Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney calls the 2025 federal election for April 28 and starts his campaign in St John’s, Newfoundland where there are seven seats up for grabs. …game on! Photo by Greg Locke © 2025 www.greglocke.com
By Greg Locke. ST. JOHN’S, NL – The Newfoundland and Labrador fishing industry will get a double hit in the 2025 trade wars with the USA and China. They could put an end to the industry completely. The small Canadian province (economic wise) derives its income from fish, mining, oil and hydroelectricity. But fish is the reason Newfoundland exists. It was colonized for the purpose of exploiting cod fish, whales and seals 500 years ago by the English, French, Basque and Portuguese. In 1992 the cod fishery came to an end, was driven to extinction by over-fishing by corporate-owned factory
By Greg Locke, Managing Editor for Visuals St. John’s, Newfoundland — Watching the tech billionaires lining up and bending over for Donald Trump at his inauguration, ushering in America’s Age of Authoritarianism, drove home who these people really are and the ethics and morals they believe in. Which are few. They are the new Oligarchs in Trump’s government. They control the money, the tech, mass communications …and your data. Every time you travel, use your credit cards, look up something on Google or Bing, browse websites, post a Happy Birthday on FaceBook, buy fast food, pet food or gas for
ST. JOHN’S, NL – On this day in 1965 the new Canadian Maple Leaf flag was raised over the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. As Canada was a colony of Great Britain the Dominion of Canada had, until this point, used versions of the British Union Jack. In 1960, Lester B. Pearson, then Leader of the Opposition, declared that he was determined to solve what he called “the flag problem.” To Pearson, this issue was critical to defining Canada as a unified, independent country. As the newly elected Prime Minister in 1963, Pearson promised to resolve the question
On The Border By Greg Locke North Portal, SK – With the 49th Parallel between my legs I straddled the Canada USA border. One foot in Portal, North Dakota and the other in North Portal, Saskatchewan. ….and all that happened was someone asked if I wanted play a round of cross-border golf. It was 2007, and I was crossing Canada for Canadian Business magazine. The assignment: drive across Canada from Vancouver to Halifax along the Canada – USA border, searching for the stories of people, towns and businesses that span the “world’s longest undefended border,” as the saying goes. The
