Accidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links

Assorted content to end your week. – Phil Tank offers a reminder that Saskatchewan’s citizens shouldn’t follow the lead of its government in wrongly pretending the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Sumathi Reddy writes about the growing recognition that reinfection – with a risk of both severe and long-term symptoms every

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Alberta Politics: Good news about COVID vaccine for kids? Never mind that! Jason Kenney has a rant about David Suzuki

Jason Kenney actually had some good news to impart yesterday – that the rollout of Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine will commence in Alberta on Friday. Instead, Alberta’s premier spent most of his time at the microphone at an afternoon news conference about the vaccine delivering an unhinged diatribe about environmentalist

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Alberta Politics: What is it about environmentalist and scholar David Suzuki that makes Alberta Conservatives lose their minds?

What is it about David Suzuki that makes Alberta’s Conservatives lose their minds?  On Saturday, the high-profile Vancouver-based scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster spoke at a protest in Victoria where he warned of the possibility of violence if politicians keep failing to act against climate change. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney (Photo:

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