Why is Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides suddenly in such a rush to relocate 500 Athabasca University employees now scattered across Canada to the institution’s namesake town in the aspen…
Big Democratic win today in the US Senate. This “Dark Brandon” meme seems to have legs: Thanks, @POTUS. pic.twitter.com/2PxrbDOtJB — Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) August 8, 2022 #DarkBrandonRises pic.twitter.com/skjETVXU5Y — Molly…
On first hearing about U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s planned visit to Taiwan it struck me as a rather, shall we say, stupid idea. It would infuriate the…
British Columbia could be in the sixth year of the PowerBC program had John Horgan been sincere when he announced it in 2015. Instead, the NDP government and public institutions…
Today’s tonic: “Ontario has a doctor shortage. So why isn’t the Ford government licensing more internationally trained physicians living here?” https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/08/07/ontario-has-a-doctor-shortage-so-why-isnt-the-ford-government-licensing-more-internationally-trained-physicians-living-here.html #onpoli #cdnpoli #doctors #todaystonic #foreigntraineddoctors
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Canadian civil rights lawyer and activist Clayton Ruby passed away on August 2. He was 80-years-old. Photo courtesy the Toronto Star archives/Toronto Public Library. Who you gonna call? Clay Ruby.…
On August 8, Collingwood council will “consider” a proposal to spend “up to $100,000 to retain a consultant to inform the next council on how Collingwood can better protect tree…
It is amazing how the human mind can wander. I was reading the other day about Ontario premier Doug Ford’s reluctance to release the mandate letters he is reputed to…
Starting with some good cartoons: The GOP’s miscalculation: Handmaids vote. #MobilizeForMidterms pic.twitter.com/xeatccejZJ — Nick Knudsen ?? (@NickKnudsenUS) August 6, 2022 We thought everybody had already been divided into voters and…
In 2020, young people went to Germany’s Constitutional Court to argue the country’s Federal Climate Protection Act (“Bundesklimaschutzgesetz” or “KSG”) was insufficient and therefore violated their constitutional rights. They succeeded.//
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Kayla Kuhfeldt et al. study the effect of a combined vaccine and masking policy, and find that those basic public health measures were…
Starting a daily post I’ll call, “Today’s tonic”: articles that bring reason, intelligence, & common sense to counter to nonsense, lies, & bigotries currently on the rise in our society.…
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Photo by Eneas De Troya/Flickr. President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is currently embroiled in an international dispute that has pitted his…
In the past, I’ve had problems with my back. They’ve returned, so I’ll be taking a break from blogging. But I hope to be back soon.
What kept MP Pierre Poilievre away from the conservative leadership’s last debate for this year? Did he have anything to lose? Did he not want to be the target one…
This is true for us lefty Canadians too: In fact, I’m so crazy I wrote an article about it!https://t.co/DQtpnHeMeq — Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) August 5, 2022 Being timid, defensive, and…
In a video message posted yesterday morning, Athabasca University President Peter Scott ripped the United Conservative Party Government’s plan to force the institution to dramatically increase its presence in its…
Part of the trillions of dollars in subsidies to fossil fuel producers reflects governments undercharging supply costs (rights and royalties), but most involve implicit subsidies, including undercharging for environmental costs.…
