Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses a crowd at an end-of-year press conference in Kyiv, December 19, 2023. Photo courtesy President of Ukraine/Flickr. “No other activity is so continuously or universally…
Toronto, a city on the north side of Lake Ontario, is not a planned city. It is more of a happening place than people realize. After many years of haphazard…
The Alberta commentariat was asked: What can we expect from the United Conservative Party in 2024? The Alberta commentariat has answered: More of the same! Here are a couple of…
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It’s a LondOntLife #6 PDF
Wow! Leadership on protecting trans youth from a Republican governor! How refreshing! "Ohio’s Republican governor has vetoed legislation that would have barred transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, he said…
Assorted content to end your 2023. – Shannon Hall discusses new research showing that the positive effects of COVID-19 vaccination include a reduction in long COVID in children. And Erin…
Wow! Leadership on protecting trans youth from a Republican governor! How refreshing! “Ohio’s Republican governor has vetoed legislation that would have barred transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, he said…
Fresh off of the desktop, this year’s collection of cartoons is live and available as a PDF digital download with 89 cartoons across 52 high resolution pages. It’s a LondOntLife…
“I don’t take advice from men.” This TicTok is gaining in popularity. Paige Turner explained the missing pieces from the success story of Casey Neistat. (Who? He’s a vlogger and…
Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza outside a morgue in Rafah, December 19, 2023. Photo by Hatem Ali/AP. The Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in…
South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. This week actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for his role in the 2019 film Parasite, took his own life. Why? Because…
Recently, some well-known progressives — like Russell Brand, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, and Matt Tiabbi — have switched sides. Michelle Goldberg writes: Part of the answer is probably that the…
It was actually Lou Rosen, I first met. We were in that little custom tailoring shop he and brother Harry had opened on Parliament Street in Toronto. A fellow salesman…
With Edmonton Police Services ready to start breaking up some of the homeless camps in downtown Edmonton this morning, opponents of the mass clearances will circulate a letter to Edmonton…
So tonight I have been going through various Bookmarks and other saved posts and I’m finding some great stuff to share. This month I saw two different cartoons based on…
I believe Justin Trudeau has made quite a decent prime minister, certainly at least a major improvement over his predecessor. The only important disappointment for me was the betrayal of…
Cat in perspective.
On reading Evan Prodromou’s post Big Fedi, Small Fedi my response was a glib “I’m happy with small fedi but I’m fine with big fedi too.” But my feelings are…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jessica Wildfire offers a reminder of the breadth and depth of harm continuing to be caused by COVID-19. Julia Doubleday calls out…
