Plague Update: Moe Says We Can Do This
Scott Moe says he thinks Saskatchewan can do this. What is this? It’s BS. He thinks we’ll buy his BS. And he’s probably right that at lesst half of the…
Scott Moe says he thinks Saskatchewan can do this. What is this? It’s BS. He thinks we’ll buy his BS. And he’s probably right that at lesst half of the…
An inspector visits the Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant in Chelyabinsk, Moscow where components of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline are being made. Photo courtesy the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of…
In July 2020, Alberta passed a bill which makes sweeping changes to what it euphemistically calls "Administrative Penalties" (basically anything you might get a ticket for) and the way that…
We, humankind, are putting nature to rout and that’s not good for any species including our own. A new study in Nature, Ecology and Evolution of 160 species on six…
A National Research Council facility in Montreal will be repurposed to produce the Novovax Covid vaccine. About time.
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Gabrielle Drolet discusses how essential workers have been left to bear the physical and emotional burdens of workplaces designed to prioritize the…
Yesterday I joined Graham Richardson on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Kate Harrison & Lindsay Maskell for the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about how the delays in COVID vaccine…
One of the best open source projects is undoubtedly VLC, that little app with the pylon icon that plays any video file you throw at it. VLC embodies the spirit…
We are now dealing with the effects of what George Monbiot calls Long COVID. He writes: Long Covid is no respecter of youth, health or fitness. It afflicts more women…
Collingwood has joined other local municipalities asking the province to revamp its Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA; a guide from the Information and Privacy Commissioner…
It takes two things to fix Canada’s constitution. It takes ideas and leadership. Without suggestions as to how we will fix it or people to lead the parade, it is…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny marches on Tverskaya Street, Moscow, March 26, 2017. Photo by Evgeny Feldman/Wikimedia Commons. To understand Aleksei Naval’nyi’s significance for Russia, one needs some idea of…
Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin, lifelong friends, comrades, and collaborators. In this wide-ranging interview, members of the Canadian Dimension editorial committee spoke with Sam Gindin, a lifelong friend, comrade, and…
Buildings suck up a lot of energy and thus are massive contributors to our collective carbon footprint. After they are built ongoing operational costs are incurred, and the costs are…
When Joe Biden was inaugurated president it was said to have sent shockwaves through the QAnon loons who had convinced each other that Trump, not Biden, would be sworn in.…
The chance of Donald Trump being convicted in his upcoming Senate trial is remote. There are far too many Republicans happy to forgive and forget (read that as fear of…
Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance Nick Estes Verso, 2019 In the fall of 2016, in a…
Jeanne Sauvé and Brian Mulroney, November 6, 1984. Photo by Paul Latour/Ottawa Citizen. More than 30 years ago, a minor Canadian political scandal erupted involving then-Governor General Jeanne Sauvé and…
Back in the long ago year of 1997, Bruce Springsteen released a song called “57 Channels (And Nothin’ On)”. I always thought this was an odd song choice for Springsteen;…