So, this past week, Canada’s environment minister, Steven Guilbeault unveiled plans that would ban the sale of new ICE vehicles in Canada by 2035. Of course, the usual suspects are whining about how “unrealistic” this is. Here’s the thing, this is a generational shift in technology, and one that has
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Jeff Jedras: Eating off the Hill: Steak in Saskatoon
My last meal in Saskatoon was on a Monday night, which is not a great night for many fancier restaurants as they tend to be closed Sunday/Monday to give the staff some time off. So a few of the prospects on my list had to drop. I was left though
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This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jackie Ruryk reports on the push by public health officials to have people take precautions against COVID-19 and seasonal illnesses only after there’s already been a massive degree of uncontrolled spread. And Alanna Smith exposes how Danielle Smith’s UCP is so deeply
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Katherine Wu discusses how the U.S. is facing a particularly grim set of winter illnesses as people have failed to get vaccinated against known threats, while Lauren Pelley reports on the low number of Canadians who got new COVID-19 vaccines this fall. Ewen
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Cat with company.
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This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ryan Meili discusses how a blinkered focus on austerian “efficiency” and exit strategies prevents the development of care systems capable of meeting long-term needs. And Dione Wearmouth reports on the fallout from the UCP’s insistence on putting performative politics over even those
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Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Geoffrey Johnston examines how the latest wave of COVID-19 is swamping Ontario’s health care system while its cumulative effect is reducing life expectancies. Philip Moscovitch discusses the dangers of repeat COVID infections. And Zaki Arshad, Joshua Nazareth and Manish Pareek offer a reminder
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Losing International Support
International support is an interesting phenomenon. Generally speaking, for most of my life, Israel has had pretty much unconditional support from all the “western powers”. It hasn’t been subjected to significant criticism no matter what it has done. However, its incursion into Gaza seems to be drawing a different response.
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Bully – Days Move Slow
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Assorted content to end your week. – Damian Carrington confirms the consensus among climate experts that the outcome of the fossil-dominated COP28 was an utter failure, while Paige Vega interviews Bill McKibben about the reality that it’s long past time to be counting on empty and vague words to reverse a breakdown in progress
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This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jessica Wildfire examines how employees are being illegally forced to put their health at risk by employers determined to impose policies which facilitate the spread of COVID-19. And Craig Ellingson and Chelan Skulski report on the Alberta Medical Association’s warning that the province’s health
Continue readingJeff Jedras: Eating off the Hill: Asian fusion at The Odd Couple in Saskatoon
The people’s business took me to Saskatoon last month, and I quickly dusted off the dining recommendations I had received during my impromptu layover on The Canadian and did some new research of my own. Sakatoon is not without its fine dining options. It is just a short list. There
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Elderbrook – Numb
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Assorted content to end your week. – Matthew Rosza reports on the continued toll of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including over 1,000 deaths per week in the U.S. alone along with massive numbers of hospitalizations. Lauren Pelley highlights how health care workers are being burdened with unmanageable case loads and
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Israel Is A Study In Collective Trauma
Israel, as a state, was formed as a Jewish state. As such it was formed with the collective generational traumas that Jewish people have experienced over centuries, and in particular it carries the trauma of what happened during the Holocaust. To be clear, Israel was hardly welcomed by its neighbours
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This and that for your Thursday reading. – Adam King discusses how governments and employers have memory-holed some of the most important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic as to the need for paid sick leave to ensure workplaces don’t exacerbate the spread of dangerous diseases. – Debbie Cenziper, Michael Sallah
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Last cat slumbering.
Continue readingJeff Jedras: Eating off the Hill: Gooney’s in Ottawa
Meeting a friend for lunch in Ottawa recently and they brought me to a lunch spot I hadn’t tried before: Gooney’s. It’s a modern-looking place at the corner of Kent and Albert in downtown Ottawa that apparently just moved from a smaller space down on Laurier, and it has a
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Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Nandini Gautam discusses the World Health Organization’s research showing how COVID-19 damages the human immune system. And Adam Kucharski takes a look at historic accounts of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic as a grim foreshadowing of how history books will look back on the public
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