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Author of the article: Ian MacAlpine Publishing date: Apr 22, 2021  •  2 days ago  •  3 minute read Mary Jane Philp of Kingston holds a copy of the book "A Good War," by author Seth Klein about the climate crisis in Canada. Philip ordered 338 copies of the book to be given to every member of Parliament. Supplied Photo Article content Mary Jane Philp, a Kingston resident and climate crisis activist, recently put her money where her mouth is by purchasing 338 copies of the book “A Good War,” by Canadian author Seth Klein. In the book, Klein explores how Canadians can align thei...

Bristling at new nationalist bark will only bait China The lesson Australia should learn from the 20th-century rise of nationalism in Asia is that whipping up an anti-Beijing frenzy will just worsen the sensitive, snarling sense of grievance. Share Alarm bells rang in the late 19th century as Australia approached federation. In 1893, the liberal intellectual Charles Pearson, in his book National Life and Character, tried to explain the modernising forces that were then reshaping the world. A former education minister in colonial Victoria, Pearson was interested primarily in how Western natio...

Cranbrook Public Library The Cranbrook Public Library is now open with extended hours (with some restrictions and reduced services.) We encourage patrons to limit their visits to 60 minutes. We also have a maximum number of patrons allowed in the building at one time, so you may be asked to wait. Please wear a mask during your visit. Masks are mandatory now (and must be worn in accordance with provincial guidelines for your entire visit). Library hours for March are: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, Thursday, and Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and ...

The roots of our current crisis can be seen clearly in Genesis, Chapter 1, where “God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth,” writes Trevor Hancock. Times Colonist Our relationship with the Earth has long been troubled. Thanks largely to two key developments — the adoption of Judeo-Christian beliefs and the philosophy of the Enlightenment — the Western worldview has been that we are separate from and superior to n...

By Matt PURPLE It’s easy to forget, but the United States by the end of 2001 thought it had won in Afghanistan. The CIA had undertaken an unofficial policy of war against Osama bin Laden back in 1998, and after 9/11, their agents were able to draw upon that planning to move quickly against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. The bombing began in October; Northern Alliance fighters were inside Kabul by mid-November. Osama bin Laden fled, possibly to Tora Bora and eventually to Pakistan. A new age was declared in Central Asia. So rapid was the Taliban’s defeat that it threw some antiwar sorts of...