I guess the parents, probably vacationing on Maui, got an entertaining phone call from the APD. Enjoy your vacation!


The cruel attacks against the Holy Father are bad, and uncalled for, especially from those who consider themselves the good faithful.


And your parents missed the boat when they failed to teach you the meaning of civility.


These changes result in a soaring deficit, which republicans will eventually blame on democrats!


You can't eat hubris.


Talk about drivel. Trudeau faced hostile crowds, and anyone who even suggests she misses Stephen Harper is unbalanced. So she doesn't want pipelines. Just say so, but don't insult Trudeau, distorting his attitude toward indigenous people because he's found a compromise to the pipeline issue that won't satisfy everyone. The piece goes from maudlin to manipulative. Awful


"“There is no aloha in suicide,” and the committee perhaps was led to believe that the community is split on this matter. We are not split; a November 2016 poll showed 80 percent in favor of medical aid in dying."

These non-profits ramrod their presence in these matters.  Not truly representing the public interests, just their own agenda.


The new publisher's first day is today. Try reading more carefully.


old soul, you must realize that a glass of wine is much less intoxicating than concentrated marijuana edibles. the 5 yr old girl in springfield didn't have just a good buzz going, she had hallucinations and an elevated heart rate... - i don't think she was telling jokes.


Environmentalists will take it to court.  They would rather see it burn.


Assuming this was a negotiating ploy gives far too much credit to Trump for actually having a coherent ideology and working understanding of what he is doing. Nothing supports that. It looks far more like an internal power struggle that played out in public. Canada's response to this should be to pursue as many new trading partners as possible.


ADN does seem very one sided when it comes to Trump and Clinton???????


No it is not. There are entire case studies performed on how DIA screwed it up so bad.

"Even the portion of the system that was implemented never functioned properly and in Aug 2005 the system was scrapped altogether."

http://calleam.com/WTPF/?page_id=2086


NO requirement for presidential tax returns.  NO ex president speaking fees allowed.  NO contributions to my family charity or fund.


"Must be like that illegal dishwasher that worked in one of then Mayor Hickenlooper's restaurants in Cherry Creek."
Come on, Louie, that horse was beaten into the dirt years ago. Were it not for my respect for you as a good (and civil) poster, I might accuse you of watching FOX News too often. Hickenlooper owned the establishment but someone else made all of the everyday decisions, including who to hire or fire. Hick had nothing (repeat: nothing) to do with it. Your ire would be better directed at the restaurant's manager because they hired the man.
Of course, you already knew that.


Leonard Pitts lives up to his last name; he is the pitts.  Nothing more than a liberal hack.


Try opening your mind a crack and consider what I wrote. Please point out to me where I "deny" climate change. I in fact do believe that it exists but I believe it is part of the natural evolution of earth and part of is indeed created my man's doings. When bigotry is in play, people can read or consider anything that deviates from their programmed belief system or what their group hold as the only truth. Man has done many things that harm the earth and nature. Man has also figured out ways to address some of the problems they have caused. In Houston, the poor planning and development of areas where homes were built on know flood plains is an example of a contributing factor. Filling in wet lands and marshes to build and develop contributed to the flooding too. My original comment on another story was that it was not only climate change that caused the flooding but other contributing factors that caused additional damage.
I prefer to have a open mind, willing to learn. And You?


Tangerine is 0.8%. Maybe you're quoting an intro rate. Meridan is 1.5%.


Yes, a couple. Considering the size of the city, they take a very long time to cover all but the most heavily used routes. By the time they make it to the lower priority routes the snow often compresses and freezes into a sheet of ice that the plows can't dislodge.

If you move here from Wisconsin, you will laugh at our pitiful snow removal efforts compared to what you are used to back home. More often though you will laugh at how infrequently we get snow and what complete wimps we are about a couple inches of it.


Justin Tanoue, I thought rail was for the locals and traffic relief and not for the tourists who need transportation from the airport to Waikiki.   If anything, rail should go to UH Manoa AS PROMISED.  And because rail is mind boggling over-budget, End Rail Now.  PROBLEM SOLVED!


and that alternative would be...?


The 22M is above and beyond estimates of who would remain uninsured under OCare.


Now what we really need to know is, were there also mushrooms and/or snakes?

(Thank you those of you that got this)


Obama may end up in another important role on a global scale.  There is greatness about him because his feet seem to be always on the ground. Great to see continuing synergies with Canada. And Montreal is the perfect place for two very smart and chill guys to hang out.


Yes, money DOES change things.  All of those States(schools) you listed have higher sales tax rates than Hawaii.  Most of those States also have additional streams of tax income $$$ coming in(i.e from gambling, legalized marijuana etc) as well.  If we had both of those examples in Hawaii things like funding for A/C for our public schools and maintenance for our roads/basic infrastructure could be achieved much easier.


It might be best described as an objective analysis of the efficacy of a political campaign advertisement...just saying'...


The Knights should give Pope Francis what he wants, Burke's scalp. Why they are fighting this is odd and distracts from their charity work.


We do not know much of what going on there.  There is untold history that must be learned in that region.  WW11 started because of  the history of war in the previous wars,  claim and counter claim.   If you look at the history book this part of the world have not really seen peace for too long.  Human being carry with them the past and its a bloody past.  You can go back to the Roman Empire, to the division of the east and west.  There is so much bloody history. We ought not to take side in this war again till we understand what up this time.  It is a European affair and Canada have involved itself twice already.  If its another one of those Juggling of empires,  a game of thrones by Europeans, Russian, England and American then we ought to keep out of it but lets be honest...we have to be prepared this time...for the worst case scenario.


I live in boulder and that tax is a joke, fat kids are gonna keep eating crap. Meanwhile I pay more for my vitamen water, this town cracks me up sometimes.


Posting and reporting crimes committed by refugees is considered hate speech by Globe.


And Trump is quite right in his feud with the Create News Network who long ago abandoned any pretence about being a credible news organization. They are the National Inquirer of television that are blatantly in the Democratic Party's pocket.


Teleology- Me does think you protesteth too much. What you say is true but you seem motivated to miss what the preponderance of recent evidence points towards. Given the conventional wisdom in psychology and the insane deference to social constructionism in the mainstream press can't we all be glad that Dr Soh offers a corrective?


Good for Vegas to repeat as the tourney winner. The only loser was Glen Abbey. Time to bulldoze it to make way for some multimillion dollar homes. If not, then give the course some teeth. Lengthen some of the par 3's and make 16, and possibly 18, par 4's. I doubt driver and a wedge on a par 5 was what Jack envisioned when he designed the place. 21 under par is not indicative of a national championship.....it is on a regular PGA tour stop though.


"Academia" is no longer apropos.   The correct term is now "Liberal Indoctrination Centers".


What upside to long term relationships or marriage.
All my younger single guy friends find being single and going from one relationship to another is much more fun.  And, i guess, if worse came to worse, it is probably cheaper to rent a high class whore for the night for some nookie.


Doper behind the wheel kills, and gets off because he's a government employee. Wanna bet he isn't the only one there?


That's all they had to do, was drive off.  I would never do that with my young children in the car, especially if i was a single parent, no matter how egregious the other driver's offense was.


School closures,lack of beds in hospitals,long surgery waits,homeless people everywhere,people overdosing everywhere,taxed to the limit.Hey,I know the answer,let's bring a whole bunch of refugees into Canada


I've traveled around the world and country for the past 30 years for work. I have much more experience with you regarding how other transportation systems work worldwide. The one fact you seem to forget is DC New York every place you talk about has millions and millions and millions of residents  and tourists to help pay for that.
Wake up buddy


I don't believe thisfor an instant.


Yep. Tell that to these boneheads who think some kid is going to find a lead bullet stuck in a mudbank and eat it. Total morons


You were doing so well until the very end. The bias of the left is like a broken record, if you can remember that phrase? If not, it means your are closed minded and are stricken with Trump Derangement Syndrome. Try to look on the bright side as he will likely be with us for only another 7 1/2 years.


How often does a barge leave Anchorage or Homer for the Aleutians? Twice a week? More often? There is no lack of freight service. And there are plenty of airplanes flying out there.


A RARE Drunk Driving  accident where no one was killed.


You  mention logic, PERS and the State of Oregon (which has been Democratically-controlled for decades) in the same sentence?

Bizarre!

Those of us already paying the third highest rate of income tax in the country and the 26th highest property tax rate in the country see the kind of results that gets us.

The Bridge that Never Was; The Hwy 22 section that was never completed; The Obamacare Computer System that Never Existed.

 Almost a Billion Dollars right there wasted completely!

And in the toilet on high school graduation rates nationwide. And several of those that do graduate are functionally illiterate in English and Math.

Why on earth would we want to increase the money being wasted by Salem or Eugene?


But we get to help censure the comments now, and what you see, is what we allow ... which looks to me, to be a reasonable compromise.  Not too hot.  Not too cold.  But just right.


I gave some more thought to what you may be getting at. Cutting spending at this point can help or harm. What the current administration wants is a 10% jump in military spending, which of course would stimulate a boom in shipyards, aviation and so forth, and that would indirectly lower deficits, all things being equal. How about cutting taxes for the top quintile? That's a sort of spending but not a productive one in terms of revenue generation, because the wealthy and big corporations are currently cash rich, meaning if they wanted to spend on expansion, they could do so without tax breaks. Tax cuts to the poor would have negative social effects and probably negative economic effects, since it would take money from people who spend all they have, which is stimulative. Spending cuts on government employments would destroy jobs and the revenue they return. I don't see the need to cut spending now, since monetary policy can keep inflation and interest rates low.


Let re-write the headline to be more accurate:;  "Shell liquidates oil sands assets to deploy capital in the USA where returns are much higher and corporate taxes are about to be significantly reduced"

Capital has been flowing out of Canada at an alarming clip. When Trump drops that US corporate tax rate capital will hemorrhage from Canada.   Notley, Trudeau and Wynne will be ashen faced when they see the interest rates we will have to pay  to attract buyers of new gov't debt.    The 1990's all over again right along with a $0.60 loonie.

