I get it. It’s selfish to want to risk lives for some snuggles. But we all have a tipping point.
The social distancing culture of COVID-19 is killing me
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None of you are revolutionaries. Act accordingly.
Ok this isn’t funny anymore. A couple weeks ago I wrote a piece about America being plunged into a Second Civil War. I predicted – and I am not someone who prides himself on predictions – that the history books of the future would label 2020 as the first year of the...
Mayor John Tory puts the ‘men’ in menstruation
I’m the type of person who hates being referred to by a collective action; 'consumer,' taxpayer,' 'voter' – all of these labels are annoying and, to be honest, a little dehumanizing. We are people, men and women, trying our best to navigate life without having to be...
General Robert Spalding Interview: ‘China is already at war with us.’
General Robert Spalding is the current Assistant to the Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, and the former Trump Administration’s Senior Director for Strategic Planning, part of the National Security Council from May 2017 – January 2018. This interview has been...
Pandemic hasn’t stopped Bell Canada from gouging rural communities
There are a slew of adjustments one must make when they transition from urban dweller to country bumpkin. Personally, my first seemingly insurmountable issue was the lack of access to ethnic cuisine, but it probably just made me a more adventurous cook. The second...
COVID-19: Forget Trudeau, it’s Canadians who are saving Canada
For all that we have in common with Americans, Canadians have one characteristic that likely helped us fall in line during this crisis; we tend to require more personal space than other cultures. This is partly due to the geography of Canada, an immense country in size that gives us a subconscious preference to be given as much space as possible. I believe this is also why we Canadians tend to reflexively say ‘sorry’ a thousand times daily, a byproduct of needing to maintain our physical distance from each other.
Trump sent 17.8 tonnes of aid to China in Feb as USA scrambles to help NY
By now most people who do not have hearing issues understand that Trump’s favourite pastime is to interrupt one incoherent sentence with another incoherent sentence. But on the COVID-19 crisis, his ability to rewrite recent history is unparalleled.
Canadians report increase in military presence across the country
If you have seen a larger-than-normal military presence on our highways and railroads recently, you are not alone. Across the country, from Madawaska Valley to small town Alberta, Canadians are reporting long military caravans, everything from tanks to troops, being...
COVID-19: Ontario’s driving examiners jeopardizing safety for job security
The examiner said co-workers have been told there are no guarantees their job would be waiting for them if they decided not to come to work.