Surprise – Destroy Habitat, Say Hello to Disease
Okay, a study confirms it. There, are you happy? The human destruction of natural ecosystems increases the numbers of rats, bats and other animals that harbour diseases that can lead…
August 2020
“WE” are killing the Trudeau government
Federal numbers from Léger this morning showing the Liberals have now completely fallen from their pandemic bump. Regional numbers:ATL LPC+35QC BQ+6ON LPC+6MB/SK CPC+25 (over NDP, LPC 3rd)AB CPC+21BC LPC +1…
Add This to Your Vocabulary – ‘Refugia’
Around the world, southern hemisphere and northern, there is a mass migration underway. Species, terrestrial and marine; insect, reptile, mammal, bird, even plants are shifting ever poleward away from the…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ed Yong examines how the coronavirus has been allowed to run rampant in the U.S. And the Globe and Mail’s editorial board warns…
Anything but normal
Plenty of people are rightly wondering how the Saskatchewan Party could possibly have hyped up an announcement about what we’ll see as students return to fall, then unveiled what remains…
Delayed, Negligent, and Ineffectual: Doug Ford’s Botched Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The pandemic has not only worsened existing inequalities, but has also laid bare a system of public supports, already profoundly inadequate, that has been placed under enormous strain because of…
On The Covidiot, Anti-Masker Cohort
Those who read this blog with any regularity will likely know that when it comes to those who refuse to don masks as their contribution to our collective safety, I…
Site C Is Now Priceless!
August 3, 2020 | By Ken Boon On Friday July 31st, the BC Government finally revealed just how bad things are with the Site C dam. Of course…
Ford’s Failing Grade on School Re-Opening
Throughout the response to the COVID-19 global pandemic we’ve seen governments of all stripes step up and respond in some pretty impressive ways. The responses have not been perfect but…
Johnson And Trump
There are many similarities between Boris Johnson and Donald Trump. But they both possess one glaring trait. Each man is singularly ill-equipped to do his job. In the case of…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Feline hangouts.
My Dream Homestead Garden – Or, Healing The Earth, One Carrot At A Time
A dream homestead garden? Ok, so this is not a subject to everyone’s taste or interest, clearly. Nor is it my usual domain, but it is related. I tend to…
Nothing Says "Donald Trump" Quite Like Donald Trump
I’ve decided to post Trump’s entire Axios interview from last weekend. It is something that needs to be watched in its entirety. Just keep reminding yourself that you’re listening to…
Guest column: I come not to praise council nor to bury it
Originally published online by the Cowichan Citizen It is time to begin a conversation. North Cowichan council. (Citizen file) By Icel Dobell While people around the globe are trapped in…
Covid-19 Crashes Virgin Atlantic
Richard Branson’s airline, Virgin Atlantic, has filed for bankruptcy. Watch for more airlines to follow suit. Branson has struggled for months to keep the airline in business. British billionaire Richard…
Trump’s Tsunami
By now most people realize Donald Trump is a dirtbag. Has been all his life. A grifter from a multi-generational family of grifters. A pathological liar who learned a very…
The truth about history
What is historical truth? To get at the truth of history, we must know it and we must understand it, and these are two very different things. We can know…
W T F…..
“ A labour union representing Ontario’s construction industry says its members won’t use the federal government’s new COVID-19 tracking app because it requires the use of smartphones, which are prohibited…
Keeping an Eye on the Southern Neighbours
Being Canadians there are some unique experiences that we have compared to other countries around the world. Living next to the United States has always been one of those, one…