Stephen Harper, come home, please.


Those are not excuses just observations,siemian is a different type quarterback he is more of a dink and dunk type quarterback,he was best option last year,lynch played in spread offense siemian played in a more NFL ready offense,he had the experience and that's why he won the starting job,I think it's premature to crucify lynch right now give him a few more years of development then if he still doesn't get than label him a bust.The problem is everybody saw what dak did last year and trying to expect lynch to duplicate what he did,stupid comparison,Prescott walked into perfect situation with the best offensive line and very good supporting cast,face it siemian is the quarterback of  the present lynch is the future,they are close in age so he shouldn't be rushed right now,and who is to say osweiler doesn't get the chance and takes full advantage of situation,and becomes the starter,regardless I will still pull for the Broncos no matter what I want them to win regardless who starts.


Find the culprit and lock um up!   No place for this in our islands.


LAUGHING THEIR ASSES OFF.


That might cut into thier extra pocket
money.


you must have him confused with Obama who wined & dined the Castro brothers......not to mention Obama's support for the muslim brotherhood when they took over Egypt


"...a relatable guy"?  "Relatable" isn't even a word.  Perhaps "personable" is a word Ms. Wentz might want to upload to her dictionary? Cripes, what is the prerequisite for landing a columnist's position at the G&M?


Why are people like you deserving of a COLA, Hood?  What makes you so doggone special?  I don't want to pay extra for yours or elected officials hide.  If mainstream workers don't get a COLA, neither should anyone else; especially if my tax dollars is funding it.


The redress sought in the 2010 case was repatriation to Canada.
Khadr was repatriated.
Any further compensation should be through the courts, or utterly transparent.
Not done behind closed doors while Mister Selfie is jumping in front of cameras in Europe.


3-5 million 2016 voters have NOT been CONVICTED for voter fraud.


The perp is free. Hate to be his neighbor once he finds a place to set down. Hide your knives.


As is the case when Canada plays and isn't steamrolling everybody else, lots of scapegoating goes on.

Happened on these threads over the past weeks as Canada lost to Americans then looked unimpressive in beating Czechs.  Twas ever thus....

You wanna know who they were, just go back to previous articles and find out.

Swedes, they almost never win the big game, something wrong with their program.

Good Canada is playing U.S., time for revenge, not unlike the 2010 Van Olympics.


so thinks you.


Wow.  You are particularly contentious these last two days.

How dare you ascribe motive to me, however wrong again you are.  Are you looking to pick an argument for some reason?

And I see that my challenge to you to empathize with someone remains unaddressed.  I guess you are unable to.


I can't . Since I lost my arms in a bass fishing accident flying a kite would be impossible. And speaking of kites , you do realize kites are not made by union workers , don't you ?  At least that's why they are quality made .  A union made kite would cost five times as much as last about two minutes. They'd have to cover the cost of workman's comp claims from workers claiming paper cuts.


scary area


I must of hurt your feelings you had my post removed.  It's funny how rude you can be but your posts are still here.


Because two years ago the city sold the Gateway Center project on the idea that the Selmer's building would be fully preserved and repurposed! They only revealed their true intentions at the 2nd public design meeting, on the 10th of December. Remember this??? http://downtownaberdeen.com/

Compare apples to apples - the ONLINE form from the city & architects vs the ONLINE petition. What has the greater response? 2x more people want to see at least part of the building saved. The city has chosen to hide their cards until as late as possible, then turn around and blame the preservationists being late to the party. Give me a break... We have to be a little smarter than that!


One element missing from this article is the way in which gutting Medicaid will increase costs for the rest of us.
When an individual presents at hospital with liver or kidney failure, the hospital treats them and that treatment is not cheap.
Under the current system, they are almost certainly insured - often by Medicaid.
Under the proposed system (reduced Medicaid, ending the subsidies for private insurance), they often won't be.
The result:  hospitals will go back to doubling or tripling their charges so that the patients who can pay can cover the patients who can't.


Please please please get rid of Kelly. He is irrational and dangerous. Why anyone even listens to this monster is beyond me. He is a clear and present danger to us and our children. He should be indicted for terroristic threats to all Thinking Alaskans.


President Trump has been an advocate for universal health for many years.  In interviews the week before the inauguration, he said that they already had a replacement plan for obamacare that would cover everyone with more choice, better coverage, lower premiums and lower deductibles.  He also said that there would be no reductions to medicaid.  Republicans need to get on the same page as the president.


I'm not sure where you get your numbers, but I get mine from Statewide.  In FY 17 they have 217 people.  As to your comment about self funding.  Really?  Administrators are getting NSF grants?  Who knew?  I think you're confused.  Perhaps you're counting the 30+% that administration skims off of faculty grants and contracts.  What exactly happens to those "self-funded" administrators when those faculty leave, because they're tired of Johnsen and the BORs' bs?
I just googled you and I see you work for the Foundation, in IT no less.  That's where the most bloat is.  At least I was up front about where my loyalties are.


Religion is incompatible with democracy.
Islam, Judaism, Christianity - equally - have no place in the boardrooms of the nation.


Here goes the 1% back at the public trough. Hope they show how Trump and his companies benefit from these proosed tax changes???


That just goes to show that anybody can consume marijuana as a young adult and still be highly successful and even become Prime Minister.

What we certainly don't need are anymore people who feel justified in appointing themselves to be self-deputized morality police.

We are very capable of choosing for ourselves if we want to consume Marijuana, a far less dangerous choice over alcohol, and we definitely don't need anyone dictating how we live our own lives.

We can't lock up everyone who does things you don't personally approve of.


Any website that dreams up the headline "Operation Storm Heaven! (I think the sub-head was "one rosary at a time") probably can't be counted on to bring a nuanced approach to discernment or conscience.


LOL, AK residents ranking their own physical health near excellent. Outside of the Deep South, AK residents are some of the fattest ever.

LOL, AK residents rank near excellent their "access to nutritious food". 9 months out of the year produce has to be imported from the lower 48 and is in terrible condition when arriving and expensive which is why residents dont eat enough of it.

LOL, AK residents rank their financial security very high. Outside of CA and NYC, Anchorage has some of the highest cost of living in the nation, higher than Phoenix, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, etc. With AKs one-trick-pony for revenue, oil, which is now priced below production costs forcing BP and Conoco Phillips to mothball expansion, production, and maintenance contracts to reduce their spending, Shell cancelling their multi-billion dollar oil platform, and the talk of getting rid of the PFD and instating an income tax, AK is in trouble.

LOL, but we all agree, AK is sure pretty to look at.


I wish I could answer that. No 15% tax for the ADRs though if you have lots of US dollars floating around.


Ann Coulter had a simple solution to USA problems in the Middle East:

"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war."
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/anncoulter167043.html

In her own words, on video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJfGmaDrXJQ


You are  quite correct.  These laws, primarily put into law by the Ku Klux Klan around the country do exist.

And SCOTUS is aware of them.  Perhaps you prefer to support religious bigotry to protect teachers' jobs and income, I'm going to hope for a modification by a court which does not rely on the hate which tinges your post.

"Supreme Court’s Mitchell v. Helms decision in 2000, the four-Justice plurality explicitly recognized that use of the term “pervasively sectarian” in law was a “doctrine born of bigotry [that] should be buried now.” Justice Breyer’s dissent in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris further acknowledges this tainted history. After Locke v. Davey in 2004, the court made clear that since Blaine Amendments “have been linked with anti-Catholicism” they are unique creatures that merit especially close examination,"

Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Pauley is before SCOTUS this term.  I am hoping that the Blaine bigotry will go down in flames when it is decided.


A toilet with a mouth speaks.


Some people are so dramatic.


We want a better President who won't take our benefits away from us like Social Sericurty  and Medical away from s because work frit too.Chris n Ricky


We already pay for this service !   CUT THE FAT you Donkeys !!


If he had morals or ethics he would resign! This should not matter which team you support this position is to important in our country to allow a person to decide HIS legacy is more important than truth.


Wow, they flew to "a height of 260km" huh? That's impressive considering the edge of space (the Kármán line) lies at an altitude of 100kms.


The Americans with Disabilities Act makes it absolutely illegal to implement or require what you are stating.

No one should have to divulge personal information to get decent and compassionate service.


what on earth is clinical practice?


Naaah, real men don't hate the Trump. They pity him.

Real men don't brag about the size of their sex organs, or equivalently, their imagined IQs.

Stephen J. Remington


NYT Backs Off Its Syria-Sarin Analysis
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20929-nyt-backs-off-its-syria-sarin-analysis

Since the entire press, the Globe included, disseminated White House claims as if they were facts (which is all this article is), it had a responsibility to report this, but chose not to.

Its betrayal of the public is no less serious than that which preceded the criminal invasion of Iraq, and the press has much to answer for, and blood on its hands.

“What is Iran’s role?”

Like Russia, it is mainly trying to defend itself against a campaign designed to undermine it, which has attracted some strange bedfellows – Saudi Arabia and Israel.

The criminal war in Iraq empowered Iran by removing Saddam and placing a Shia government into power in order to play on the sectarian divisions the US and British deliberately created during the occupation, a bit of the old Colonial game of “Divide & Rule” meant to take the heat off of foreign troops.


I believe John Bond's initial take on Kymberly Pine's effort to "stack" the board with business interests and developers, is right on target.  I hope these neighborhood boards have their residents list with signature (addresses) attendance sheets.  "Fake" residents of an area being considered for controversial development is a tactic.  Maka ala!


