Russia just bombed the main highway leading into Kharkiv - heavy traffic with families returning home after Christmas - cars are burning with people in them. And we discuss signing something with them?

Four months after repealing Endangered Species Act Doug Ford's gov introduced legislation that ceases to recognize Ontario’s 106 endangered species, handing responsibility for their protection entirely to federal government. There are 13 endangered bird species in Ontario pibo.ca/en/endangere...

BREAKING: Doctors warn of surging flu cases as 1,900 Americans have died, including children Professor Andrew Pekosz of Johns Hopkins said subclade K may evade immunity, increasing vulnerability to infection.

It bears noting that this occurred in a Covenant Health facility. The Premier likes to vilify AHS and its teams/leads, but inordinate gridlock and severe overcrowding is an ongoing critical bottleneck regardless of what entity runs the hospital... 6/14

I cannot speak to any specific details of this tragic event, but I do feel it is very important to state: there is NO SITUATION where it is normal for a pt to wait >8hrs with severe chest pain if there is ANY meaningful flow in an ED that is functioning as it should be. 2/14

This is a tragic event, and my heart goes out to the pt's family. globalnews.ca/news/1... 1/14

The wife of the 44 year-old man who died this week in Edmonton after waiting 8 hrs in the ER with chest pain was told by hospital security staff she was "being rude" Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?

That and the fact that Ford has gutted protections for renters while doing the entire bidding of his rich developer buddies.

You are blaming the federal government for provincial responsibilities. Learn the difference. There has been a decade + of Con governments in the majority of the country at the provincial level. They have gutted rent controls, refused increases in minimum wage, eroded public housing & healthcare etc

🎄 Santa cleared Canadian airspace. His reindeer too. Meanwhile Pierre Poilievre still hasn’t obtained federal security clearance. That’s not a meme, it’s a fact CBC has reported. This is why CBC matters. They report the uncomfortable truths others ignore.

Quebecers urged to avoid ER visits unless needed due to respiratory virus ‘maelstrom’ - Montreal | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1158944...

What Smith embodies is something political theorists increasingly describe as libertarian authoritarianism, a paradoxical but now well-documented phenomenon in which the language of freedom is used to justify the concentration of power, the erosion of democratic norms, and the dismantling ...

Bring vaccines back into schools Restore public health Keep politicians and corporations away from public health www.thestar.com/news/ontario...

Dani’s healthcare policies are harming people: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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The Intercept reports on the companies that are making millions as ICE bounty hunters: theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...

Remember: it is a LIE that immigration is associated with crime (on the contrary), including undocumented. This isn't said enough. Connecting immigrants to crime is a foundational LIE. Always be skeptical of a policy or action based on this spin. Eg: siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythica...

From the DM's... When all you want for Christmas is an extension of your chartered surgical facility contract? #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

A damn shame PM Carney’s prioritization of fossil fuels, while completely ignoring wind/solar, means this innovative Cdn entity must look elsewhere for sales: “Its long-duration technology, known as advanced compressed air energy storage, is designed to www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Get rid of Doug Ford, for starters www.thestar.com/interactives...

A reminder that the German fascist AfD have found common cause with Canada's conservative parties and their supporting network of grievance entrepreneurs. Their members have travelled the country with conservatives to fund raise. No repercussions. #cdnpoli bsky.app/profile/joni...

They got caught. They’re backing down. But this isn’t over. There needs to be a class action lawsuit. Instacart admitted it was using AI to charge different people different prices for the exact same items. Algorithmic price gouging. That scam could cost a family of four $1,200 more a year.

We condemn the scandalous US visa ban on former EU Commisioner Breton and digital activists. Protecting democracy isn’t censorship. ✋🏼 Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech. Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼

Oh, look. It must be pressure point time on Trump, opting again, to threaten Canada as a diversion strategy:

NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners. It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

The Doug Ford government dropped tire recycling targets, but consumers are still paying eco fees on tires, and there have been job losses for those who used to collect and recycle tires. This is horrible for both the environment and for workers. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Counting up all the damage Doug Ford has brought upon the province of Ontario - it's endless We need smarter leaders, not self-interested businessmen/grifters. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

To be blunt: if you are doing anything at all right now to reduce your risk of infection from SARS-CoV-2, you're being smart. As a result of the current high prevalence of flu, masking is back in the media. Ignore anything negative said about it. Political nonsense is irrelevant.

Please remember, every time you see a newspaper or magazine article denigrating people - people like myself - who choose to avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2, there will always be a tiny, quiet voice in the mind of the author whispering, 'what if they're right'? We are right.

SARS-CoV-2 is so dangerous precisely because of its insidious nature. Its propensity to continually re-infect. The superficial similarity of the symptoms it causes to those of other common viruses. The unseen risk of sequelae. That wretched molecular shark tricks almost everyone.

A key component of analysis is the distillation of complex situations to the fundamental concepts that underpin them. I never, ever thought in 2020 that the simple concept of, 'I don't want to get infected with a novel virus' would be warped from common sense to a rebellious act.

"Many benefiting from predatory delay- when forced to choose between prolonging profitably destructive inertia, or preserving planetary stability, long-term prosperity & even democracy- have doubled down to grab all the money they can"

Evergreen question.

Please go away John Tory. We’ve had enough of you. Get a life of your own! www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...

America First Guy wants to start a war with Venezuela, take over Greenland, make Canada into the 51st state, continue the disastrous economic trade war with allies, and keep supporting Israel's genocide. Well done, MAGA.

Everyone is porcupining and bracing for war. Finland has raised the reservist age to 65, bringing its reserve force to nearly one million. The memory of the Winter War with the USSR continues to shape Finnish thinking. yle.fi/a/74-20201345

Another step backawards on the environment for Canada. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

I've now watched the censored 60 Minutes report on CECOT. If you watched it too—and if you have any decency at all—I'm sure you came to the same conclusion I did: winning elections won't be enough; people like Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem will need to be charged and imprisoned.

WTF is this? I did not write or submit this paper. Are journals now run entirely by AIs who hallucinate entire publications? Knowledge Of Pregnant Women About The Benefits Of Pregnancy Books In Ottawa | International Journal of Health Engineering and Technology share.google/ArcgxhUDfSY9...

What our leading public health officials think

Canada is no bastion of science and research, turnips. Harper undercut science in Canada for years and there was never any reinvestment. Where are these people going to work? In our government, which is laying off workers and "investing" in AI? At our universities, also awash with layoffs?

The head of Newfoundland and Labrador's health authority says a review is coming soon of invoices paid to a private travel nurse agency flagged for possible billing fraud by the province's auditor general. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Do we charge for this? Or is it a free service we provide to friendly dictators?

A dangerous path the United States is going down: US seizure of China-bound tanker near Venezuela escalates US conflict with Beijing countercurrents.org/2025/12/us-s...

NEW: The Guardian says a 2023 DOJ dump included an MCC-guard email confirming “It appeared [Epstein] mailed [a note] out [to Nassar] and it was returned back to him. I am not sure if I should open it or should we hand it over to anyone?” DOJ hasn’t explained how this was “faked.”

Remember when every leader wanted their picture taken with Greta? She is still that truth teller, they just can't face the truth of their crimes.

tl;dr version: David Wallace and James Di Fiore