The NDP Today: Nettie Wiebe

In Maisonneuve’s current Winter issue, Nick Taylor-Vaisey has a feature called “After Jack,” a thoughtful assessment of the NDP’s rocky past and uncertain future. Over the next few weeks, we’ll publish a series of short online profiles of some of the people he spoke with. To read “After Jack,” pick up a copy of Issue 42 (Winter …

The Tiger and the Donkey: A Story From Palestine

In Bethlehem was Jesus born, and Zafir lost his home. I met Zafir in an alleyway behind a taxi garage while I was checking out the Separation Wall. He offered to show me around, so I crawled into his cab, and the first place he took me was home. This is Zafir standing in front of his old home. Before …

Bonobo Diaries: The Ravages of Development

Originally, I planned to fly from Paris to Kinshasa on January 6. There, I would meet Sally Jewell Coxe and Michael Hurley, a husband-and-wife team who have spent a decade working in bonobo conservation. We would fly to Mbandika, where the Congo River intersects with the equator, then take a motorized dugout canoe eight days upstream to the Kokolopori Bonobo …

The NDP Today: Al Ens

Chuck Strahl, above, is a former Tory MP first elected to office in 1993. Although his son now holds his seat, NDP organizer Al Ens hopes to change that soon.

In Maisonneuve’s current Winter issue, Nick Taylor-Vaisey has a feature called “After Jack,” a thoughtful assessment of the NDP’s rocky past and uncertain future. Over the next few …

Shit Presidential Candidates Don’t Say

“I mean, we did kind of steal Texas from the Mexicans.”

“I’ve never been so hung over in my life.”

“No thanks, I’ve raised enough money.”

“We’ve sort of got an open-relationship thing going.”

“9/11 was an inside job.”

“Patriarchy.”

“I’m just not sure I believe in God.”

“Yeah, Big Pharma pretty much wrote that …

The NDP Today: Brian Pollard

Brian Pollard with former NDP leader Jack Layton, from Pollard’s campaign Facebook page.

In Maisonneuve’s current Winter issue, Nick Taylor-Vaisey has a feature called “After Jack,” a thoughtful assessment of the NDP’s rocky past and uncertain future. Over the next few weeks, we’ll publish a series of short online profiles of some of the people he …

Bonobo Diaries: A Conversation With Sue Savage-Rumbaugh

Kanzi communicates with Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh using lexigram panels. Photo courtesy of Liz Rubert-Pugh.

It’s three hours until my flight to Uganda, where I will visit sanctuaries and learn about conservation efforts before crossing overland into Rwanda, then into the Congo. At the moment, I’m in Doha. I arrived this morning from Paris and, with nineteen hours between …

The NDP Today: Charmaine Borg

In Maisonneuve’s current Winter issue, Nick Taylor-Vaisey has a feature called “After Jack,” a thoughtful assessment of the NDP’s rocky past and uncertain future. Over the next few weeks, we’ll publish a series of short online profiles of some of the people he spoke with. To read “After Jack,” from which this post is adapted, pick up …