Wow imagine that a private business in Alaska not receiving massive subsidies and looking for 'financial certainty" I think that is what they mean by free market. When I see our leaders say we need to develop our resources for our future it means two things they have no vision and b. our state has none. Coal and oil are the past and we will only be a resource colony till we break free of that mentality of we need to drill more and that will solve everything. Clearly it won't.....


It's a silly little ploy when it's used constantly when not necessary-such as pointing out hypocrisy/ double standards in comment. This seems to be a hard concept for some to grasp.


Why? The guy is more moderate than any of the GOP that are running.
And only fools are voting for any of the current GOP pack.


I don't know.  I never voted in favor of these wars for profit that cost taxpayers trillions and make truckloads of money for the military industry.  I never voted for that huge social welfare agricultural aid bill.

Tell me...is it easier to spend my tax money for your guys' lifestyles?


Brian, please calm down. First, I'd welcome a rebuttal from Singletrack Advocates, as I'm sure my editor would. Interesting how that would be a "rebuttal," but mine was a "hit piece." Little biased are you?

Second, I'm not "strongly anti-development." You seem to have gleaned that impression from several articles I've written about specific trails (not all trails) and a specific road project (not all highways). "... or anything else"? That's a bit hyperbolic, don't you think?

You're not going to see any bears on Google Earth. If you knew what I know, and you were a professional wildlife biologist with a responsibility to inform the public on human-wildlife risks, you'd have the same concerns that I have.


Good news, I guess. But you know what they say about that light at the end of the tunnel.


OldDoesntknowbetter..
Trudope's gal pal in Ontario with Mc Goofy did that for one province, ONE PROVINCE in 12 years. Ontario's debt went from 150 to 300+ BILLION under the Lieberals.
Monthly interest is only 1 BILLION....

Sounds like the worst fiscal record in 150 years to me!


I suggest you read the article again, Richard. "A number of senior career diplomats are leaving the State Department after the Trump administration accepted their resignations from presidentially appointed positions."

See that part where it says, "presidentially-appointed positions"? They were political appointees from the Obama administration. Yes, they certainly had prior careers in the US State Department but the positions they occupied were political appointments.

So much for your fake news accusation.


You hate UH sports, yet you attend the game and watch.  You are such a hypocrite .  Please explain to everybody why you follow UH sports


.”Money is money.” - Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.


I'm still looking for the G&M to condemn left wing violence with the same furvore they condemn right wing violence.


oops,shldve slowed typing and spell checked,lol..but it s written in anger of scrupulous articles like the above.


Crying, Cheese Puff?  Look in the mirror, then get a hanky.
My eyes are dry. My mouth is smiling. My heart is happy. Trump is toast.


All buses can use the HOV lanes. No need to intermingle them with the light rail trains, which would cause a loss or reliability, as demonstrated by Seattle's downtown transit tunnel.


How about not blaming all of "English Canada" for the errors of a few misinformed journalists? Can you try that for a while and see how it feels? Perhaps a bit like having a thicker skin? Just because someone wrote it in English doesn't mean that we all agree with it.


I knew you were a Nazi all along!  (National German Socialist Workers Party)


areyoukiddingme,

  Right wing fascistic types never want to discuss or debate. You only want to program your followers with simple catch-all phrases.
  Right wingers are always satisfied with rapacious corporate capitalism, until you run out of wage slaves.


Nice try golfer.  But I heard Bootsy lost his mind a long time ago and he's still trying to find it.  Must be identity theft of some kind.


Why can't they be buried with other Canadians?  Why do we insist on bending over backwards to accommodate everyone?  When people immigrate to Canada to become Canadians, shouldn't that imply a broad based acceptance of our culture and values?  You're free to practice your particular religious beliefs, but do we have to extend these privileges to accommodate you for eternity?


Hang on to your wallet.

This is going to get very expensive.


I did a quick Internet search. Ms. Elofson-Gardine was making similar complaints as she is now making in a 1995 Westword article. I also saw links to articles from several years back mentioning donation of archives to local public or university archives.
I found no website for Environmental Information Network (EIN), although Ms. Elofson-Gardine appears to have a LinkedIn page. But my own experience with LinkedIn tells me LinkedIn pages are forever unless a user actively and strenuously tries to remove their page and unsubscribe from the site.
Bottom Line: EIN may be a two-woman operation that now exists in name only to bolster the officialness of the two women.
Then there's this:
http://www.boulderhealers.com/paulaelofsongardine/
"Paula is an Internationally known Healing and Clairvoyant Medium, Numerologist, Author, and does 'Remote Viewing' for clients."


Let's talk about income sprinkling...
If you have a pension plan you can SPLIT it with your partner into a lower tax bracket, but if a small business owner/physician does it Trudeau calls it SPRINKLING. Why?
So if you have a pension valued at $40,000 and are retired at 55 after working for the government you can SPRINKLE/SPLIT you income with your partner so you're taxed at $20,000 each...not to mention that the actuarial value of this pension will cost you almost $1,000,000. Good luck saving up for that with Gov Canada 10 year bonds paying 2% interest! Then subtract 2% annual inflation!
And what about couples that are divorced? Did you know that alimony is a SPRINKLING thing too? Yes, that's right. A person earning $200,000 per year who has to pay alimony will be taxed at a rate of $100,000 per partner PLUS they get double the RRSP room!!
Maybe it's time we start looking at household income for ALL CANADIANS and stop allowing politicians to strategically buy votes with our money!


Wow, Blizz - a thorough mental diagnosis of a throwaway post on the Weinstein matter. How did you become so aware of the mental state of the poster by reading his/her short and probably sarcastic or cynical comment? Amazing! Kreskin!


Here's a crazy idea - visionary, in fact!

I can foresee a day when the mentally disabled and addicted will receive compensationn and assistance from (all stand!) the United States Government!

I'll call it (think,think,think . . .) Supplemental Social Security, or Disabaility Insurance, have quite decided.  Out of sight, out of mind, a few pennies a year from each tax payer . . .

Aw, skrew it!  That'll never work!


Fire is not the only danger that poses special risk of loss of life and property in high-rise condos.  Another one is swaying caused by earthquake or strong winds.  Tall buildings sway more than short ones.  Swaying can cause weakening and collapse of the structure, killing not only every resident of the building but also people nearby.  Therefore city council should pass a law forcing high-rise buildings and every apartment inside to be retrofitted with additional steel beams and fasteners to maintain structural integrity in earthquakes up to 8.0 Richter and hurricanes up to 150 MPH; compliance to be certified by licensed civil engineers.

Dear reader, did you get my point?  This comment is a joke, to show the absurdity of forcing owners to retrofit to protect themselves and neighbors against extremely rare events.


Prior to going to bat for Senior I would have done my homework and try to get as much information as possible about him. Senior was in jail in Pakistan and held as a terrorist.


Seems the truth can also be just a matter of opinion rather than fact. I don't like the man but he is entitled to change his mind.


I think Flynn is right.  Crossing a high traffic and high speed zone road like tudor, A and C streets, Gambell street, 5th and 6th Ave for instance is suicide.  Should be crosswalks only, or even overpasses in high congestion areas.  Also of interest is what the muni will do if a church applies for a building permit near to a pot shop.  Will they be denied?  Who has precedence?  Seems like we are building a "better mouse trap", but it is for ourselves.


Not sure what exactly is the big deal - Israel ignores all UN rulings that are not in its favour anyways. Trump changing the way US votes next year will not exactly do much other then maybe save some "red face time" for Israel.

The solution to piece in that part of ME seems as elusive as ever. Changing who gets shorter end of the stick may not be a solution.


Wow really!!! What does being on welfare have to do with a damn thing? It could gave just as easily been rich drunks an druggies. People are so quick to judge others, an all that make you is a very ignorant person!


I wonder if the POTENTIAL initial bias will be found in the data?! WHY were they stopped in the first place? Talk to anyone in law enforcement and they can find a "reason" to stop almost every driver.


It's not being xenophobic to say we should bring in immigrants who will be economically successful, so they will pay income taxes, rather than those who will be on welfare or in very low paying jobs or in prison most of their lives.


Toronto does have a way. Take the Island Airport Tunnel, for example. Toronto’s tiny tunnel took 3 years to complete a mere 165-metre passageway (260m overall), and the original budget was eventually quadrupled. Meanwhile, Europe’s humongous Channel Tunnel took 6 years to go 37.9 kilometres under water (50.5km overall) with a cost overrun of just 80%. The differences are … astounding.


Unfortunately, there is no obvious way to exactly determine what effect the Russian leaking of emails had on the actual results, although with Trump winning Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin (with a total of 46 Electoral College votes) in each case by 0.7% or less, it would have taken only a small effect to make Clinton the winner. However, there is far stronger evidence that James Comey's issuing a letter  less than three weeks before the election that he was reopening the investigation into Clinton's emails (without any knowledge of whether there was any new, relevant, evidence) had a decisive effect. Before the letter, the consensus of major opinion polls was that Clinton had a 6-6.5% lead in the popular vote but after the letter, in the lead up to the election, this edge dropped to 2-2.5%. Since the final result showed that Clinton had a 2.1% lead in the popular vote, the polls appear to have been quite accurate and that Comey's intervention swung the election to Trump.


Canadians: divided on "asylum seekers" since 1492.


I too think it appalling that a beach town does not have a water rescue program. What if one of those City Council members (or one of their family members) were in the position of needing assistance? I'll bet that would change their minds. It should not take a death of someone to change the rules. What happened to being proactive and protecting the tourists that come to your city assuming they will have help if needed. There is NOTHING right about this. It is all WRONG. Maybe bringing public awareness to the situation will help. Or maybe the lack of tourism to their City will force the required changes. I know I am going to tell everyone I know to not assume you are protected (at least not at Ocean Shores). Do not assume that when you call 911 that they will be able to help you (at least at Ocean Shores) Watching someone drown because you have been told "Not to enter the water" is just not acceptable in my book. Even a innocent bystander would do more than that! Shame on you Mayor!


