This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, for a rare Thursday chat along with Jamie Ellerton. We discussed Canada’s continued…
We are in very difficult times as governments and citizens do what we can to try to slow the spread of Covid-19. We’ve seen the effects for so many across…
CBC logo under magnifying glass. Photo by Marco Verch/Flickr. The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused a surge of web traffic from people stuck at home and eager to keep up…
Here’s something you probably didn’t expect to hear this week form Finland: they’ve added Demoscene to the UNESCO list of intangible cultural artifacts. According the Finnish Heritage Agency Demoscene is…
Your freedom to get CORVID-19 ends where my respiratory system begins. https://t.co/W99AMhGOMF — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 10, 2020
When Donald Trump declared that he was cutting funding for the World Health Organization, Richard Horton — the editor of the Lancet — called his decision “a crime against humanity.”…
Photo by Anna Shvets/Pexels The global pandemic of COVID-19 has spread to almost every country on the planet earth. The virus will take many lives, disrupt communities and institutions, and…
Mark Golden, professor emeritus in the Department of Classics at the University of Winnipeg (1948-2020). Image created by Krishna Lalbiharie. Father. Professor. Partner. Friend. Son. Mentor. Ally. Scholar. Teacher. Uncle.…
Canada’s food future lies in the hands of Community Shared Agriculture, not Costco or Loblaws.
Those who read the April 14 edition of this blog will certainly have noticed the misspellings and even bizarre statements. I very much fear my computer has been hacked. (Indeed,…
While Canadians have mostly been enjoying the unusual unanimity of their federal and provincial leaders in this time of the pandemic, the situation in the U.S. is reversed. In a…
The Alberta Government spent between $14,000 and $20,000 on Facebook advertisements promoting Premier Jason Kenney’s announcement Alberta would donate 750,000 N95 medical masks and other personal protective equipment to Ontario,…
When somebody is President of the United States, the responsibility is total. pic.twitter.com/hmhkBymGob — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 16, 2020
Ended up stumbling onto The Agenda, and this episode was great for anyone interested in the plague, or in city planning to respond to it. If you want to be…
~*~ Angkor Wat is the crown jewel of a 400 square kilometer set of temples and holy sites, set in the jungles of Cambodia. Built as a Hindu temple in…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Dan Gardner writes that the COVID-19 pandemic is exactly the type of rare but severe event which should be the subject of thorough…
Here are a few thoughts on writing and verbal communication, and all forms of communication. As an author, writer, reader, lover of books, and philosopher, I believe I have some…
In western society over the past few years we have seen the effects of disinformation on our society and our politics. We have seen them spread easily and have an…
Witness this humdinger of an interview by Sarnia-Lampton MP and current Conservative Party leadership contender Marilyn Gladu. Apparently we should be following the lead of President Trump: Sarnia-Lambton’s MP wants…
We’ve always known it would take a Herculean effort and an enormous amount of luck to forge the global consensus needed to tackle climate breakdown. In a dangerously overcrowded world…
