Tag: A3
almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | Left twisting in the wind: why can’t progressives get along?

Surely pro-feminism, anti-poverty and anti-racism campaigners on the left should unite on banning handguns in Toronto...

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almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | Should I garden with native plants, and where can I buy sandbags? We need a government ...

Will hats be considered less hideous if we all have to wear them? Will we wear waders to the office? Please set up a ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | Will Justin Trudeau miss the ideal window to call an election? He couldn’t ask for a be...

There is little evidence of voter enthusiasm for Tory leader Erin O’Toole, and the Green Party is in utter chaos. All...

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almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | With the personalization of politics and hate, what kind of person will be attracted to...

The abuse thrown at Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro as he walked with his family on Canada Day was part of an a...

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almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | How do I love AstraZeneca? Let me count the ways

I didn’t think I’d meet dear AstraZeneca until September. Surprise! On March 10, I got my first AZ vaccination, and I...

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almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | Yes, Virginia, there is a notwithstanding clause

Notwithstanding. What a magic word. Now I too can use the notwithstanding clause against my irritants. We all can. No...

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almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | We deserve better than incompetence from police — the pandemic can only excuse so much

I sometimes have the sensation that pandemic life is becoming incoherent, almost detached from sanity. Case in point:...

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almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | The second vaccine dose is twice as nice, even if some of the recipients are not

There’s a militant atmosphere in neighbourhoods where visitors have behaved badly at public clinics. The friendly Chi...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Where there’s a will, there’s a way to punish your family

Ontario is in lockdown until at least June 2. What better time to prep for death? You need a lawyer to draft your wil...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Five stars for all — the rating game is for snitches

Uber made ratings commonplace. Now digital capitalism, which struggled to make commerce painless, has turned every tr...

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about 3 years ago
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The pandemic stopped our clocks. What year is this?

Lockdown began on or about March 13, 2020. Are you sure? It feels more like it was 2019. Time drags when you’re indoo...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Digital manipulation of genocidal photos shows that seeing is no longer believing

Vice ran colourized photos from the Khmer Rouge’s brutal Security Prison 21. The pictures were altered so that the vi...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Erin O’Toole’s big problem with right-wing media could hurt his election chances

‘Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is a dud,’ wrote Lorne Gunter in the Toronto Sun. ‘O’Toole is on track to be crushe...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Every university in Canada should learn from Laurentian layoffs

Like many universities, Laurentian tried to be everything to everyone. But everyone didn’t show up. With only 6,000 f...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Here’s how to judge people in lockdown

The novels of Alexander McCall Smith will get you through hard times. He is, above all, rational, and his moral philo...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Captain of the Ever Given runs a very tight ship

I yearn to see the man at the helm. Does he resemble the overgroomed Francesco Schettino, the captain who steered the...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | The needle and the damage done by unfairness

Arbitrary tribalization invites another kind of injustice, with health officials deciding who lives or dies based on ...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | O Canada, we stand in line for thee

We lined up for a year, and what did we learn? We are supposed to be organized. Instead, the rollout to people aged 6...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | New memoir shines light on doctor burnout

Dr. Jillian Horton has written something very unusual. She is truthful about medicine as a career, and analyzes its f...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | An inconvenient truth about public washrooms

Restaurants are closed along with their washrooms, and so are many public toilets because they are viral magnets. Del...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Social media drains the life out of journalism

The effect of Twitter call-outs is to dullify journalism. When was the last time a news website made you laugh? Colum...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | The moral injuries inflicted by Julie Payette

Abuse wrecks people. Bullies don’t see what they emit as toxin. Bullying comes from the core; it is inbuilt. Politics...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | The dude abodes in this condo for men

I don’t object to traditional masculine design in itself. What I object to is the implication that women equally pref...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | In lockdown, this city walks the way it wants to

You can see people all over the city walking without dogs or without apparent purpose. Some are on what are called ‘d...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Rule-breakers are needling those of us waiting responsibly for vaccines

At the moment, we are preoccupied by highly paid people who made the decision to travel outside Canada for vacations,...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | How to throw a festive lockdown Christmas

For décor, I put retro Christmas string lights on a plastic fiddle-leaf fig I’ve always been dubious about. Festive! ...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Presenting the worst people, class of 2020

Mark Zuckerberg — how did the absurd man with the Roman Emperor haircut do the world such damage? Adam Skelly — the o...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | A woman wins and goes unpunished in ‘The Queen’s Gambit’

On it goes, the implausibly noncatastrophic daily life of a young woman. In real life, any number of things would hav...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Online classrooms are causing young readers to fall behind

The birth of a lifelong love of reading can take a child anywhere. It is even possible for children to read their way...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | In pandemic, politicians must step away from the microphone

A huge part of public health is communications — and it’s best done by scientists and doctors, not by politicians. Th...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | ‘The Crown’ reveals the monarchy to be a royal pain

We watch despite ourselves. After the death of Diana, the last popular royal, there isn’t much to be said for the fam...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Hiring of family shows that in politics, ethics are all relative

Why did Liberal MP Yasmin Ratansi hire her sister and give her a fake name? Why did former Conservative leader Andrew...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | White House superspreader event a casket of deplorables

The White House Election Night superspreader event, where Donald Trump learned he had lost the presidency, was so ris...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | A fish story for an unbelievable election

Escambia is one of the Florida counties that will be hardest hit by climate change, with hurricanes, rising sea level...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Say no to Halloween and yes to Christmas

Why take a giant risk for two hours of one orange-and-black night and end up with the coronavirus and its long tail o...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | If Barbados can ditch the Queen, so can we

In the 21st century, it is unthinkable Canada, a multicultural nation that champions diversity, is still beholden to ...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Five good reasons why Trump could win again

Canadians need to wake up to the fact that the U.S. president could be headed for victory, with serious ramifications...

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almost 4 years ago
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Opinion | Ford’s ‘updates’ now little more than free PR

It’s time to pull the plug on the premier’s daily pandemic briefings, Bob Hepburn writes

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almost 4 years ago
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Opinion | Why Doug Ford may dump embattled minister

Merrilee Fullerton, minister of long-term care, has been indifferent and dismissive towards groups such as the Mt. Ho...

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