Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Matthew Sitman writes about the fundamentally anti-social values being pushed by U.S. Republicans and their right-wing cousins – as well as the desperate…
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Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Richard Sima examines how the steps needed to limit the spread of COVID-19 in indoor workplaces would also help address longstanding air…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ross Barkan takes stock of the reality that the U.S. has allowed a million people to die of a disease whose transmission could…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jillian Horton discusses the lack of any meaningful effort to make education safe at the point when provincial governments should be planning for…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Brian Owens’ roundup includes reference to new research showing that excess deaths are the result of COVID-19 itself, not the lockdowns used to…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Maria Sarrhou talks to doctors about their frustrations treating COVID-19 in patients who chose not to be vaccinated. And Daniel Villareal reports…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Roni Caryn Rabin, Apoorva Mandervilli and Shawn Hubler discuss the U.S.’ reconsideration of plans to lift COVID-19 recommendations and restrictions in the face…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – David Olive rightly questions why big pharma has been gifted intellectual property monopolies and multi-billion-dollar profit streams over COVID vaccines developed through…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ivan Semeniuk writes about the changing COVID-19 pandemic as the primary threat becomes the spread of variants which weren’t known or accounted for…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Kenyon Wallace reports on new modelling showing a real risk of yet another wave of COVID spread in Ontario – even as widespread…
On unknown consequences
There’s been a spate of recent stories about the change in butter quality arising out of the use of palm oil as feed for cattle – with attention being paid…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Rachel Gilmore reports on polling showing that Canadians recognize (contrary to the spin of right-wing politicians looking to deflect blame) that there’s…
On limited consultations
While we’ll find out this afternoon what (if anything) the Moe Saskatchewan Party will do in terms of action against COVID-19, Jason Warick’s report on its consultation process doesn’t offer…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Allison Hanes reminds us that there is no escaping the reality of COVID-19 – and any attempt to take a vacation from the…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Don Pittis writes about the emptiness of any discussion of energy options which doesn’t account for the importance of averting a climate breakdown.…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Nick Falvo points out the massive cost savings that come from investing in Housing First programming. And Keith Gerein writes that if…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jeff Spross calls out the absurdity of gutting protections for health and safety in the name of “regulatory certainty” – particularly when that…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Larry Elliott writes that continuing inequality looms as an obstacle to meaningful climate action. But David Love offers a reminder that climate apartheid…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Justin Nobel exposes the toxic – and even radioactive – side effects of the oil and gas industry. Reuters reports on the widespread…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Damian Carrington reports on the large amount of microplastics raining down on residents of the world’s cities. Geoffrey Morgan notes that Alberta’s farmers…