Comparing two religions is going to far but apparently comparing consensual sex to pedophilia makes sense in your mind.


Be serious. I'm out there at all hours and it's rarely even congested, by normal definitions of the word.


People making deplorable comments and exhibiting deplorable behavior need to be called out for being deplorable doncha think mr. kon? What's up with this "labeling everyone who disagreed with them" bullpucky you throw out there. That's a lie and you know it. If you need to use lies to make your point then you don't have much to begin with now do ya?


True nevertheless.


Ah, you mean the wall that Mexico was going to pay for? That wall? What a success that trump gets to pay for it.
And even better, trump went down bigly on health care. Such a success!
I guess you're getting so tired of winning , bav, and that's why you love to lose?
And if this is a modern presidency for the modern era, thank zeus we're a monarchy here. (We're  in Canada, bav, in case you didn't know).


Canadian PMs are allowed to acccept gifts from friends and family.
The Aga Khan is indisputably a family friend to the Trudeaus.
Aga Khan is not a lobbyist.
These facts alone are sufficient to dismiss this attempt to create a scandal where none exists.

Must we be so embarressingly provincial in attitude that we are enraged  that the PM is friends with, and an occasional guest, of such a wealthy, generous and respected philanthropist, someone honoured by our own country, as well as being recipients of his generosity eg. The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto?
We knew Justin was the son of Pierre Elliot before Justin became an MP, Liberal Party leader, or the Prime  Minister of Canada.
We knew Pierre Elliott was no provincial person. He was a world figure who knew and befriended other world figures.
Are we so petty that we begrudge our indefatigable  PM a brief family holiday? That as this columnist insists it should have been a working meeting? (Oddest comment I've heard yet on the matter).


Is that pie chart supposed to represent Russian production?

It doesn't say what it represents.

If it's Russian production of goods, note that more than half of all Russian goods produced are oil and gas.

Thanks for proving my point.


Racism has evolved.

We’re not talking about  the N bomb and the cowards hiding behind the Confederate Flag and hiding their faces.

We ARE talking about how, in everyday society, there are distinct advantages to having pale skin. This is a privilege. If you don’t think this is the case, then your ignorance puts you in the same category as the aforementioned.

Racism is the toxic intersection of cowardice and ignorance.


The Liberals seem intent on bankrupting tax payers by selling off all our publicly owned infrastructure. It's like the inmates have taken over the asylum from the movie "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest."


I was half expecting "government employee, defined benefit", and there it was, first paragraph.

Is it the in-joke in this sector for everyone to submit their story to the Globe and Mail?


I'll  follow up my earlier post... years,ago, before cell phones, rescue beacons, sat phones, forums... if you got on trouble on the high peaks, you spent the night out... usually with gear to get you through the night. I myself have had five FORCED BIVOUACS... two in the winter, one solo... on Broken Hand Pass in the Crestones... in January, VERY COLD NIGHT'S, sun went down 4:30pm and came up 6:30am. Hunkered down at 13,000 ft, staying awake, trying to keep warm, against a rock, out of the wind. Now... they pull out a cell phone or rescue beacon and wait to be saved. Let me tell you, the night spent alone, up high... you're  getting to know yourself... that inner drive to survive. Now... folks who have no experience, who don't know how to use a compass, don't know how to hunker down and work their way out of a predicament... rely on others to rescue and save them. Think about it!  Now... they have absolutely no experience or willingness to learn how to survive and exist up high.


Great deal for Worker, How much did the deal cost tax payers?
Smoke and mirrors... where is the transparency?
Another marketing stunt...


"Absolute power corrupts absolutely"  How soon until the Congress realizes the disaster they are courting if they don't force the President to create a truly blind trust or to divest himself of his interests. This strikes to the perception of  the legitimacy of the government by the governed.  The Emoluments Clause, of the Constitution was put there exactly to stop foreign influence including that which could be obtained by allowing  profit to be routed to a sitting President regardless of his "promise" to donate this profit.  How else could those "donations" be proven other than by his releasing his tax returns and risking penalty for submitting a false tax return?.

Emoluments Clause: "No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.


"the most despicable thugs" - Not quite.


The author sounds like a racist himself. I laugh at all these people calling Trump names. They act racist and then say Trump is racist. Its funny when they ask Trumps friends and his employees (real people instead of fake makebelieve) they all say he doesn't have a racist bone in his body. Then they ask people that never met him and they say he is racist.


"Fear paralyzing Denver’s sizable immigrant population"

Immigrants aren't afraid of crap, illegal immigrants are, as well they should be. Do your job ICE.

This crap wouldn't be needed if both political parties had followed the laws already in the books.


The whole mentality of prioritizing national and global economic growth and development (including luxury condos for the world’s rich) has helped Hawaii have some of the highest housing costs in the U.S., along with low wages which force poor (and usually sick) people and working families with children to live on the sidewalks. Further, “the government’s persistent failure to meet its public housing needs” has more to do with the Republican’s dismantling of national government social and other services for the past 40 years, which has resulted in de-funding state and/or city programs that were designed to be catchment systems for the poor. We cry for “the government” to “do something” about problems that have been created by the nature of our economic system. So let the private sector help build the affordable housing needed…or not…more than likely not, since the luxury condos bring in huge profits while affordable housing does not.


Exactly, ship them out.


If liberals are "libs" then I guess conservatives are "cons"?


This is totally wrong and off the mark. Alaska should not tamper with its PF or even think about taxes until the administration and legislature have made an honest effort to cut all fluff, duplication of effort, and waste from Alaska spending. The legislature does not need new digs, the administration does not need more money for a gas pipeline that can't be built with a global gas glut, and the legislature needs to cut its budget by reducing the salaries of their staff and cutting the numbers of staff as well.


1.5 administrators to 1 worker.  Just like the DOE.


I visited Dachau years ago. The feeling when visiting was overwhelming.  I can only pray that someday we find lasting peace in our world.


Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.                         Abraham Lincoln

Richard, what a foolish wit remark!


What if we have "Catch a Cat" days, annually at first, where residents are encouraged to capture strays and take them into Humane Society and other cat-friendly organizations and participating vets for free spaying and neutering? Pet stores can perhaps provide cardboard carriers for those who don't have. Those with notched ears could be taken to centralized collection areas for transport to Humane Societyʻs facility in Hawaiʻi Kai etc. By letting the City and County and State provide some incentives to those participating, perhaps all involved will feel it as a win-win. I hate seeing all these poor animals, most of which appear to be domestic cats, abandoned and left to propagate on the streets. Personally, I would love to participate in such a round up. I think a lot of us animal lovers would! How about it, Pamela? I'm willing to kokua such an effort on the West Side - where lack of proximity to resources leaves abandoned animals without much of a chance of adoption.


Potato blight is not genocide...


Regarding: "Cardinal Burke presides over trial investigating Guam archbishop"
- Alaskans may breath more easily, at least for the duration of the trial.
- An important question for ecclesiastical fashionistas is; 'what will ArchBurke were in the tropics of Guam? A cappa magna woven from palm leaves? Or, will he wear his worsted wool cassock and have every fan on the island whirling in his direction for the sake of comfort? Hopefully his collar is of celluloid, or other plastic,  and not starched linen as the starch in the linen would go soggy and sag from perspiration.


We license drivers and enforce laws against impaired driving. Stricter enforcement in the last 30 years has reduced DWI fatalities.


Versus the 10 Trillion $ increase of US debt under Obama?  Now over 20 Trillion $.


LOL. I don't know how to genuflect. Or say: Yazzah massah, how high massah.


Could you be more of a DPRK apologist?


No big effing surprise that a majority of Americans thought it was the government's responsibility to make sure that everyone had healthcare coverage.  Of course, what they purposely didn't ask, was who should pay for that coverage.  No big effing surprise, the recent vote on a healthcare coverage plan in Colorado failed miserably because the voter figured out who was going to pay.


Well, I wouldn't! Khadr was abused by the Americans for years from 15 years old and Canadian agents helped them out. Khadr was asking for $20 million. the federal government had already spent $5 million fighting Khadr, mostly under Harper, and would have spent more again fighting this in Court only to lose! Even the US medic who kept Khadr alive after he was found almost dead and blind in one eye thinks that paying the $10.5 million was the thing to do and it was one of his comrades who got killed! Remember too, that Maher Arar was awarded essentially the same amount.


Dear Paul, liberal/conservative has nothing to do with this particular issue. Doesn't matter the label if you are in pain. I agree wholeheartedly with your column this week. As chronically in pain, I resent this "tax"; rather, revenue enhancement.


Good job on the part of the dispensaries and the cops.   We've established certain laws in this state regarding marijuana and we need to enforce them or we will attract more criminals and risk having more restrictive laws replace what we have now.

I can't understand why he thought any dispensary owner would risk their license and prison time over a few thousand dollars - and dealing in meth and coke.

He could have made multiple trips to multiple dispensaries over however long it took him to accumulate 10 lbs and probably could have gotten away with it if he skipped the other drugs.   Although at a 1/4 oz. per buy that's 48 buys per pound.  (This was last year when out-of-state people could only buy 1/4).

I sometimes wonder why I see people from all over the country at the MJ store in northern CO.  If they drove here just for that (and some say they have) Denver is closer to many of them and has more stores to choose from.


One correction:  East Jefferson Fire Rescue (EJFR) did not respond to this fire. Chief Karp and Chief Don Svetich of Quilcene Fire Rescue (QFR) and Chief Willie Knoepfle of Discovery Bay fire responded to this incident.


What does the "sins of bishops" have to do with anything? It is the deceased party we're talking about. Jesus "tenderly dealt" with the woman by admonishing her to sin no more. Canon law precludes a Requiem for those who do not share the woman's intention to amend her life.


