Ontario’s COVID-19 Disaster in Five Words
The Ontario government would like to blame the behaviour of Ontario’s citizens for this disaster implying somehow we are so much worse than the citizens of other countries, and even…
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A Stinging Indictment
The Covid numbers in Ontario today are grim: 4,812 new cases and 25 more deaths. The following report by the CBC’s Ellen Mauro places the blame precisely where it belongs:…
Another Alberta spring day: Premier lectures, Speaker apologizes, dissident pastor’s secret sermon revealed as anti-vaxxers chant ‘lock ’er up!’
Jason Kenney had barely decided what to do about his United Conservative Party’s dissident COVID-denial caucus when a mob of three or four hundred anti-vaxxers turned up on the steps…
As If The World Weren’t Suffering Enough
Prepare to be tutored about the relationship between Covid swabs and zombies, thanks to the good offices of the most Reverend Jim Bakker: Right-wing conspiracy theorist Steve Quayle warns Jim…
Hundreds of maskless demonstrators, apparently none from GraceLife congregation, protest COVID-defiant church’s closing
Several hundred mostly maskless protesters packed the rural road in front of GraceLife Church southwest of Edmonton Sunday to protest against the closing last Wednesday of the Edmonton-area church by…
Does Mr Kenney Lie Awake at Night?
“With respect to MLAs who have stated their position, in this province we believe in freedom of speech. We believe in democracy.” – Jason Kenney after 16 UCP MLAs challenged…
Plague Update: Callous Government
Dr. Kyle, as he’s known on Twitter, wrote the Moose Jaw Independent paper. The COVID-19 Variants of Concern in the Moose Jaw area are shockingly bad, and the school division…
48 Hrs In Alberta Politics
The last couple of days in Alberta have been interesting … not good, but interesting. It all starts with a bunch of rural UCP MLAs putting out a joint letter…
BC Greens Eclipsing The BC Liberals And BC NDP Over Covid-19 Issues
BC Greens call for stricter measures on COVID-19 For immediate release April 8th, 2021 VICTORIA, B.C. – Since the beginning of April, more than 6,000 British Columbians have tested…
Things fall apart? 18 UCP MLAs join full-blown rebellion against Alberta’s effort to control COVID-19 third wave
Having opted Tuesday for a return to restrictions on some business and social activities to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the face of virulent mutations of the coronavirus, Premier…
On a wing and a prayer, Alberta reluctantly adopts stricter measures to counter frightening upswing in coronavirus variants
Faced with rising infection rates and a frightening upswing in coronavirus variants, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney reluctantly announced a return to somewhat stricter measures to control the spread of COVID-19…
FINAL Prison Covid Newsletter (vol 2, no 5), April 2021
The Prison Covid-19 Information Project provides COVID-19 news and resources for prisoners and their families and loved ones on the outside. Their April newsletter will be their final edition. It…
Interview with the Guelph Back-Grounder: On Teaching Critical Thinking
In early February, just before immersing myself into the current quad of online teaching, a friend of a friend interviewed me for a local independent journal. I thought it would…
As cases grow, so too do fears that this third wave will be amplified by long-weekend travel
It seems that we have been chasing COVID 19 instead of proactively shutting down the risk factors. Our federal and provincial governments have called for and supported closing our borders…
Plague Update: Hockey Canary
The Quebec Remparts are among five QMJHL teams forced to suspend team activities due to positive COVID-19 tests. https://t.co/mDZhsb4hrt — CBC News (@CBCNews) April 4, 2021 The WHL is carrying…
Happy Easter! A time of astonishing negligence, incompetence and mismanagement by Alberta’s UCP Government
Happy Easter 2021! It being Easter Sunday, presumably the flock at GraceLife Church in Parkland County will pack into their pews inside their barn-like rolled-steel worship centre southwest of Edmonton…
What Jason Kenney calls the virus-versus-vaccine race is part of Alberta’s problem fighting COVID-19
According to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s logic, Alberta’s doing a better job of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic than New Zealand. New Zealand, a country with a population roughly the…
The COVID-19 Vaccination Screw Up
For a long time during this pandemic, Susan and I were in the “not eligible” age bracket for the COVID-19 vaccination (65-79 years old) here in Ontario. Why our age…
Alberta—big winner of Covid relief
The Covid pandemic has, among other things, reminded us that we are indeed “all in it together,” requiring government leadership and assistance unprecedented in recent history. According to a report…