Sheldon Birnie

Why are you here?

“If you don’t love it, leave it.” — Merle Haggard I was riding the 60 to the university the other day, and I had the…



The aligning of dead ducks

Tar-sands major player Syncrude plead “not guilty” in court last week to two charges laid after 1,600 migratory birds, mostly ducks, died horrible deaths in…


Another goddamn election?

The battle of the fat-heads is impending, friends. Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff remains unrelenting in his drive to bring down Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government…



War in the Peace

In northern British Columbia, close to the Alberta border, there is currently a war going on. This war is being waged by persons unknown against…