The fact that such marches, (and other, more tangible work) do not command the same attention as the demonstrations that arise when people are killed by public servants does not mean that they do not occur. Members of these afflicted communities are working hard, and consistently, to do what they can to address the violence and lack of hope in their communities.  Outside of these communities, it's difficult to know what is actually going on. What's easiest to notice is  naturally enough what the news likes to cover -- police shootings, protests, the destruction of property by a minority of protesters, and the crushing statistics about young people shooting each-other.
All the best, xoxo


Of course they do.  That's why the ones you probably read do the same thing.  Even CB does it.  Which is a good teaching lesson for the young'uns.  I just had to tell the 7 yr old borrowing my laptop that the flying thing in the sky is probably fake and she shouldn't believe everything she sees on the internet or in periodicals.  It was a dragon or something resembling it.  Yellow jounalism is rampant among the Democrat supporters and the left.

So Florence Thomas, in this example, is or is not a pro-abortionist?


Contracting out, importation of labour, out sourcing to other countries, call centres in other countries, and increasing automation and self service.

I caught the new Blade Runner movie the other night, and I could easily see the business cry to bring on the replicants.  The desire for unpaid labour, no matter the societal cost.

It is not going to matter if the minimum wage is $15 or $11. If business can automate or get that labour for free or next to free, that is where employment is heading.


He(Bernie) is also pushing for people to vote for Hillary as it will put him in control of some very lucrative committees.

I for one am happy he will be there, but I will never be deluded enough to write in his name at election time as that is a vote for Trump. This seems to be an on-going narrative in local papers too. Vote third party now that there is nothing for people to want to vote for Trump for.

Having lived through at least 2 elections with Spoilers(Perot/Nader) I will stick with one of the Major parties at least through this election.


Has Civil Beat been able to assign an advertising value to the ugly signs attacking Caldwell placed by the Super PAC supporting Charles Djou "Save our City" (ironic isn't it)  on our public freeways, highways and roads? :)


The pro Rail Fail zealots are dropping like the little flies that they are


Oil and gas is 2% of GDP.

All resource sectors combined (Forestry, Mining, Oil and Gas, Fisheries) provide fewer than 4% of Canadian jobs.

More people work in culture/entertainment/media.

Wish more people actually looked at the stats (these numbers are from StatsCan).


Then look at the reality. You're half asleep. They are fully awake. Your gun is safely stored in a safe (or you are a criminal yourself and why should I care then - you're a greater risk to your children if you don't lock it up than criminals will ever be). Their guns are loaded, your bullets are stored safely in a separate location (ditto - that's the law).
Even if you manage to lock and load, now they STILL have the advantage. You are one person in the dark, their eyes are already adjusted. You have to aim carefully less you end up shooting your own family instead of your target (a la what Oscar Pistorius claims happened) - THEY can just fire at anything that moves.
You are scared. They have done this a thousand times.

Trained FBI agents only hit their targets in gun-fights 1 out of 10 bullets. Criminals hit people with 6 out of 10 and mass shooters 9 out of 10. It makes a HUGE difference when you don't care WHO you hit.

Reality: you'd be better off with a baseball bat.


If by being tough on discrimination is being a 'bully', then so be it.   Others would call it heroic to have the courage to do the right thing, likely knowing the conservative backlash was on the horizon.  Brad is a staunch supporter of small business.  He has no desire what-so-ever to hurt small business owners.  However, when injustice happens, it must be addressed.  I for one support his tough decision on the Klein case.

As for his support for the issues outside the purview of SOS, would you not rather know his stance, than for him to be completely silent?  As far as I see it, Avakian is trying to be transparent.  Of course he will act according to his elected position, just as he did at BOLI.

As for i5guy's comments on his law practice, taxes and bills, you really need to get your facts straight here.  As for the decisions he made while Labor Commissioner, I support him.  He has no tolerance for discrimination and civil rights violations, regardless of who it is.


Sometimes we get a "sea breeze"...does this count?


god help that child - there is no telling damage done.  egg donor mom's chin felt sore after bumping the baby's head into it?  bumping into the chin so hard as to cause a skull fracture? baby skulls are soft, still malleable?  like green wood?  so how hard do you have to hit that skull to cause an actual break?
   the woman who gave birth to that child needs help and lots of it.  let the help start in prison, through parole and on.
   where is this woman's family?  single mom?   is she a fully functional, stable person?  uncomfortable thought, but her IQ?   there are times when the mother is considered to be "slow"  with an IQ in the 60s, 70s, ... - these women never grasped there was help to be had in the "outside" world.....


You assume a lot thinking Trump will be there 8yrs...the teleprompter is the only way to keep Trump on message and allows him to speak in coherent cogent sentences...and come the mid terms in 2018 they better not underestimate the dems..they are relentless and not to be taken lightly


agree  Comey's transcript was vague and unclear -  not at all damning

when you read it in comparison  to the transcripts of  Wright's influence peddling in the Senate it's clear Canada  has a much bigger problem with abuse of authority

we still don't have answers about the Afghan detainee scandal - you know the one that put Harper in contempt and brought down the government


Whoops. Karen, don't you realize you are part of the problem?

Next time, do more research. Eugene is a powderkeg in regards to growth.


OK. Earlier political wonks, who go into politics young, study only political science (junk science?), and evade most other serious education, tested the idea of double decking and failed. So what?
Government’s job is to serve us. Not rule “The Masses” for our own good. And we love our cars for good reasons.
Having lived in Boston w/o a car for 4 yrs when young, poor, and dumb here’s a few:
Big Box transport is a perfect Flu incubator (also pandemic accelerator). Never sicker. Terrorists prefer victims pre-packaged in Big Box transport (e.g. 200 dead/2000 hurt in Spain train). One car at a time lacks impact. One Big Box breakdown -Line and all its branches lost. Intelligent cars muddle around it.
It’s damn inconvenient, ‘cept maybe for promotors who see us clearing roads for them
LAND in Hawaii is priceless. Double decking doubles it. Rail consumes it.
Decking adds a covered lane for bikes and other cool wheeled things. We can build roads w/o building fortunes for CA Consultants
&more


All for the sake of American Greed because, in America, greed is Good.


Hey you can't fly because some how you're a threat to a supposedly highly secure airport and plane, but you can run down to Walmart buy an assult rifle with 500 rounds with no problem.  What the hell is wrong with Congress?

May the next mass shooting happen at the good ole boys country club or Yale or Harvard. I'm sure your family getting  blasted by a nut case will influence your vote more than $$$$.

There is no common sense left in politics.


Hogwash. It would be amusing if it weren't for the damage this kind of last-century tribalism does to our country.


The real problem is explosive population growth. While increased road capacity does eventually fill up again, it's not because individuals drive a lot more, it's because of population growth. If we widened our roads (as we're going to have to do) but kept metro Denver population from growing to 4M ( then 5M, 6M...) we'd be just fine. We'd have good traffic flow.  But people just keep pouring in to the front range, and into the country as a whole.

We can't stop other citizens from relocating to CO, of course.  BUT, as a country we can and should be slowing our immigration quotas.  That's the real solution - or at least a mitigator that needs to take place IMO.  It wouldn't stop the relocation flow into CO, but it would slow the total flow.

Of course, our politicians will never agree to do that, so we're gonna be stuck with millions more flowing into the state in the next few decades. Even with transit expansion, we need road expansion. Just no way around it. Roads are too important.


What breeds corruption is the lack of punishment for the corrupt. Any time there is a large amount of money in one place, such as SS or Alaskas PFD, there will be corrupt individuals intent on getting their hands on it for their personal benefit. What breeds corruption is the failure to follow through, and imprison the corrupt.


you owe me a new key board. There should be a effin hliarious emoji for your comment.


The biggest impact on NAFAT pull out will be the TN Visas. An analyst claims that there are more than 100 K Canadians employed in USA who may be heading back home. Search for two articles "Trump Uncertainty Principle H1B" and the TN Visa Rejection of a Mexican in Huffingtonpost


With the caveat that they have some evidence based trauma counseling credentials and have passed a background check.


Ah the art of negotiation. The Japanese , and now the Pakistani are masters....it does not matter who puts their cards down first if you use the shifting sands negotiation approach. That way you are not even close to closure until both sides have achieved what they want.  The approach of getting agreement one step at a time with no option of changing your mind is old fashioned . The new age negotiator just loves it when they get to deal with same.


"While we yet live, we have important work to do, comfort to give, hands to hold, souls to enrich."

Yep - plus arguments to have, confrontations on occasion, folks doing things we'd rather they didn't and not doing things they bloody well should . . . .

Chuckle!  Now I'm starting to sound almost as dark as you were in this article!


That  someone, who I think you are referring to,  knows when quality of life is more important than a winning VB season. Quitter? What a heartless comment. You think he quit because he knew there was little left in the cabinet? I don't wish cancer on my worst enemy. If you ever get the C, and I hope you never do, you would understand his decision and realize why your comment is quite repulsive.


"That was a reason for a few Alaskans to call for a tourism boycott of our fair city. Really? If you're going to cancel your trip to our little hamlet by the sea because you feel your vacationing experience will somehow be hampered by a community that is embracing tolerance, well, try Somalia. It's not on the road system, but I think you'll fit in. We're never going to be the "Come for the fishing, stay for the cross burning and stoning of gays!" kind of place you're looking for. Sorry. Not sorry."

.. I have no words for how vile this paragraph is.  You have shown your heart and it's not the tolerant and loving one you claim to espouse.  The fact that you honestly feel that people you share a community think this way is very telling.  This hateful rhetoric that you speak of comes from your own mouth towards members of this community.  Moral high ground is a funny thing to preach when ones actions speak louder than words.


iRepThe541,

I agree that it is the city council and the city that needs to lead in solving this problem.  People are in this situation for many different reasons: mental health issues, job security and pay issues and some are travelers or people who just don't want to actively participate in our community yet feel they have a right to leech off of it.   All of the rhetoric between groups who have different views of these people detracts from the really big issue in my opinion.  Lack of leadership at the city level.  They have devised this rest stop idea--however 150 rest stops of 20 people each might house these people.  We would look like some 3rd world country.  And that would not solve the problem, the real problems are mental health treatment, jobs, and for the travelers tough love.  The city council and city are just kicking the can down the road without clear plans as far as I can tell to actually solve it in a substantive way.


