An important read from @theatlantic.com: This is how a child dies of measles, by Elizabeth Bruenig. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The small-town paper in Tumbler Ridge is going to need support. This is its front page right now. Their subscription page is here: www.patreon.com/tumblerridge...

As featured in my and @felixsimon.bsky.social's newsletter, 45 freelance journalists and commissioning editors shared with me their experiences of the impact of GenAI on their work. Here's the nuanced picture emerging from those testimonies. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/speed-h...

War Came to Ukraine and Its Dogs Are Not the Same www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/s...

“Journalism is a public service, and I am proud to be a public servant. Professional reporting, observing and documenting is not a crime. But the freedom to do so is at risk.

I Was Arrested for Doing My Job as a Reporter. Who’s Next? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...

“For every half-wit decision by a poseur in a 42-long, slim-fit suit, they report even harder. This ethic has been especially true in the renowned Sports section, which was killed in a Zoom announcement notable for its belly-wriggling cowardice and self-owning incompetence.” Read this. Please.

“For better or for worse, what people most admire in Canada, certainly more than success, is the capacity to endure,” Stephen Marche writes. “What liberal democracies need now, more than ever, is the sheer will to go on, without nostalgia for what once was.”

Sally Jenkins on the Washington Post's sports section: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

I was preparing for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Then I got news that changed everything www.nytimes.com/athletic/702...

"You don’t need to be a scholar of public int'l law to know that if Alberta is sovereign, Canada isn’t united. If Canada is united, Alberta, as a sub-national province of Canada, is not sovereign. ... Suffice it to say you can’t have your sovereignty both ways." thewalrus.ca/danielle-smi...

"A key figure in Alberta’s separatist movement said Premier Danielle Smith indicated to him that if the province goes it alone she’d stay on as its leader. And the title she’d prefer in the role is prime minister." thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...

John Candy and Catherine O'Hara made the world a better place. Canada and the world is a better place for them having existed.

Our community has already noticed a number of the documents released today have been removed from public access.

Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her

what a whirlwind of a performer. RIP, Catherine O'Hara

Please put your favorite Catherine O’Hara gif below.

Bravo to @thestar.com for covering the under-appreciated and deadly risks associated with the beauty aesthetic industry and how this industry has only the pretense of medical oversight. www.thestar.com/news/investi...

That we're in a place, at a time, when someone has to write this headline, this article — it's almost unfathomable. Please do read @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social's take. www.statnews.com/2026/01/12/m...

Jirdes Winther Baxter, 101, Dies; Last Survivor of Epidemic in Alaska www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/o...

Also in Alberta: Doctors urge Alberta to cancel more surgeries to ease pressure in crowded emergency rooms. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

RSV shots are extremely effective at preventing hospitalization, more data shows. So why is the U.S. government restricting them to "high-risk" babies only? My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Alberta doctors say leadership lacking amid crisis of overcrowding in hospitals: www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

90 Minutes to Give Baby Luna a New Heart www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/w...

Excellent analysis of Calgary's water pipe mess from @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social (www.sprawlcalgary.com/bearspaw-wat...)

Such an important story and we need more like this: What a viral YouTube video says about the future of journalism. www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...

Children will die with RFK Jr.'s new vaccine recommendations. We're NOT doing the "experts disagree" game. The US vaccine schedule was painstakingly constructed through a deep & thorough process by experts with unquestionable expertise. This is policy by fiat. It is pre-meditated murder. 1/

I Love My Naturally Aging Face www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...

Something funny is happening in Alberta. Albertans are following the law—and it’s driving the government bonkers. People using new referendum and recall laws exactly as written are triggering chaos the province didn't anticipate. @cfrangou.bsky.social explores: thewalrus.ca/malicious-compli...

CDC Gives Danish Researchers $1.6M to Study Hep B Vaccine Birth Dose in Africa www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

What to Know About the New H3N2 Flu Strain url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Lindsey Vonn and Philip Rivers show what can happen when athletes keep competing into their 40s, by Sally Jenkins. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

Journalists and consumers of journalism: I'm looking to put together a reading list of features. Could be published anywhere. Preference for stories under 1,000 words and/or multimedia; fun and appeal to a younger audience. Could be published anywhere: newspaper, TikTok, Substack, etc.

The destruction of the enterprise of US academic science has been one of the most confounding aspects of a hugely confounding year. My @statnews.com colleagues are writing about the consequences for individuals & the country. You want to read this series. www.statnews.com/american-sci...

Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of Benefit www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/h...

A large national trial of about 46,000 women, 40 to 74 years old, found that screening women according to their level of risk was as effective in detecting tumors as the one-size-fits-most screening currently recommended.

Alberta country music star Corb Lund says the citizens petition initiative he had filed against coal mining in the Rocky Mountains has been retroactively killed by Alberta’s new legislation:

When Words Disappear—How Banning Words Imperils Health Care Communication. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

How Do We Know Aluminum Adjuvants in Vaccines Are Safe? www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...

Acting CDER Director Tracy Beth Høeg is not wasting any time ensuring that babies are as vulnerable as possible to preventable diseases that kill them. Now she's going after preventive RSV meds based on unverified claims from an anti-vax blogger. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Longevity supplements are sold as helping prevent ageing. But there's no evidence these supplements have meaningful benefits for humans. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Wall Street Journal reports that Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison “offered assurances” he would drastically transform CNN if he bought Warner Bros. Discovery www.wsj.com/business/med...

Writing in the @thestar.com, Steven Guilbeault gives his take on the MOU, or the "grand bargain that feels like a fire sale." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

'We will never fucking trust you again' www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurne...

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Will All Newborns Still Receive Hepatitis B Shots? A Committee’s Vote Will Tell. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/h...

Inside Kennedy’s Methodical Quest to Shake Up America’s Vaccine System www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...

An 80-year-old diabetic Calgarian received a $100 bill for her COVID-19 vaccine. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA: former FDA commissioners call out Dr. Prasad's departure from previous standards in @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

BREAKING: Alberta Health Services CEO who took over after a controversial firing in January is now himself out. AHS confirms Andre Tremblay on leave. Minister Matt Jones has appointed a new CEO and chair. Tremblay was named CEO after Athana Mentzelopoulos was fired earlier this year.