#Punishment won’t stop a pandemic

#Punishment won’t stop a pandemic

“#Punishment won’t stop a pandemic” Governments would love to put all the onus on individuals to stop the spread of COVID-19. Don’t let them. I remember feeling hope in the summer. Thanks to the leadership of Black activists following the police killing of George Floyd, “defund the police” went from fringe idea to mainstream rallying…

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#Doug Ford’s Nov. 26 Ontario COVID-19 update: Live video

#Doug Ford’s Nov. 26 Ontario COVID-19 update: Live video

“#Doug Ford’s Nov. 26 Ontario COVID-19 update: Live video” The premier is set to speak at 1 p.m. ET. Stay tuned for the livestream. (function (d, s, n) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];js = d.createElement(s);js.className = n;js.src = “//player.ex.co/player/b8391b55-6a16-46a2-b625-b4a52f7d6e23″;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document,”script”, “exco-player”)); The post Doug Ford’s Nov. 26 Ontario COVID-19 update: Live video appeared first on…

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#Doug Ford, Bonnie Lysyk and a fight about who runs a pandemic response

#Doug Ford, Bonnie Lysyk and a fight about who runs a pandemic response

“#Doug Ford, Bonnie Lysyk and a fight about who runs a pandemic response” Politics Insider, Nov. 26: Ontario’s auditor general drops a special report on Queen’s Park, Health Canada has some deets on Canada’s vaccine plan and should Canada colonize the moon? Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight…

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#Canada’s escape from planet Earth?

#Canada’s escape from planet Earth?

“#Canada’s escape from planet Earth?” Shannon Gormley: There are many things that are great about outer space but I think we can all agree that its most attractive feature is that it is not directly adjacent to the United States This column appears in print in the December 2020 issue of Maclean’s magazine with the…

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#Doug Ford’s Nov. 25 Ontario COVID-19 update: Live video

#Doug Ford’s Nov. 25 Ontario COVID-19 update: Live video

“#Doug Ford’s Nov. 25 Ontario COVID-19 update: Live video” News The premier addresses the province on the latest measures being taken against the coronavirus Ontario Premier Doug Ford answers questions during the daily briefing at Humber River Hospital in Toronto on Tuesday November 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn The premier is set to speak…

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#Jason Kenney’s coronavirus announcement: ‘These measures are tough, but necessary’ (full transcript)

#Jason Kenney’s coronavirus announcement: ‘These measures are tough, but necessary’ (full transcript)

“#Jason Kenney’s coronavirus announcement: ‘These measures are tough, but necessary’ (full transcript)” As daily cases in Alberta hit record highs and the province’s COVID death toll surpassed 400 (it is now 492), Premier Jason Kenney was still resisting calls to institute lockdown measures like those imposed in other provinces. On Tuesday, however, Kenney shifted course,…

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#Does Thomas Chan belong in prison?

#Does Thomas Chan belong in prison?

“#Does Thomas Chan belong in prison?” Four days after Christmas in 2015, Thomas Chan, a 19-year-old first-year policing student from Peterborough, Ont., met some of his high school buddies at a local sports bar. Watching hockey over pints of draft, the boys hatched a plan: they would pool their cash, score a bag of magic…

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