated that it is like “driving faster and faster while the road gets narrower and the fog gets thicker.”

05/07/26
Author: 
Karen Yourish, Nick Corasaniti and Charlie Smart
NYT - Desktop

Jul. 2, 2026

The Many Ways Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms

President Trump is trying to use the levers of the federal government, along with personal influence over state and local lawmakers, to reshape the rules governing the 2026 midterms and future elections in extraordinary ways.

Category: 
18/06/26
Author: 
Charles Rusnell
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith rejected an independent report on electoral boundaries, creating a new body weighted with UCP appointees to decide. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick, the Canadian Press.

Jun. 17, 2026

Smith’s Power Plays Depend on These Hand-Picked Appointees

Think redrawing ridings and pricing separation are jobs for impartial experts? Here are the UCP choices.

How will Alberta’s ridings be reshaped and who will draw the lines? The answers could affect the outcome of future elections for generations. But New Democrats claim Premier Danielle Smith has brazenly tilted the scales in her party’s favour.

17/06/26
Author: 
Emiko Newman
An oil rig in Bahrain. The war in nearby Iran is driving unprecedented profits for Canada’s fossil fuels industry and those revenues should be taxed to support public services, writes the author. Photo via Shutterstock.

While residents of Iran suffer the consequences of a senseless war, the impacts ripple across the globe in the form of price spikes for gas and other commodities. And the Canadian oil and gas industry has been laughing all the way to the bank.

15/06/26
Author: 
Charlie Angus
Trans Mountain Pipeline

Jun. 7, 2026

From the moment Donald Trump started threatening Canada’s economy and sovereignty, Premier Danielle Smith was an outlier.

She refused to be part of the Team Canada approach, preferring instead to head to Mar-a-Lago with Jordan Peterson and Kevin O’Leary.

02/06/26
Author: 
Cuban Civil Society
Cuba - A Call For Life In The Face Of The Drums Of War

May 31, 2026

To the Defenders of Peace and to the Peoples of the World - A Call For Life In The Face Of The Drums Of War

To leaders of social organizations, human rights defenders, and citizens of the world:

We address you at a time of extreme gravity. The escalation of aggressive rhetoric and threats of military intervention by extremist sectors in the United States against Cuba have ceased to be mere political slogans and have become a real danger that threatens the peace of the region and the lives of millions of human beings.

30/05/26
Author: 
https://www.facebook.com/Geddry/
Ships stalled in Bay of Hormuz -
May 28, 2026
 
Every month, the Treasury Department releases a data set that almost nobody reads. No cable news chyron. No memorable acronym. It’s called the Treasury International Capital report, TIC data, and it is, for now at least, one of the more honest documents the federal government produces. Just money moving across borders, recorded in black and white.
 
24/05/26
Author: 
Nessie Nankivell
Open pit mine and US flag

May 22, 2026

By fast-tracking critical minerals, Canada is not simply building a green economy. It is being further integrated into the U.S. war industry

Even as Prime Minister Mark Carney touts his plans to protect Canada’s economic sovereignty, the country’s critical minerals are making their way into U.S. weapons. 

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