As I lay in bed at the Rockyview and see the awesome work that the nurses do here, it makes me mad when the UCP just continues to cut funding etc to healthcare. Surgery went well but I get to chill her likely til Sunday.
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So we previously had a max of about 60 active cases at our peak during the entire pandemic, tending to trend down to less than 30.
In the last two weeks, we are now at 173 active cases and climbing, in part because of 5 school & 2 high school outbreaks. Ontario's moved us back into the Red category, though I could see us locking down again as this is the worst it's ever been.
Just a downright stellar job of school re-opening all around everyone.
Those kooks from AB are headed back to court. Not the Oil and Gas ones, the my kid doesn't need any medical doctor to cure his meningitis when we have essential oils kooks.
But after the second trial, Clackson agreed with the defense's medical expert who said the boy died from a lack of oxygen in the ambulance.
It's sort of like trying to claim "the shot didn't kill him blood loss did" and the judge buys it?!
I’m sure there was plenty of oxygen in the ambulance, sounds like a problem with the boys lungs not being able to take it in /process it. Perhaps due to some sort of illness like meningitis.
It sounds like the judge had a very hard time understanding what the doctor was saying due his thick accent and then took that frustration out on the prosecution. It may be racist, but it could also just be the judge being a goose. If he's having a hard time hearing the witness, that should be dealt with during the testimony, not in the verdict.
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Layoffs hitting HuffPost today, weeks after it was acquired by BuzzFeed:
- 47 staffers in the US
- exec editor Hillary Frey and international exec editor Louise Roug have decided to leave
- closing HuffPost Canada
- consultations on slimming down UK/ Aus
Today, we learned that 33 of our unit members — nearly 30% of our unit — are being laid off. Our union's statement: "We are devastated and infuriated, particularly after an exhausting year of covering a pandemic and working from home." (1/x)
So - there goes another source of Canadian journalism.
Layoffs hitting HuffPost today, weeks after it was acquired by BuzzFeed:
- 47 staffers in the US
- exec editor Hillary Frey and international exec editor Louise Roug have decided to leave
- closing HuffPost Canada
- consultations on slimming down UK/ Aus
Today, we learned that 33 of our unit members — nearly 30% of our unit — are being laid off. Our union's statement: "We are devastated and infuriated, particularly after an exhausting year of covering a pandemic and working from home." (1/x)
So - there goes another source of Canadian journalism.
Not much money to be made in that field, unfortunately.
I support a few local independent folks here in Alberta such as The Sprawl
So I don't know if people are following what's going on in Ontario these days?
But basically Ford is ramming through legislation that retroactively makes it harder for municipalities to oppose zoning orders, for example, when it will cause environmental damage. Basically the province can issue MZO (municipal zoning orders), that can be resisted by local municipalities on a number of different grounds. The legislation makes it basically impossible to do so.
At the same time, the government then issued a number of MZOs, at least one of which allows developers to literally pave over some of Ontario's protected wetlands. Hey, also it turns out several parcels of our wetlands happened to be owned by some of Ford's buddies and donors!
The short version is this. There are two parcels of land, one in Ajax (on the East side) and one in Pickering (on the West side). Some big ecommerce company (Probably Amazon) wants to build a distribution centre, and is fielding bids on one of these two sites. The
Ajax site is already approved for development as it's setback from the creek and doesn't require paving over existing wetlands.
The Pickering site is not approved for development by the municipalities as it would require paving over a bunch of existing wetland and would be very damaging to the local environment. The Toronto Region Conservation Authority is opposed to development on this site as it would cause a ton of damage. The new Ford law means the municipality is forced to rezone (per the MZO) by Friday, and wouldn't allow anyone to object or opposed.
So why would Ford be ramming through legislation, and MZOs to allow Amazon to pave over protected wetlands when there's an available parcel of land juuuuust a few hundred meters to the east?
Guess which one of those parcels of lands is owned by a Ford buddy/donor?
Edit: I'm sure there are errors in my summary but that's wide angle picture.
So it sounds like the Manitoban Reservist that assaulted Rideau hall with his armoury has been sentenced to 5 years with 1 year for time served, and has also been banned from owning firearms or ammunition in Canada for life.
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So it sounds like the Manitoban Reservist that assaulted Rideau hall with his armoury has been sentenced to 5 years with 1 year for time served, and has also been banned from owning firearms or ammunition in Canada for life.
now if we could just expand that to all Canadians that'd be great
So I don't know if people are following what's going on in Ontario these days?