I've been knocking on doors for them since I was a kid (I'm 63).

This infuriates guys like me. Don't get tricked by the Chinese government.


Lie and deny....


So that created all the homeless and it lasted ever since. Wow.


Facism would be something like forcing a woman to carry a pregnancy to term against her will. This was a decision made through voting. You know? Democracy. If the Conservatives wanted a different result then they should have gotten more votes during the 2015 elections.


No - you did exactly what cherry picking defines.   Picking outliers that suit your denial while ignoring the whole trend and reality world wide. Almost everybody on the planet except Republican extremists takes the claims seriously and most countries are working on the problem.  Your side doesn't even do any research - they just throw rocks at other people's data. There are no right wing science magazines.


You forget *muddying* up the swamp.  I had thought his wife the only decent one in the bunch until I learnt she too went on TV (with Joy Behar) and peddled the birther narrative.


You do look around, right, and see the quality of parenting that is prevalent here in Alaska?  It's some of the worst parenting I've ever seen.  Young over breeders, too poor, too dumb and too unprepared to be parents and then the drug addicted ones that let their kids become part of the OCS roundabout.  There is one thing Alaska cannot be proud of and that's the majority of parents here in this state.  Pathetic.


Ahhhh "fake news". Guess it's true then !


"oh please, that has been so discredited" - I'll chalk this one up to wishful thinking on your part - nothing more.


We want our bowling alley back!!!


Your comment is illogical.  Obamacare was signed into law with the intent to provide insurance coverage to everyone.  Having GOP support for passage was irrelevant because the Ds had the votes.  Who voted for or against it has nothing whatever to do with whether insurance companies can afford to offer coverage in a particular market.


These assholes will never learn that conservatives dont trust these "Globalists". I for one am looking forward to when this whole shit show collapses and these assholes are given a quick trial and hung by there neck


So charge him now.


First we fire you.

Then we fire other people. Agreed?


Then I suppose you're also going to bash the natives for using modern tools like the outboard motor, snow machine and 4-wheeler? Get over it, we live in the 21st century and have modern tools.


All Patrick Brown had to do when Wynne's lawyers sent the first letter was say: "If my words were not clear before, let me be clear now: Premier Wynne is not on trial herself, but people in her party are" and he could have gone on from there.

But he didn't.


I don't believe in ideology - I believe more in ideology which enrich ideologists.


Offer them a free donut.  Tim's should help with that.


I've been commercial fishing in Kodiak for 39 summers--are you kidding? The pink salmon disaster was real, the lowest return and harvest in 40 years--we have never had government handouts, we pay our own way through DNR and ADFG fees, licenses, KNWR cabin fees, our groceries, fuel, gear and equipment purchases keep Kodiak bustling in the summer, our harvests give jobs to thousands of cannery workers, tenders, that keep coastal communities thriving--we spend our money locally, and pay City sales taxes! 33% of our earnings go to crewmembers--last year was devastating..need I say more? You obviously have no knowledge of any of the salmon fisheries in the State of Alaska.


Oregon needs a Republican governor.


"Specifically, Meade says the world's end will begin October 15, 2017. That's when, Meade says, 'Jupiter crosses the womb region of Virgo.'

'That's when the action starts,' he continued. 'Hold on and watch -- wait until the middle of October and I don't believe you'll be disappointed.'"

https://www.circa.com/story/2017/09/25/whoa/david-meade-christian-numerologist-now-says-world-will-end-in-october

Okaaayyy.  As Peg + Cat would say, "Problem solved, the problem is solved.  We solved the problem, everything is awesome, problem solved."


As G K Chesterton said, "'My country, right or wrong' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying, except in a desperate case. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober'."


I gave Elvi a free pass when she ran unopposed,no one deserves that. As for Mr. Traini he could have been defeated,1/3 of the 18% of the voters who voted ,did so to send a message. I hope both Elvi and Traini and the others make the right decisions and not the pay back ones for the votes that were bought.I'll be back!


Who said anything about "street drugs"? He IS on medication for his hair loss which causes ED, sniffling and several other of his symptoms.

Re: "I wonder how any of us would fare handling the demands of a Presidency?"

"us" aren't the "Precedent", but he is observably unfit (nevermind unqualified) for the job. He (again, observably) does not have the temperament. Sorry, but these observations are undeniable.

And, of COURSE it matters to us personally that a clearly unhinged man is in the White House. Whatever he says or does affects the entire world.

Any "over-the-top" media coverage is perfectly matched to his own "over-the-top" inanities. Stop being his Apologist.


The arctic is melting before our eyes and naysayers keep saying it's just a phase, and there is no global warming. Well, it could be a phase; if so it will have dire consequences for people throughout the world, as well as their economies fighting floods - just for starters. Then again, maybe it's not a phase; that would be worse.


"I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time--never. These allegations are false."


Consumers signed for the loan so they own it. What happened to the Demos saying about paying your fair share?


This farce of a parade should never be funded by the taxpayer.


Some really good comments here. I think it's important to note that especially outside the US now, this atrocity is still going on in very remote areas of China, South America and Africa. From what I've read, its mostly fundamentalist missionaries like the Baptists who are forcing indigenous people to live in little plywood shacks. They are punished if they are caught singing, dancing or playing a traditional instrument. One can only imagine what else is going on. People would be surprised if they understood the degree that this is happening, and the missionaries are getting away with it because they're remote. This needs to end now.


bazinga, toronto would be better off selling off all thier TCHC properties, laying off all those workers and add those funds to the existing budget and subsidize rents.. there would be more people helped without adding spending


I admire Fr. Martin and respect the unenviable task he has set for himself: trying to bridge the wide gulf that exists between LGTB people like me and the Catholic Church, particularly the Catholic hierarchy. But I must take exception to this:

"He ...also exhorts members of the LGBT community to treat the hierarchy with the same respect, compassion, and sensitivity."

If gay people are to treat the hierarchy with the same "respect" that they've been showing us for centuries, most people would call that contempt, not respect. True respect is earned, not gratuitously given, and so far, the bishops have done nothing to earn respect from gay people, quite the contrary.

Since most gay people bolt from churches as soon as they possibly can, my only concern is for the gay kids who are forced to listen to homophobic sermons from (mostly) closeted priests and learn, from the pulpit, how to hate themselves. That's all I care about. Gay Catholic adults who have left can fend for themselves.


They would be bankrupt and we would not have an NFL team.


The only way for us not to lose is for us not to play the game.


I've followed an advisor who uses a few such strategies going back to the 1980s. All are computer based programs where statistical analysis makes all of the "decisions" and no opinion (otherwise known as overiding the formula-based  investment approach) is allowed.  There have been some, albeit short-lived  disappointing periods over that 20+ years but I accept that will always be the case. But sticking with the purely statistical (zero human input error) approach has provided me with returns that are many times wha the market has returned.
Numerous studies show that this is indeed possible or likely. See the Schmidt 1979 - 1993 study as one that produced, on a purely data-driven basis, a 39% per year return for 15 years.........after costs.
That study showed these exceptional returns from 1979 - 1993. Anyone who used that study as an investment model since it was published and faithfully with no second guessing, would haves continued to enjoy exceptional returns.


she gets it... she has no problem with non-whites getting a pardon..

she's appealing to the anti-white democratic base of black lives matter, muslims, illegal latino immigrants she hopes to cobble together in 2020.

beating up on an 85 year old man who was pardoned for doing his job by Obama's leftist junta courts is red meat to her base.


Hi, Joe.

I wonder if you could summarize in your own words what you feel the major errors or omissions in the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change are, and why they've been overlooked by the international scientific community after many years of research and after many exhaustive reviews? Please be specific, and don't use too many technical terms. Thanks in advance.


Oregon passed on a law on that subject in 2011 because of this cult.

Unfortunately, it only gets invoked after someone knows they are ignoring the health requirements of one of their children or after one of them dies.

"The state medical examiner's office reported that during the past 30 years more than 20 children of church members had died of preventable or curable illnesses."

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2010/07/judge_orders_state_custody_medical_care_for_faith_healers_child.html


Great observation?  HA! HA! HA!  Very rich coming from Squigly and K. the rat lungworm brothers!


It's not the same thing at all.  The ThornCreek golf course is a quiet, regular low profile golf course.  TopGolf is 3 stories tall, with netting 150 ft high that traps raptors, loud music and drunks 'til 2 a.m.  It is NOT appropriate to stick right behind suburban housing.  And no, I don't live in the affected neighborhood.


Some things aren’t a pediatricians business.


The refusal of the Clintonite/ Obamaite / Media/ FBI/ CIA establishment/ elitist deep state refusal to accept the results of the US Presidential election may well lead to a civil war.


The Alberta by-election is almost a foregone conclusion, the Conservatives have won that riding with more than 70% of the vote for quite some time now.  The Liberals "breakthrough" there in 2015 involved them getting into the double-digits on vote share.

The Quebec election though is anyone's game.  Historically this has been a pretty strong Quebec nationalist region.  The Bloc Quebecois dominated this region for many years until.  More recently the Conservatives have come into power, but it has often been a 3-horse race between Conservative, NDP and Bloc.

The Liberals haven't really factored into this riding too much, in 2011 they were a DISTANT 4th with only 2 to 4% of the vote.  However I'm sure they'll be throwing their weight into this race.


Thanks for the thoughtful article Mike. Your level minded approach to this sad story left me reminiscing on the good ol' days of the Kenai and wondering ....how many nasty comments will this piece of solid journalism evoke?

