There were seven uninformative canned quotes in the Alberta Government’s news release yesterday announcing the imminent opening of the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Calgary on Oct. 28,…
Surely everybody understands that the point of the United Conservative Party Government’s $7-million “Scrap the Cap” scare campaign announced yesterday is to use Alberta taxpayers’ money to campaign against the…
When she opened her news conference on Nov. 8 last year, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith began: “Welcome to a new day for health care in Alberta!” Did she get that…
Assorted content to end your week.- Melissa Hanson writes about life as a climate refugee from what was billed as a relatively safe area - making for a particularly painful…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Paul Abela writes that the continual concentration of wealth is patently unsustainable. Alex Himelfarb discusses how neoliberalism has laid the groundwork for the…
Miscellaneous material for your Truth and Reconciliation Day reading.- Michelle Cyca discusses the promise that the awareness and education shared in the course of Truth and Reconciliation Day can be…
Assorted content to end your week.- Steve Hanley discusses how a climate breakdown would result in the destruction of any other social and political goals which might otherwise be achieved.…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Bob Berwyn discusses new research showing that existing climate models may underestimate the tendency toward extremes in water levels - including both floods…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jeremy Hsu discusses how people massively underestimate the disproportionate climate damage done by the uber-wealthy. Mark Fawcett-Atkinson notes that the dirty energy industry is…
Assorted content to end your week.- David Climenhaga writes that nobody should be surprised by Danielle Smith's determination to privatize Alberta's health system - though her explicit declaration that she…
Things are beginning to line up in terms of the UCP's plan and we can see now how they are going to attack health care and Albertans. There's quite a…
I’m the lead author of a recent report, commissioned by Vibrant Communities Calgary, looking at factors associated with social disorder on public transit (including social disorder involving people experiencing homelessness).…
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Ayesha Tandon discusses a new study showing that the limiting factor in averting a climate breakdown is public policy rather than technological limitations. Aaron…
Assorted content to end your week.- Ian Urquhart writes that while it's well and good to insist that the oil and gas industry stop attempting to greenwash its contribution to…
Everytime, that I read a conservative criticism of the Canadian Health Care System, I am brought back to one of a variety of economics classes. Those classes all described the…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Hazel Sheffield and Larry Elliott report on new research showing that the austerity and low-wage policies of the UK Cons have pushed nearly…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Hazel Sheffield and Larry Elliott report on new research showing that the austerity and low-wage policies of the UK Cons have pushed nearly…
The Minden ER closed June 1, 2023. A recent article in the Minden Paper explains why this should worry all of us. Jeff Nicholls said, “After we analyzed the decision-making…
The Minden ER closed June 1, 2023. A recent article in the Minden Paper explains why this should worry all of us.Jeff Nicholls said,"After we analyzed the decision-making processes before,…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Joëlle Gergis asks what it will take for political leaders to acknowledge and act on the science demonstrating that we're on the precipice…
