VANCOUVER COULD USE A LITTLE JIMMY McMILLAN. Jimmy ran for mayor of New York City in 2005 and 2009 as the founder and leader of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party.

THE OLD MAN WAS HURTING, HUNGRY AND MAROONED IN THE ER. No one wanted it that way. But that’s how it often is at the Valley Regional Hospital in Kentville, NS.

THERE ARE TWO “INVISIBLE HANDS” AT WORK IN OUR DAILY LIVES. One is mythical and one is very real. The mythical one excites Bay Street.

MARVIN MILLER FINALLY GOT HIS HOME RUN. The man who brought unions into baseball was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on December 9.

WORKERS AT THE TORONTO AIRPORT ARE FLYING HIGH. They dare to think and act in solidarity, all on their own.

IT’S A NO GO FOR SCOTT MOE.

NONE OF THE ABOVE WINS AGAIN. That’s no surprise to my friend Tom, the carpenter. He told me that’s who he wanted to vote for.

SICK NOTES ARE SICK JOKES. They are also a waste of their time say doctors.

Four out of ten jobless workers get nothing out of the plan—no matter how much they paid into it or for how long. What benefits workers do get are skimpy and end too soon.

QUEBEC ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS ARE ON HIGH ALERT.

SOUTH OF THE BORDER male lawmakers are competing with each other in state legislatures to

NURSES AREN’T BOUNCERS. But their life on the job can too often be almost as violent.

TESS SIKSAY WANTS TO ADD A UNION TO THE MENU.

MARISOL VERIDIANO BOBADILLA IS TREATED LIKE THE MUSHROOMS SHE PICKS.

THE BOSS LIED TO THEM FOR YEARS AND THEY KNEW IT.