Doug Ford buys Ontario.
Listening to premier Doug Ford blow on about his Buy Ontario pitch brings back memories. After all I go back to the days when the province used to promote doing…
2020
Guest Post by Cam Westhead: COVID-19 public health advice – armchair epidemiologists need not apply
By Cam Westhead One of the first things I learned in nursing school was not to panic during times of crisis. Medical professionals are trained to act like a duck…
Eating in lockdown: Fried vs baked chicken thigh sammies
I’ve written about chicken sammies a bit lately, and I did finally get around to trying Popeye’s new fancy chicken sandwich after some customer service foul-ups — more on that…
Time isn’t on Time’s side
Back in the day, whatever that means, everybody subscribed to magazines. At various times when I was a kid we subscribed to Reader’s Digest, Life, Look, Newsweek, Chatelaine, Macleans, Sports…
art in our new home
When we were in Salt Spring Island, we went to the Saturday Market, and I instantly fell in love with this man’s work. Salt Spring artist Lorne Tippett uses wine-barrel…
Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute
One of the open pits at the Los Filos gold mine near Carrizalillo, Mexico. Photo supplied by the Ejido of Carrizalillo. As gold prices soar to record levels, the Los…
Give It to Us Straighter, Dr. Henry
We’re reader supported. Get our newsletter free. Give It to Us Straighter, Dr. Henry When students stop listening the teacher is to blame. Here’s what we need to be told.…
Saturday Photo: What to Do on a Dark Winter Day
Elena Ferrante’s top 40 books by female authors What to do these long, dark days when you may be in semi-lockdown: Elena Ferrante’s top 40 novels by women (from The…
cooking with cookie!
We had a bit of excitement last week, and I realized I shared it only on Facebook. I’m sure wmtc readers want an answer to the burning question, What is…
On cultured ignorance
Evan Radford’s report on the insufficient public response to soaring COVID-19 case loads in rural Saskatchewan surely reflects the polling (PDF) showing a higher proportion of social irresponsibility than in…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Linda McQuaig discusses how the calamitous effect of COVID-19 shows the dangers of putting care in the hands of the corporate sector. And…
For Quite Awhile
Yesterday, Doug Ford imposed lockdowns in Toronto and Peel — the suburbs west of Toronto. It took him a long time to get there. Bruce Arthur writes: This has been…
Pandemic Profiteers.
As a young man, I was trained by two different grocery chains in management of large grocery stores. Later in life, traveling around the world, I would often visit grocery…
It’s the pandemic, stupid!
Another day, another COVID-19 infection record broken. This time, 1,155. There are 11 new deaths. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Health Minister Tyler Shandro, as they appeared at yesterday’s news…
How To Pronounce Knife, stories by Souvankham Thammavongsa, is indy bookshops’ Alberta fiction bestseller
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. The lists are compiled…
Jared Qwustenuxun Williams is a finalist for a Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Reporting.
How’s this for good news? Jared Qwustenuxun Williams is a finalist for a Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Reporting. The nomination recognizes Qwustenuxun’s work building bridges…
Justin Trudeau and the Great Covid-19 Challenge
I have never seen Justin Trudeau looking so grim as when he came out of his Rideau cottage today. And who could blame him? Covid cases are surging all over…
Nov.20: sinning and repenting.
When I began this blog many years ago – and until recently – it had a huge audience over much of the world. Canadians were small potatoes. But that audience…
BC government raises stink over violations at sewage plant emptying into Cowichan River
The BC Ministry of Environment has issued a “non-compliance advisory letter” for several violations related to a municipal sewage-treatment plant that empties into the Cowichan River, a review by sixmountains.ca…
Musical interlude
Interpol – If You Really Love Nothing