Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Don Braid discusses how Alberta’s health care system and polity are both collapsing under the weight of a UCP government which has utterly…
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An Open Letter To Jason Kenney
Dear Premier Kenney, The time for you to step down has come. It actually arrived in July of 2021 when COVID-19 modelling was showing Alberta going into a fourth wave…
On politicization
There have been a couple of indications as to how Alberta’s refusal to take basic health precautions in the face of COVID’s fourth wave (and in all likelihood Saskatchewan’s as…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Khalden Dhatsenpa and Gavin Armitage-Ackerman write about the need to treat housing as a human right rather than a commodity. – PressProgress…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Graham Thomson discusses how the UCP has put politics over public well-being in choosing to let COVID run rampant (while now seeking…
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…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Steven Lewis writes about the increased COVID risk Saskatchewan is facing as a result of Scott Moe’s refusal to govern. And Duane…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Tzvi Joffre reports on the C.1.2 COVID variant which is confirming that the threat posed by the coronavirus continues to change and spread.…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Crawford Kilian takes note of new research showing that the Delta variant of COVID-19 produces more severe outcomes (including increased hospitalization rates) even…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The editorial boards of the Leader-Post and Star-Phoenix discuss the individual math which makes the case for vaccination compelling – though it’s worth…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Holly Yan examines the growing medical recognition that children need to be protected from COVID-19 (and particularly the Delta variant). David Holtgrave et…
Alberta’s Conservatives Are Abusers
It should come as no surprise to most readers that I have little use for conservatism in its current form. I think it has become something to be reviled, and…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Nora Loreto points out the thousands of deaths known to have been caused by the spread of COVID-19 in Canadian hospitals – and…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Emily Anthes highlights what the people paying attention to COVID-19 (and particularly the Delta variant) have learned about the risks of transmission…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – CBC News reports on the research which is just starting to systematically identify and treat the worrisome symptoms of long COVID. Gabriel Scally…
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…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Kelly Grant writes that the toll from COVID-19 includes driving many workers out of the nursing profession. And Kim Siever notes that…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Peter Beaumont reports on the World Health Organization’s warning that the premature lifting of COVID-19 restrictions does nothing but put people at…
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…