But basically Ford is ramming through legislation that retroactively makes it harder for municipalities to oppose zoning orders, for example, when it will cause environmental damage. Basically the province can issue MZO (municipal zoning orders), that can be resisted by local municipalities on a number of different grounds. The legislation makes it basically impossible to do so.
At the same time, the government then issued a number of MZOs, at least one of which allows developers to literally pave over some of Ontario's protected wetlands. Hey, also it turns out several parcels of our wetlands happened to be owned by some of Ford's buddies and donors!
The short version is this. There are two parcels of land, one in Ajax (on the East side) and one in Pickering (on the West side). Some big ecommerce company (Probably Amazon) wants to build a distribution centre, and is fielding bids on one of these two sites. The
Ajax site is already approved for development as it's setback from the creek and doesn't require paving over existing wetlands.
The Pickering site is not approved for development by the municipalities as it would require paving over a bunch of existing wetland and would be very damaging to the local environment. The Toronto Region Conservation Authority is opposed to development on this site as it would cause a ton of damage. The new Ford law means the municipality is forced to rezone (per the MZO) by Friday, and wouldn't allow anyone to object or opposed.
So why would Ford be ramming through legislation, and MZOs to allow Amazon to pave over protected wetlands when there's an available parcel of land juuuuust a few hundred meters to the east?
Guess which one of those parcels of lands is owned by a Ford buddy/donor?
Edit: I'm sure there are errors in my summary but that's wide angle picture.
I think that the proper procedure in that case is for the municipality to put a law in their books saying that if they're forced to rezone by the provincial government, then municipal taxes on that land are ONE BILLION DOLLARS and also that the municipality reserves the right use eminent domain rights on anything built in that zone and fuck you, we won't compensate you.
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So I don't know if people are following what's going on in Ontario these days?
But basically Ford is ramming through legislation that retroactively makes it harder for municipalities to oppose zoning orders, for example, when it will cause environmental damage. Basically the province can issue MZO (municipal zoning orders), that can be resisted by local municipalities on a number of different grounds. The legislation makes it basically impossible to do so.
At the same time, the government then issued a number of MZOs, at least one of which allows developers to literally pave over some of Ontario's protected wetlands. Hey, also it turns out several parcels of our wetlands happened to be owned by some of Ford's buddies and donors!
The short version is this. There are two parcels of land, one in Ajax (on the East side) and one in Pickering (on the West side). Some big ecommerce company (Probably Amazon) wants to build a distribution centre, and is fielding bids on one of these two sites. The
Ajax site is already approved for development as it's setback from the creek and doesn't require paving over existing wetlands.
The Pickering site is not approved for development by the municipalities as it would require paving over a bunch of existing wetland and would be very damaging to the local environment. The Toronto Region Conservation Authority is opposed to development on this site as it would cause a ton of damage. The new Ford law means the municipality is forced to rezone (per the MZO) by Friday, and wouldn't allow anyone to object or opposed.
So why would Ford be ramming through legislation, and MZOs to allow Amazon to pave over protected wetlands when there's an available parcel of land juuuuust a few hundred meters to the east?
Guess which one of those parcels of lands is owned by a Ford buddy/donor?
Edit: I'm sure there are errors in my summary but that's wide angle picture.
I think that the proper procedure in that case is for the municipality to put a law in their books saying that if they're forced to rezone by the provincial government, then municipal taxes on that land are ONE BILLION DOLLARS and also that the municipality reserves the right use eminent domain rights on anything built in that zone and fuck you, we won't compensate you.
Municipalities don't have unlimited power to arbitrarily tax and seize, and are subordinate to the province in any event.
Yeah, constitutionally speaking in Canada "municipal government" translates to "whatever the individual provinces feel like allowing at any given point in time." If a municipality has a disagreement with a province on something that means they lose.
That is sadly, provably not true. If they could, Toronto would still have 47 wards while court cases were pending. But instead, we have 25, and we're hoping to make a nuisance of ourselves after the fact.
Current speculation is that certain migratory birds tend to arrive in those wetlands in late March each year. If the birds are there and laying eggs, the province loses the power to pave over the wetlands as those birds are protected by the federal government. Which is why the push to start paving over it is happening so aggressively right now.
In a letter sent to subscribers to CEC's email list on Thursday, the centre said Bigfoot Family was "full of lies and misinformation." It pointed to one scene in which oil is extracted by blowing up a valley using "glowing red bombs."