As it had in Homer with the Halibut craze, the Kenai succumbed to commercial interests. That is: short-term profit at the expense of long-term sustainability. As one who grew up on the banks of the Kenai in the 80's and 90's we had a front row seat to the madness.

Just how many 130-pound Halibut can you pluck out of Halibut Hole or 65 pound Chinook's between Eagle Rock and Big Eddy before demand overwhelms supply?

I blame no one specifically for the loss. It's just a case of human nature....or maybe it is Obama's fault? Maybe we could learn a lesson and protect what we still have? Or maybe we should break out a few open pit mines at the headwater's?


I have a comment about the content of your post...
Your two second google search doesn't compare to the Harvard prof's expertise, so I'd take his opinion over yours.


While the Blaine Amendment is not longer used to discriminate against Catholics, your comment re using public funds for religious purposes is no more apt that the arguments against Planned Parenthood because of their support for abortion.

The DougCo vouchers are worth about 1/3 the cost of tuition at Regis. Do you believe religious education comprises more than 2/3 the education provided at Regis? Having known a student who attended, I can assure you it's not. No math problems cleverly hiding religious arguments. No Chemistry showing us how electrons respond to God's Will.

I may be one of the least religious persons you will ever encounter here and I can see the difference between secular education at a religious high school and a "religious purpose". Similarly, I can see the difference between Planned Parenthood's abortion services and the remainder of their work.

We separate these functions with accounting, a topic which I believe you have at least passing familiarity.


"We want it to be fair," Minnery said. "I think any law must really respect the freedoms of any Anchorage citizen."

Excuse me, does that respect for freedoms, include the freedoms of those LGBT citizens also, or just those with "sincerely held beliefs". Are your beliefs so fragile that they are threatened by serving or conducting a business deal with someone who is different?
Please go practice your  beliefs in the privacy of your home or house of worship, not in the stores of our community or the halls of our government.


You think promoting and providing the general welfare is not in the Constitution? Is not water and sewer one of the basic human needs? We are broke because we lack the political will to pay for things when we disagree with the spending. During WWII the war effort alone was using up around 41% of GDP. Which skyrocketed the debt. We sure didn't cut taxes. We raised them to pay for the war. The top 1% were paying 90% in taxes. Is that sustainable in the long run, of course not. But we did what needed to be done to pay off the debt. The last time we had a surplus to start to pay down the debt what did we do? We cut taxes and started two wars of course. As of now we pay around 24% of GDP in taxes. Do you know what other industrial countries pay? 34%. Our GDP is roughly 16.7 trillion. Meaning if we took in taxes like other countries we would have 1.67 trillion more to be able eliminate the 584 billion deficit and have 1.09 trillion a year to to pay off the debt.


I was surprised...("wow, that high, hmm?)  and then I thought of all the wacky purchasing decisions people make that add to their debt (not only the purchases themselves, but the timing of them--"impulse buying" instead of waiting for sales, buying new instead of used, etc.) and then I asked myself, "why am I surprised?"

This result doesn't mean as much today because I believe paying off the balance every month is IMPOSSIBLE for many people (what percentage does THAT group comprise, I wonder?--that would be an important number, too, and likely much higher.  50%?  60?) 30 years ago or so?  Paying off the monthly balance to save bucks might have meant a lot more...

Here's another number I'm curious about: how many credit card users understand that there is a credit card that actually pays the HOLDER something at the end of the year? (Wife and I made many big ticket purchases in '16. Visa knocked $240 off Jan. balance owing.)


Get a job.


Does ChickenLooper not want the Amazon HQ?  He sounds defeated.  We are already Califoricated, might as well go all the way and really push for big money company HQ's.  Traffic sucks in comparison to the past, but its still better than LA or Atlanta.  A lot of small business will be build around this HQ to service the all the employees, and that is good growth.


Would that there were nothing worthy being divulged (or leaked,) and that should be more widely known, but, as we have seen, especially in this administration, that does not seem to be the case.


...thanks..missed it quite correct!


I hope the Coast Guard charges them for the cost of the "rescue."


Interesting


such blatant partisan hypocrisy, myopia, and outright disregard for history or decency is another laughable display of futility in reasoning with the finger pointing trump fan club. it's anything goes as long as it's their guy.


We are supposed to dump money on that BS while some Canadians do not have running water?


silly comment hon.  please do some reading


Can you honestly tell me that if Hillary Clinton was now president even though Donald Trump won the popular vote you would hold that position?


SD:   The Beeb in my eyes does look feminine.   My eyes tell me all I need to know.  I come from a time when if you were a boy, you looked and dressed like a boy.  If you were a girl you were feminine and dressed in soft colors and were polite,  humble etc.  In the last 35 years the boys want to look like girls and girls want to look like boys.   For this REASON, if I am not sure if its a boy or girl, I call it an IT.........., and sometimes a he/she or she/he, or then there is the TRANS. mutilated stuff.  In my time, the males  drove the car with the female riding passenger.  Now,  for  the last three generations its mainly females driving a $500.00 car with a $1.500.00 LOUD Muffler on it  and the males riding  passenger  slumped down in their seats thinking they are cool.  I say, MEN drive their cars, BOYS ride passenger.   Yes, I have a problem with Males nowadays being feminime and females acting Manly.   I  am not abandoning anything, either identify as  a boy or a girl.


The one thing that we can rely on from educators is the never-ending pursuit of mediocrity.  Whatever gets accomplished in this world is done by high-achieving individuals.  That is the world the real world works.  Our educators are protected by bureaucratic systems and public sector unions so that the mediocre performers get the same pay and pension as the top teachers.
The communists tried to make that system work in Eastern Europe and we all know how that turned out.


WRONG, the Christians DO NOT go by violence and the Old Testament.  Thats the Jews and the Muslims.  Christians believe in Christ, who came after the Old Testament to which thew New Testament  was written about.  In the New Testament it teaches that the only thing you have to do is love one another as you love yourself.  Sorry you can't blame the Muslim on Muslim violence for the last 1000 years on Christians.  They are killing each other based on each think the other INFIDELS worthy only of death. Do you know of ANY other religion than Islam that exhorts its believers to KILL or CONVERT all others?   Sure you can go back in time and find your misguided Christians BUT, in the here and now, Muslims are running around killing each other AND us, because they are faithfully following the tenets of Islam.  The MAIN tenet being to KILL or convert all infidels. Thats you and me, bub. But go ahead take the blame yourself before you spread it to others.


When evil Serbian nationalist monsters tried to cleanse peace-loving Muslims from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canadians were outraged and 100% supportive of the Muslim victims in that part of the world.

Maybe Canadians just don't like murdering bullies in the world, regardless of religion, nationality or association.


Actually, if you had said unknown men standing in your yard, I would have empathized with your initial nervousness. Or a group of strangers, for that matter, standing in your yard for no obvious reason. As a stay at home mom, if someone was in my yard, and they hadn't been invited, I would have found out why, with words.


That is why you voted NDP.


Perhaps before allowing Chinese interests to continue to make major inroads in Canada our government should look at the history of Chinese investments in  New Zealand.


This is a very good question. My opinion is that she was a failure as Secretary of State. She is far too militaristic for me. Not that Trump would be any better. Bernie on the other hand ...


We have a winner. With all of those excuses Bobby, it looks like you're ready to become the next Avs GM.


"Rubbish. The chairman of a firm with at least $44 million in holdings along the rail route stands to benefit, directly or indirectly, from decisions HART might make as it considers construction in areas acknowledged by everyone to be the most costly and complex portion of the project."

Yup.


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"The U.S. National Weather Service said Puerto Rico had not seen a hurricane of Irma's magnitude since Hurricane San Felipe in 1928."

Q.  Was that a result of Global Warming 89 years ago?  Perhaps they should have hit up Ordinary Canadians back then with a carbon tax to reduce climate change?  It would indeed be Sunny Ways today  !!!!


The problem legally is that  the report was financed by the DNC, then  provided to the FBI who obtained FISA warrant to wire tap Trump.  Just a little issue being he was the Republican nomination for President of the United States.  This is why DNC and Clinton lied about its origin.  That claim of lying  is bolstered by the left leaning NYT but of course is cited as being from Fox News.  It is the ENTIRE legal  premise for the Mueller witch hunt which has begun to spin out of control with totally unrelated indictments, midnight raids, and threats to  indict people as high as attorney general or President's own family.


We've probably had a lot of people driving stoned already...stoned from codeine, oxy, etc. Is marijuana really any different?


You don't think they're doing this to their children just to get attention for themselves do you?
/s


David Woodley wrote:  "As UA faces it's greatest fiscal crisis in over two decades connected to declining oil money, they cannot offer solutions or alternative plans, they can just complain."
Hardly David, the Faculty Senate voted the way they did because UAA Faculty (and those at other campuses) have been excluded from solving the problems at hand (the budget primarily).  I have no idea of what your affiliation is, admin, staff, or faculty, or long term student perhaps,  but a university should not be run "top down" but rather should funchtion with the input of all - it is a community.  UA administrators are trying to dictate what is to be done as we face this crisis while ignoring reality and operating without evidence, all the while failing to take advantage of the resources that faculty (and staff) can bring to the table.  This is not the Army or the Air Force, it is a university.


The nightmare you are talking about speaks vividly of the tardiness of South African Government, foreign investigative agencies and foreigners are poking their nose into our affairs. Is it justified??


There are now substantially more jobs in Canada in the renewables sector than in the oil sector, and renewables is growing proportionately faster than almost any other sector of the economy.


I wonder what proportion of the diversity comes from out of state students - there's a lot of them and they pay more.


Agree, and more to the point, we’re only talking about 900,000 island tax payers. To put it in perspective we could build at least 18 new Baisdell Centers for the cost of rail. The shadow isn’t cast over the Baisdell, it’s cast over the poor island taxpayers. We’re at the mercy of our elected officials who behave as if our money just grows on trees.....!!!


