Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Seth Borenstein writes that we shouldn’t treat constant wildfires as an exceptional event since we can expect them to be the norm…
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Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Alexander Haro reports on the scientific recognition that 2023 stands to be by far the hottest year in recorded human history (even compared…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Will Stone writes about the role viral reservoirs may be playing in both prolonging individual long COVID symptoms, and allowing for the…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Esther Choo and Scott Duke Kominers are the latest to point out the need for a focused effort (comparable to the Operation Warp…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Linda McQuaig calls out the Ford PCs for making it even more difficult to hold corporate health care operators to account for sub-par…
A healthy competition
Our federal government brought down its 2023 budget last week and it was very green. Dealing with climate change was front and centre. There were other good things, such as…
A healthy competition
Our federal government brought down its 2023 budget last week and it was very green. Dealing with climate change was front and centre. There were other good things, such as…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Statistics Canada offers some new (if dated) data on the spread of COVID-19 in Canada – with over 40% of those with antibodies…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Kevin Jiang reports on the reality that COVID-19 has resulted in a crash in life expectancy (which has already been stagnant due to…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Luke Savage points out that even biased right-wing polling is finding broad support for stronger social programs and limitations on corporate domination…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David Moscrop discusses how the Trudeau Libs have chosen to funnel money to cutthroat corporate consultants rather than building a functional public…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Ann Mallen offers a personal account of the effect of the continued COVID threat on people who are already immunocompromised, while Richard Woodbury…
Danielle Smith comes out swinging; Justin Trudeau responds with the rope-a-dope strategy
Danielle Smith comes out swinging. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). Justin Trudeau’s Liberals do the rope-a-dope. Remember, though, in addition to being prime minister, Mr. Trudeau is an…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Anne Sosin and Martha Lincoln discuss the war on empathy embodied by the flurry of media attacks against anybody with the temerity…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Matthew Agius reports on the growing body of evidence indicating that long COVID may produce lifelong aftereffects. Henna Saeed reports on the…
Rachel disappoints me
After Rachel Notley recently suggested Ottawa should trash its proposed “just transition” legislation, she was asked if her position might alienate her base. As someone who qualifies as a member…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ed Browne examines the differences between the Kraken variant and the forms of COVID-19 which have come before. Char Leung, Li Su…
From the folks who brought you sovereignty within a united Canada, ‘just transition’ is a divisive, polarizing term!
Sonya Savage is an intelligent woman with an impressive resume in government, the legal profession, and the energy industry. Federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson (Photo: JonathanWilkinson.ca). So presumably Alberta’s…
Free Money? No Thank You!
Many years ago the (then) Progressive Conservative government offered energy companies bags of money if they undertook projects the government thought were necessary. The CEO I worked for told us…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jessica Wildfire sets out the realities of COVID which are apparent to people on top of the flow of scientific news – even…