David Cochrane: "I never stop to be shocked at how shocked the Americans are at the logical consequences of their actions, 'Can you believe they're not selling our booze after we disrupted all of their core industries?'"

Thank you, thank you, thank you ❤️ nanaimonewsnow.com/2026/04/25/i...

This morning we heard from industry that pharma companies are withholding the launch of 16+ drugs in the Canadian market because they’re unsure of the profit implications in the US market by launching here. Drug companies are withholding drugs from sick patients because they want to maximize profits

So naturally pharma industry is interested in maintaining high prices in the comparator companies. The narrative about why this is “important” for patients is emerging here. It’s nonsense hyperbole and Canadians shouldn’t fall for it, to protect pharma’s massive profits.

This is a FRAUDULENT paper, AI-generated. My name was used as an author and I had nothing to do with it, never saw it until today e-pubmed.co.uk/journals/dig... The "Editors" Angelo Rossi Mori, David Mensah, and Zarnie Khadjesari and this "Journal" should be reported.

On this day in 1984, police arrested Guy Paul Morin for the murder of Christine Jessop, a crime he did not commit. It took until 1995 before DNA evidence cleared him of the crime. Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇 buff.ly/RdlHGzf

WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

Take a few minutes this morning to listen to our Prime Minister share our progress, the challenges ahead and the Canada Strong strategy. youtu.be/uk2TZwkhi4E?...

Two nights ago, Russia sent nearly 700 drones and dozens of missiles at Ukrainian civilians. In the fifth year of the war, aerial attacks on Ukrainian civilians have become even more intense and more frequent. Please join me in this campaign for air defense equipment. You can help protect lives.

At what point do people in Ontario rise up and say, we have no hospitals or schools, and you are buying jets so you can fly from the Toronto islands to Muskoka, and this is too fucking much? You can only buy so many ads and buy off so many drivers, before it is too fucking much

Sanofi will be making Novavax available in Canada this fall — but it’s up to the provinces or territories to order this vaccine. Send an email to your health minister and your local representative to tell them why Novavax access is essential for many people: covidsociety.ca/news/nuvaxov...

Local man tells post-secondary students money doesn't grow on trees and then picks private jet from private jet tree.

Data published today by CIHI show there were 57,700 hospitalizations in Canada for vaccine-preventable diseases in 2024, more than DOUBLE the rate in 2019. 40% were related to COVID, the largest driver of hospitalizations for vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases. www.cihi.ca/en/priority-...

How do GLP-1 meds improve liver health through #weightloss independent mechanisms? Here Dr. Gonzalez Rellan & colleagues identify Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells as direct targets of semaglutide, linking LSECs to reduction of #inflammation #Fibrosis #MASH www.cell.com/cell-metabol...

Have you seen our new Abortion is Healthcare billboard in Moncton, NB? 🎉 Help us spread more more pro-choice messaging across the country by donating to our billboard fundraiser: chuffed.org/project/1704...

Never forget. #cdnpoli

One of my cartoons in Monday's Metro

Little migrating songbirds are performing one of the most stunning behaviors on the planet-- some are flying from Brazil to Canada, overnight. When they stop to rest they are exhausted and vulnerable. Protect them by keeping cats inside! It helps cats too! abcbirds.org/solutions/ke...

Hey this reminds me of that time CBER Director Vinay Prasad forced FDA scientists to withdraw a manuscript on a similar topic from the journal I edit. Now it’s Podcast Jay’s turn! The actual standards for Gold Standard Science are unclear besides “vaccines bad, corruption good”

PP’s handler only allows softball questions. Freedom of expression is explicitly protected under Section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. "freedom of the press and other media of communication" allows for reporting and news gathering without government censorship #Canada

Those who voted for Doug Ford, (who wastes $ on tunnels, laws to remove bike lanes, grift for Greenbelt land etc) can wait in the waiting room for the staff to return.

Scott Anderson, Ostrich MP, was duped by UOF (no surprise) A months-long CBC fifth estate investigation reveals the campaign by Universal Ostrich Farms to save its ostriches was built on a foundation of exaggerated and false claims about their birds, business, and scientific findings. #CdnPoli 🇨🇦

This is a good idea, could get big enough to be an alternative to the US foundation models.

Greatest. Correction. Ever.

