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Omicron Surge Renews Calls To Strengthen Canada’s Public Health System

"Our public health care system receives a lower proportion of health spending compared to many other high-income nations."

I Hope Jen Gerson Predicts I’ll Go Broke And Unloved

While Gerson may be a successful pundit in some respects, her skills as a psychic are lacking.

Omicron Was Present In Nova Scotia's Wastewater In Mid-November

The first Omicron case was officially detected in Nov Scotia on Dec. 13, weeks after it was first confirmed in South Africa on Nov. 24.

Experts Say Alcohol Should Have Cancer Warning Labels

It's not widely known that alcohol has been classified as a level one carcinogen, the same category as tobacco or abestos, by the International Agency for Research on Cancer for decades.

Blame Austerity For Ontario’s Latest COVID Crisis

Decades of austerity and under-investment are coming home to roost in Ontario.

Canada Is Way Behind On Its Promised Vaccine Donations To Developing Countries

Don’t Let The Right Have A Monopoly On Critiquing CBC

The uproar over the resignation of former CBC employee, Tara Henley, was a missed chance to offer a leftist critique of the network.

CEO Pay Increased During The Pandemic While Workers Lost Their Jobs

"It's the power of the corporate culture in Canada, and elsewhere, to control and increase executive compensation."

Uncovering The Conservative Climate Conspiracy

The conspiracy staring at us in the face isn’t called as much because we’ve grown accustomed to this being the normal state of affairs.