Did I misread the list of seven requests for Alaska ?
Seems missing is any projects for Southeast Alaska.
Is part of the projects for sewer or running water going to go to all communities/areas where the only water comes from catchment, pumping out of creeks or wells ? Where no sewage systems exist except septic or where raw sewage runs into the ocean ?
In SE Alaska we have many homes without a water system or sewer hook-ups.
I tend to doubt that any of that project (if funded) will come to Southeast Alaska.
Our "highway" and "roads" are the ferries of the Alaska Marine Highway.
With budget cuts, we are losing part of the ferry service.
If the federal subsidies to the air taxis/air carriers stop and there is NO ferry service, how are folks suppose to live ? Move to Anchorage or Fairbanks ? NO THANK YOU !
Often people from Anchorage and areas outside of SE Alaska forget about, do not consider, or know we are part of Alaska. Juneau is not SE Alaska, it's very different in many ways.


Why  does G/M still believe that  Kim Campbell is still relevant? She has been out of politics since she lost the P.M. race30 yrs. ago and has not been a part of anything much related to politics.

This was a waste...but, G/M has been moving more and more to irrelevant op. ed pieces from "journalists" and writers who are obscure and  writing fluff just to fill the void.

These people no longer provide good discussions pieces, be it from a left or right prospective. They provide infotainment.


You do realize there are now and have been for the last forty years, many stoned drivers on Alaskan roads?  That cat has been out of the bag for nearly 50 years and we've never had a problem with stoned drivers.  We've still have problems with drunk drivers but that's a totally different issue. It's less now than in the 1980's though!  Anyway, you can't drink booze in a cannabis club or cafe; it's against the law. :-D

Remember this: the only danger about cannabis arose from its very illegality! The cost of keeping it illegal far outweighs the revenues from legalization and taxation.  Possession of a harmless substance has filled our prisons and ruined millions of lives needlessly.  Don't let that old propaganda keep you fooled! Want to know about the "stoned driver" myth? Check out federal govt sources!  It's been proven: doesn't exist!  People driving while stoned are apt to be more careful AND drive slowly!  They actually have fewer wrecks, and do less harm to themselves and others!


Grow up.


DICK ... "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers"

-Henry VI, part 2 | Act 4, Scene 2

What is it about Dicks and lawyers?  Out of the mouths of bards...


Let alone unelected judges!    Deplorable.


Really, sounds like this is your messiah, your religion of Obama. You get kinda preachy about him


Ken Buck's playbook:
When unemployment is high, blame immigrants.
When unemployment is low, blame immigrants.


Quebec should be worry, now France's muslims will have an easier time to hop on the next train and move over to la belle province, courtesy of the new president, a win-win situation for globalist Macron.


The level of intellect of DT is abysmally low and this type of juvenile response to a negative comment concerning his behaviour should be beneath a person who is about to become president of the United States.   He sounds to be more in tune with junior grade boys at recess than the adult mind which is a prerqusite to successfully carrying-out the responsibilities that Americans expect hm to do.


Didn't expect you to agree with me, but you are just repeating what the other fellow said. I thought you would put more effort.


Well written.
Let us not forget that many Canadians want to be here, because having been born here, it is easy.  While many other Canadians want to be here, even though born elsewhere, and despite becoming Canadian, very hard.


Get a grip life is not fair!


9 comments so far and every one is calling out this Bee-S media and the despicable liars that are today's typical SJW journalist.


Don King for Supreme Court.


One of those arrested was released from a Delaware Prison, incarcerated for murder. Convictions overturned for prosecutorial misconduct. Local police better dig deep into who these guys are and how Smith got the rifle, assault rifle.


You could compare flipping houses to stock trading. People who buy and sell stock intermittently (or buy and hold long-term) only pay the 15% capital gains tax when they sell. But those who trade securities frequently and who derive significant profits from quick buys and sells must pay the regular income tax rate on their profits. Why isn't the same standard applied to housing speculators as it is to securities speculators?


Exactly.
  And for very good reasons.
Congressmen serve their wealthy constituents and nobody else.
  That usually means the defense contractors, otherwise known as the military-industrial complex. Americans finally woke up and realized those trillions of dollars spent on the wars in the Middle East and the trillions for homeland security could have been used to create millions of jobs rebuilding their crumbling infrastructure. They realize as well NAFTA's been lucrative for investors, bad for ordinary workers.


This is the kind of post that turns people away from Christianity. Ultra conservative zealots with an internet connection pitch their conflicted desire to condemn "non-believers" with loopy interpretations that repeatedly fail the morality and logic tests. I say thank God, whoever she is, for Christians who recognize their biblical interpretations as nonfiction.


@Art Chance - thanks, I always appreciate your information on state government (and I know you'll let me know when I get it wrong). I was thinking that Executive Branch employees, nominated by the governor approved by the legislature, are inclined to have the opinions that the governor tells them to have. You point out that some are recruited specifically for their contacts and biases, which for some reason outweigh qualifications.  Sigh.


just silly little tinkering, the only way to make Vancouver affordable again is to devise policy that pricks this housing bubble once and for all which ends with prices collapsing 50 to 60%


The authors, like agenda-driven media, continue to try to shape our opinion by referring to the subject countries as "predominantly Muslim". Let's be clear, the order is directed at "terror-source" countries. If you read the Executive Order, and I did, that's its underlying objective.

To continue down the "predominantly Muslim" path erodes the authors credibility.

Thoughts?


Again, speaking to this article and what I said three times.  There are people creating jobs in this area and in other areas.  Good jobs and it is working. More than four jobs. You are obsessing over just one family.  Many are working to employ the whole community.  Not just four people.  It has been done in other places like Cottage Grove.   There are people expanding not only educational opportunities but health care jobs and other jobs in manufacturing and the computer industry as well.  First we have to help them get an education.  That is happening as well.  That is where the mentors come in.

There are many jobs already being created there.  An aging population creates jobs in and of itself as elderly people need help and services.  There are plenty of agencies moving in to help and rural grants (both government and private) to assist.  Also, there are many Native Americans in this area.  There is tribal money as well.   What do you think I meant by FIND REAL WORK FOR THEM?


The City hired an Architect to design a new City Hall. City said "very nice, build it!".  People, like Lucy Vinis, who had not been paying any attention and did not participate in the public process started complaining and demanded City Hall be redesigned. Of course the Contractor was ready to start building the first design. This is where the cost over runs started. This is now when the arm chair critics, like Lucy Dinis, now become the experts. That is what a "separate narrative"really is.


"fell to 100 a day over the past week from 200 to 250 earlier this month, a government official said on background. "
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that is still 3,000 a month and 36,000 a year
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and Trudeau government thinks this is not a problem?
and that is only the ones crossing the border from USA
what about those who come every year by plane or ship?
it adds up
Trudeau opened the flood gates
his idea of "sunny" and "Canada is back"
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after Haitians and Africans
on the horizon are hundred of thousands in USA still to come
El Salvadoran and other Central American
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this is more that illegal immigration
it is invasion
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Not me, mate, it was Our Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of the Father and the Holy Ghost who proceeds from Them. St. John Paul II told us that.


this president... worried about optics? Anyway, another one bites the dust


So how do you feel about having a tribal brothel downtown? That would provide jobs and draw revenue too.


Not eliminated - the term is 'deferred'. So they will have to paid, period. Unless someone with some spine and a willingness to do right by the People of Alaska takes on the oil-soaked, bought-out, so called representatives we have in Lobbyist Land, aka Juneau.


The end of the baby boom echo should have reduced demand while increasing supply as baby boomers down size.

The injection of foreign investor buyers and money changes that dynamic.

Even in the USA we see Foreign money flowing in to be laundered. See the Paul Manafort indictment.


How about starting here right at home.

We are collectively human rights abusers when we still endorse/enforce the home lands treaties with first nations which have resulted in  a life style conducive to substance abuse and home dysfunctionalities.

We do live in glass houses, ya know..


HI:I started my CPP at 62 and yes I know I could have waited to 65.......and on but I am a firm believer in getting my money when I can because by the stroke of a pen (a government pen) it can suddenly vanish.

Oh I know that CPP and OAS come from different ledgers but come on folks where is all the money going to come from now that we are not going to sell our LNG(Petronas) and Billiton says keep your potash at these prices.
And I forgot to mention that 50 buck a barrel vs 100 buck a while ago.

We are still spending like drunken sailors(with out RRSP's) on every selfie that is out there.


Garbage rag... garbage commentators.

Breitbart North

Not even a word about the 60 or so beautiful covered bridges in New Brunswick :

http://www.cbc.ca/nb/interactives/coveredbridges/


Well, I once got an autograph from a man who almost met Mel Torme, if that counts as extremism.


We still don't know what the "inappropriate" behavior was.


You are trying to take over a thread about the weather with a TOTALLY DIFFERENT TOPIC ABOUT PEDOPHILIA.   This is a topic about the weather and the risk of fire it brings, and you keep ignoring that when asked politely to remain on topic..   If you don't like the ADN's policies sir, take it up with them.  There probably is a good reason they blocked your comments.   I don't know why they shut down the article but dragging the entire commenting community into  your silly conspiracy theories  is not the proper way to address it.

Please stop trolling us with your petty complaints about your suspicions about ADN policy on other articles.   It's not civil, it's off topic, and it's extremely selfish and rude.  IF you live here, you need to learn basic Internet etiquette...this isn't a saloon of drunks  discussing everyone's sexual shenanigans in Homer, sir.  Please stop being rude and respect the rest of us who want to discuss this article and not your personal problems with the ADN.


look up sleeping with an elephant


I agree. I doubt some posters here would accept a Muslim refugee fleeing ISIS violence saying the same thing about ISIS and Islam.


Bush lied us into the Iraq war.