“Suddenly, (Trump) finds himself in a race against a Black woman nearly 20 years younger, one who has already made history and who is drawing large and excited crowds.” – from an August 11th, 2024, front-page story in The New York Times
A Brief Comment by Doug Draper
Posted August 13th, 2024 on Niagara At Large
U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaking to cheering crowds at one of her recent rallies
Kamala Harris’s youthful energy, the size of her campaign crowds and the rock-star excitement she is drawing from them, her rise in the polls and the amount of money donors of all ages are contributing to her presidential campaign is adding up to one thing.
According to many recent news reports in the United States, including a detailed August 11th New York Times report based on sources inside his campaign and headlined; “Trump’s Circle Sees Him Lose Grip of His Bid,” it is all has Trump on the verge of exploding.
Just like this –
And if Trump does explode, let’s hope he doesn’t take his country and other regions around the world, including Canada, with him.
As for Kamala, you just keep on keeping on.
For the sake of all of us, you have got to win!
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Doug Draper, Nagara At Large
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“A Politician Thinks Of The Next Election. A Leader Thinks Of The Next Generation.” – Bernie Sanders
A new report released (this August 13th, 2024) by Environmental Defence, Big Oil’s Big Year –
Toronto, Ontario – A new backgrounder released by Environmental Defence today
*NOTE: City of St. Catharines’ public meetings for proposed Community Improvement Plan amendments have been rescheduled to a special City Council meeting on Monday, Aug. 26 at 6 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall. *
Today in not-so-fun-facts: In Ontario, you don’t need any sort of license to operate a private zoo. If you have the money you can purchase a lion, tiger or camel, and charge visitors to come and see it – living conditions be damned.
A July poll commissioned by Environmental Defence, and conducted by Abacus Data confirms that the overwhelming majority of people across Canada — 84 per cent — want less single-use plastic in the grocery store.
Thirty-seven years after American-born James Baldwin’s death in 1987, his books and so much of what he had to say about racial and social justice remain as relevant and as well read today.
In the summer of 1969, when close to half a million young people were grooving to the music of some of the best musical artists at the time at the now-legendary Woodstock Festival in Upstate New York, there was another large music festival that that took place in New York City’s Harlem district that went largely ignored by the mainstream media.
For over a year, temperature records across the globe have been shattered by the one-two punch of the climate emergency and the most recent El Niño event. We’ve had so many broken records that the media hardly bother reporting on them any more.
A Brief Foreword from Doug Draper at Niagara At Large – For all of you who have never really visited the heart of Buffalo – who may have just driven on the beltway to get to the airport or to the Walden Galleria mall or the state thruway and have only been exposed to abandoned and broken down mills and warehouses and housing that has fallen into ruin along the way – GardenWalk Buffalo will take you to neigbourhoods where the architecture and tree-lined streetscape rivals any town or city on the continent.
Niagara Bee Group is holding its first Honey Harvest party of the year this Friday, July 26th at Apple Hill Apothecary in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
There were and still are a number of people out there who were naive enough to believe that Trump’s brush with an assassin’s bullet earlier this July might do something to temper that reptilian monster that makes up the core of him.
Niagara Region Public Health is informing residents that Niagara has received its first confirmation of West Nile Virus (WNV) in mosquitoes in 2024.
There’s no mistaking it, we’re having an unusually hot summer this year.
Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife, NDP Finance critic, released the following statement in response to the FAO’s latest review.
If you are living in Niagara, you probably know someone who is having difficulty affording housing.
You’ve probably already heard about the irreversible damage of the Ford government’s) proposed Highway 413.
Niagara, Ontario –Brock University experts are calling for stronger consumer protections after millions of Ticketmaster customers were alerted that their personal data may have been comprised in a security breach.
VINELAND in Niagara, Ontario– The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $23.55 million through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) in horticultural research, innovation and commercialization activities, and research infrastructure, all to benefit Ontario farmers and consumers.
A Brief Foreword from Niagara At Large reporter/publisher Doug Draper – In a recent post, I noted that polls conducted over the past several months show that if an election were held in Ontario today, Doug Ford’s Tories would win another term of government. 
A Statement from Ashley Wallis, Environmental Defence Associate Director, on Ontario’s decision to end work on new deposit return system for non-alcoholic beverage containers – 
QUEEN’S PARK – Marit Stiles, Ontario NDP Leader, is questioning Doug Ford’s commitment to good jobs as LCBO workers begin their first ever strike:
Extreme heat is more than just an inconvenience – it’s a serious health hazard.
Niagara Falls, ON – On Sunday June 30th, in celebration of Pride Month, Niagara Falls will be illuminated in rainbow colours at the top of every hour, beginning at 9 p.m., followed by an additional illumination in pink, white and blue at 10:15 p.m.
Niagara, Ontario –Assistant Professor Julie Ham in the Department of Sociology was among many researchers who made submissions for a report being made at the 56th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Ottawa, ON – The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the Official Opposition, released the following statement on the National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism:
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