Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Helen Collis reports that European governments are only now starting to acknowledge the large number of people – particularly of prime working age…
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Another day, another carbon plan
Is there any issue that has had more plans and less action than global warming? Now the feds have presented us with another. And like its predecessors, it looks good…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Carly Weeks reports on the work being done to begin to understand and treat long COVID, while Erika Edwards reports on the profiteers…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Zak Vescera reports on leaked information showing that Saskatchewan’s COVID hospitalization rate has reached a record high just as Scott Moe decided…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Bruce Ziff highlights how axing vaccine passports and other basic health protections would only eliminate freedom for the vast majority of people who…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Melody Schreiber discusses how the U.S.’ inequality and lack of support for workers has severely exacerbated the pandemic. And Eric Schwitzgebel examines…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ryan Cooper highlights the reasons to be careful about any COVID minimizers seeking to declare the Omicron variant as too mild to…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Alejandro Jadad studies the social murder traceable to politicians’ flawed responses to COVID-19 and other known causes of sickness and death, while Tara…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – John Vidal discusses how the results of the Glasgow climate summit represents a failure by our leaders to act seriously in the…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Blair McBride writes about the long-term medical crisis Alberta can expect as people are unable or unwilling to have normal diagnoses carried out…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Thomas Saunders discusses how COVID-19 transmission through schools is resulting in effectively a separate epidemic among children and parents. Kathy Eagar offers a…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Cory Neudorf writes about the need for layers of COVID-19 protection now to avoid extreme measures like lockdowns due to the collapse of…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Umair Haque discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has been turned into a cash cow to be extended for profit, rather than a public…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election. – Alex Ballingall writes about the NDP’s task in translating the general popularity of Jagmeet Singh into votes and seats. And Gary Mason highlights…
Burning up the credits
Purchasing carbon offsets is a popular way to act against global warming, or at least to alleviate one’s conscience. An offset allows a business, government or individual to pay someone…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Cory Coleman reports on the blunt recommendation from public health experts that people not attend Saskatchewan Roughrider games due to the near…
Bread And Circuses
No, I am not one of those who begrudge rich people their pleasures and pursuits. Content in my own life, I harbour no ill-will toward those who are better off…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Robert Booth and Heather Stewart report on Boris Johnson’s insistence on lifting COVID-19 protections even as case counts rise in the UK. And…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Marlene Habib writes about the continued efforts of grocery workers to ensure we have access to food and supplies in the face of…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Patricia Treble discusses how the rise of the Delta COVID-19 variant is making it vital to hit higher vaccine targets than previously…