Friday, September 30, 2022

To say mask-wearing is "not justified by science" is just plain wrong

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Air Canada, for some reason, believes that the federal governments highly suspect decision to do away with the requirement for masks on plan...
Thursday, September 29, 2022

Ontario court's mysterious ruling on teachers of colour

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Way back in 2019, the province of Ontario, in its wisdom, mandated a math test for all new teachers , regardless of what subjects they are t...

US ratifies major international climate treaty - wait, what?

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Hardly anybody noticed and very few news outlets bothered to report it, but the  US Senate ratified a major international climate treaty th...
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Extraordinary footage of post-tropical storm Fiona aftermath

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Here is some fascinating footage of coastal dunes in Prince Edward Island before and after post-tropical storm Fiona passed through the oth...

Fallout from Ukraine war takes on an environmental aspect

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine has already had many deleterious effects on the world, from runaway inflation to uncertain energy supply to...
Monday, September 26, 2022

The fascinating (and unexplained) phenomenon of chain fountains

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I seem to have missed it until my daughter pointed it out to me, but apparently chain fountains are "all over the Internet". A cha...

The twisty logic of carbon credits

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Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has agreed to sell clean energy credits to Microsoft , which has made promises to clean up its energy profile...
Sunday, September 25, 2022

Gross irresponsibility in the face of Mother Nature

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The Maritime provinces of Canada has been hit by a huge storm, post-tropical storm Fiona , not quite a hurricane, but close. Television cove...