Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Matt Gurney laments Ontario’s utter failure to use months of lead time and information from around the world to make any meaningful preparations…
2020
My latest in The Spec: Trump’s Covid could kill him – or save him
In another October, in another democratic contest, a man’s disability — a man’s health — almost changed everything. In October 1995, Quebec was voting in a second referendum on independence.…
When the Doctors Disagree
The public health professionals at Queens Park and in Toronto disagree. Bruce Arthur writes: The two sides, while wasting three days, have their lawyers figuring that out. With a virus…
Improve Your Skin by Showering Less
There are a million products out there which claim to be great for skin and will even improve it, what if there’s a simpler way? In a new book, Clean:…
Ford cures covid-19 numbers.
Premier Ford of Ontario has a salesman’s way with numbers. You want fewer people with covid-19 from the coronavirus, he gives you lower figures. He can even flatten the curve.…
Innu Nation suing provincial government not HQ over Churchill Falls #nlpoli
Laws suits get filed in court. Political claims for cash launch with a news conference, a website, and a deceptive news release that misidentifies the target of the action. The…
Innu Nation suing provincial government not HQ over Churchill Falls #nlpoli
Laws suits get filed in court. Political claims for cash launch with a news conference, a website, and a deceptive news release that misidentifies the target of the action. The…
Innu Nation suing provincial government not HQ over Churchill Falls #nlpoli
Laws suits get filed in court. Political claims for cash launch with a news conference, a website, and a deceptive news release that misidentifies the target of the action. The…
Fauci, "It Could Have Been Prevented"
I think it’s a safe bet that Anthony Fauci won’t be on Donald Trump’s Christmas card list this year. Fauci, commenting on the recent wave of Covid-19 infections in the…
North Cowichan Councillor Rob Douglas running for NDP in Cowichan Valley
Two-term N.Cowichan councillor wants to be voice for the community North Cowichan councillor Rob Douglas is running for the NDP in the Cowichan Valley riding. (Submitted) Originally published by…
Shopping Alberta’s Future: Boycott-loving UCP is shocked, just shocked, when the tactic is aimed at its supporters
Alberta’s United Conservatives: They can dish it out, but they can’t take it. Well, Premier Jason Kenney’s UCP wasn’t the first political party to discover turnabout is fair play, and…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cuddly cats.
Rob Douglas for Cowichan Valley
Rob Douglas for Cowichan Valley Our long awaited sign order is in! Check out the link below to get a sign delivered to your lawn, or stop by our office…
Peaceful Red Deer Anti-Racist March A Success; Far-Right Narrative At Odds With Reality
This past Sunday, Red Deer Against Racism and the Black and Indigenous Alliance Alberta (BIAA) held a march in the city of Red Deer, AB. In stark contrast to the…
Solidarity Action Day with 1492 Landback Lane and All Indigenous-Led Land Defending Demonstrations Across Turtle Island
Official Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1049347945523775/ SOLIDARITY ACTION DAY WITH 1492 LANDBACK LANE AND ALL INDIGENOUS-LED LAND DEFENDING DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS TURTLE ISLAND Where ? Wolf Park (St-Urbain x Maisonneuve) When ? October…
Thank you thank you thank you God
I am rubbing “Stephen Miller Has Covid” clippings all over my naked torso, and I’m not feeling the least bit guilty — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) October 6, 2020
Trump’s ‘Prince of Darkness’ has Covid-19
Stephen Miller is the latest Trump aide to have contracted Covid-19. Miller is the guy who makes Trump look like your nice uncle. His frau, Katie Waldman, the press secretary…
Joyce Echaquan’s treatment wasn’t an isolated incident
Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw woman died at Joliette hospital after she posted a video of slurs said by staff right before her death. This Op-Ed appeared in the Montreal…
Donald Trump’s Deadly Threat To Us All
OK, first the bad news. Trump is still alive and back at the White House channelling Mussolini. He's encouraging Americans not to wear masks, And he made his return to…
The emptiest of words
I’ve posted before about the emptiness of Scott Moe’s statements about the vehicle crash in which he killed one innocent person and injured another. But as the story has resurfaced…