You might not know this but, if it wasn’t for viruses, we wouldn’t exist. About half the human genome was created by viruses. As for the current contagion, we’re making…
When talk turns to survival/infection rates in the pandemic the focus is usually on death and how much the economy is damaged so that a relatively small percentage of the…
Donald Trump wants the governor of Minnesota to put his collective knee on the carotid artery of Minneapolis demonstrators rioting over the police execution of George Floyd, an unarmed and…
Two weeks since the Wisconsin Supreme Court granted a Republican application to strike down the Democratic governor’s lockdown order the Cheese State is reaping what they have sown. The Wisconsin…
A graphic in The New York Times reveals that the prospect of developing ‘herd immunity’ to the Covid-19 virus is not at all likely. The top left shows the infection/antibodies…
Is America primed for a 60s-style race war? 1967. A bunch of buddies and I piled into a car (they were huuuge back then) and drove to Windsor’s waterfront Dieppe…
Will China up the pressure on Canada after today’s decision from the B.C. Supreme Court finding that the bank fraud charge against Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou is an extraditable charge. In…
Many have imagined the Covid pandemic will usher in a new era marked by fundamental change. To some that means a low-carbon world just ticking along on alternative, green energy.…
I remember the flight of Yuri Gagarin. I remember the suborbital flight of Alan Shepard and the three-looper of John Glenn. I grew up devouring the progress of the Mercury,…
Some creatures, the oldest, carry within them billions of years of evolutionary history. Human activity is putting that history in jeopardy as we drive those species into extinction. It’s ironic…
When Stephen Harper began popping up in the news again I felt like an abused dog finding itself crossing paths with his evil former master. Give him his due, Sideshow…
The headline really isn’t funny – “Every living premier in Ontario blames long-term care facilities problems on their predecessor.” The process started when reporters asked Doug Ford about the accusations.…
So much for Doug Ford’s brief stint as the caring, concerned premier of Ontario. The province’s Covid-19 response changed public opinion of the giant blonde lout. Then this. Cockroaches, rotten…
Donald Trump is furious that his favourite communications vehicle, Twitter, intends to fact check his lie-laden tweets. Donald Trump responded to Twitter‘s new policy to add a fact-check link on…
The Alberta government sees a silver lining in the Covid-19 lockdown. With social distancing measures in place, pipeline opponents would find it hard to gather for protests, which makes this…
Soldiers are supposed to be pretty tough but they weren’t prepared for what they witnessed when sent in to assist at Canadian nursing homes. Canadian Armed Forces members deployed to…
Every arrival took a toll. European settlement, measles, smallpox, Spanish Flu, Christian missionaries – decimated their numbers. The survivors learned some brutally costly lessons but, when Covid-19 rolled around, BC’s…
It was Donald Trump who chose Charlotte, North Carolina to host his year’s Republican convention where his presidential nomination will be rubber stamped. Now he’s warning the state governor he’ll…
It’s a form of natural selection, survival of the fittest. Covid-19 isn’t just a human disease. It’s also a catalyst for change. Pier 1 is shutting its doors. Reitman’s is…
It’s a lesson that came at a murderous cost but the Covid-19 pandemic opened Canadian eyes to the national disgrace of our nursing homes which accounted for 82 per cent…