In a letter sent to subscribers to CEC's email list on Thursday, the centre said Bigfoot Family was "full of lies and misinformation." It pointed to one scene in which oil is extracted by blowing up a valley using "glowing red bombs."
To be fair, there was that stretch of the mid-late 1960s where people figured the solution to any large engineering problem might include "but what if we nuke it?"
Project Plowshare and related schemes were kind of wild.
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To be fair, there was that stretch of the mid-late 1960s where people figured the solution to any large engineering problem might include "but what if we nuke it?"
Project Plowshare and related schemes were kind of wild.
But has anyone gone back and revisited this? Would it be more environmentally friendly than what they're currently doing to nuke Northern Alberta?
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Might as well read news online on what else the shit UCP are doing
perfect time to start learning japanese via in-game text! think of it as a challenging mini-game
In the last two weeks, we are now at 173 active cases and climbing, in part because of 5 school & 2 high school outbreaks. Ontario's moved us back into the Red category, though I could see us locking down again as this is the worst it's ever been.
Just a downright stellar job of school re-opening all around everyone.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/david-collet-stephan-appeal-decision-toddler-1.5941209
Seriously. Also this is ridiculous
It's sort of like trying to claim "the shot didn't kill him blood loss did" and the judge buys it?!
Hey, a fall has never killed anyone.... Just the landing.
I hate these kooks so much
More like "black immigrant MD says the shot killed him, but white shooter says it was the blood loss that did".
I’m sure there was plenty of oxygen in the ambulance, sounds like a problem with the boys lungs not being able to take it in /process it. Perhaps due to some sort of illness like meningitis.
MWO: Adamski
So - there goes another source of Canadian journalism.
Not much money to be made in that field, unfortunately.
I support a few local independent folks here in Alberta such as The Sprawl
https://www.sprawlcalgary.com/
But basically Ford is ramming through legislation that retroactively makes it harder for municipalities to oppose zoning orders, for example, when it will cause environmental damage. Basically the province can issue MZO (municipal zoning orders), that can be resisted by local municipalities on a number of different grounds. The legislation makes it basically impossible to do so.
At the same time, the government then issued a number of MZOs, at least one of which allows developers to literally pave over some of Ontario's protected wetlands. Hey, also it turns out several parcels of our wetlands happened to be owned by some of Ford's buddies and donors!
Oh and then there's this little tidbit:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-duffins-creek-wetland-pickering-ajax-warehouse-amazon-1.5942938
The short version is this. There are two parcels of land, one in Ajax (on the East side) and one in Pickering (on the West side). Some big ecommerce company (Probably Amazon) wants to build a distribution centre, and is fielding bids on one of these two sites. The
Ajax site is already approved for development as it's setback from the creek and doesn't require paving over existing wetlands.
The Pickering site is not approved for development by the municipalities as it would require paving over a bunch of existing wetland and would be very damaging to the local environment. The Toronto Region Conservation Authority is opposed to development on this site as it would cause a ton of damage. The new Ford law means the municipality is forced to rezone (per the MZO) by Friday, and wouldn't allow anyone to object or opposed.
So why would Ford be ramming through legislation, and MZOs to allow Amazon to pave over protected wetlands when there's an available parcel of land juuuuust a few hundred meters to the east?
Guess which one of those parcels of lands is owned by a Ford buddy/donor?
Edit: I'm sure there are errors in my summary but that's wide angle picture.
MWO: Adamski
now if we could just expand that to all Canadians that'd be great
I think that the proper procedure in that case is for the municipality to put a law in their books saying that if they're forced to rezone by the provincial government, then municipal taxes on that land are ONE BILLION DOLLARS and also that the municipality reserves the right use eminent domain rights on anything built in that zone and fuck you, we won't compensate you.
Municipalities don't have unlimited power to arbitrarily tax and seize, and are subordinate to the province in any event.
They can still make the process onerous for Ford and the Cons - enough to potentially tie things up long enough to get a new government.
I like finding out about these things in the media first. Yup, sure do.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/canadian-energy-centre-bigfoot-1.5948163
I worry about their grasp on reality.
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The MZO still went through. They can start paving over the Wetland today, they'll just have to find another buyer.
About that...
Andrew leach is an economist at the u of a
Project Plowshare and related schemes were kind of wild.
Aye, got an email about mine being locked this morning.
But has anyone gone back and revisited this? Would it be more environmentally friendly than what they're currently doing to nuke Northern Alberta?
Then put it in vehicles and have them emit radioactive exhaust! Surely nothing bad could come of this.
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