9 April 1934 | Hungarian Jewish girl Hajnal Fried was born in Vilmany. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q

Influenza B still going strong in Ottawa wastewater. Clinical surveillance is a few weeks behind. On this day 6(!) years ago, a sample was collected in Ottawa that would go on to become the first SARS-CoV-2 datapoint on the chart! Joined a couple of years later with Inf A, Inf B, RSV, MPOX.🎂

In different hands, Mythos would be an unprecedented cyberweapon I am not sure how we deal with this, except to note a narrow window where we know only 3 companies could be at this level of capability. But it may be Chinese models (maybe open weights ones?) get there in 9 months.

US, Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire. Some thoughts: -Both had strong reasons to want the war to stop (very costly for each, even if in a very different way) -Their demands in coming talks for a durable ceasefire are VERY distant, & both will be intransigent -So the risk of renewed violence is real

Bob Rae on Trump's threat against Iranian civilization: "It's a horrendous statement. It's genocidal ... It's illegal the way [the Americans have] been behaving. And the kind of targets that they've set, the kind of targets that they've hit, the amount of destruction that they've done."

I'm not saying that reporters need to grandstand some moral denunciation of the president. But we do have an obligation to actual ask questions about this increasingly-sideways war! And asking the president to craft his best talking point sure ain't fucking it.

If you think a Trump electoral false flag terror incident is impossible, keep in mind that Vance arrives in Hungary tomorrow — right in the middle of Orbán’s electoral false flag terror operation, which Vance will presumably endorse. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

So, #UniRosedale, advance polls in this critical by-election are open for two more days, today, Sunday, and tomorrow, Monday. Make it easy: get out now to vote for Dr. Danielle Martin, family physician, longtime public health care advocate and hugely promising member of Mark Carney’s team. 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁

This is outrageous! By giving his government the power to appoint ALL regional chairs across Ontario, Premier Ford is effectively seizing control of regional governments. School boards. Killing FOIs. And now, regional councils. Ford is dismantling our democracy. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

Main Topic: Where Flowers and Leaves Are Emerging Early After Record-Warm March via @washingtonpost.com On The Extreme Temperature Diary FRI 4/03/2026 At: guyonclimate.com + #climate #weather +rec temp reports @michaelemann.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @bhensonweather.bsky.social

Red Lobster went bankrupt because of private equity, not shrimp.

My piece in the Economist where I argue against de-weirding AI. It is a strange technology with both risks & opportunities that need to be discovered. Pretending AI works like normal IT automation can result in bad outcomes for both companies & their employees. www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies: a) Ever; b) In the run-up to starting a war in the Middle East FT has the scoop: www.ft.com/content/744e... In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.

This story is insane. Married an American, arrested at her greencard interview, flown out of state, nearly killed multiple times when her diabetes was ignored and then mistreated. When she finally got out? Found out her credit card had been used illegally. www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-wo...

Re-upping this article from 18 months ago. We STILL need a national inquiry in Canada on our COVID response.

28 March 1939 | Dutch Jewish girl, Yvonne Suskind, was born in Bergen op Zoom. In September 1944 she was imprisoned in #Theresienstadt ghetto and on 23 October 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

The Situation, March 27, 2026

"The push for answers comes as some 🇨🇦 limit/completely avoid travel to 🇺🇸, with many citing fears about how border authorities might treat them. Dingell says she became aware of the story last w/e fr a Substack journalist who connected her w the 🇨🇦 man, a 68yo retired nuclear power plant employee."

The beautiful preservstion of trilobite compound eyes will never cease to amaze me. On this little 400ish million year old Phacops you can see all the little lenses - each one a rigid calcite mineral crystal! Together they had excellent 360° vision, perfect for finding lunch on the seafloor.

The Human Cost of Failing to Name COVID ‘Airborne.’ Safety laws are being sidestepped. One doctor’s nightmare shows how health-care workers pay the price, by @jvipondmd.bsky.social @dickzoutman.bsky.social @smbilodeau.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... via @thetyee.ca

27 March 1937 | An Italian Jewish girl, Sara Gesess, was born in Padua. She was deported to #Auschwitz in August 1944, where she was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- ▶ The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

les insectes célèbres : Napoléon 1er et son bicorne Membracidae demi-lune bleue (Lunacornis caerulea) #insects #animals #history

The 2026-27 Ontario budget falls at least $3 billion short of what is needed to mantain current service levels #onpoli