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Pandemic exposes weaknesses of government intervention
By Philip Cross on Jan 15, 2021 Featured, Health, Politics, Viewpoint
The response of governments was heavy-handed, lead-footed, wrong-headed and inept
2020 forever will be associated with the coronavirus sweeping Canada and the world. However, its impact on the economy was much greater than on our health. Far fewer people were stricken by the virus than the initial apocalyptic warnings from health care experts, while its impact on incomes, jobs and government deficits was larger and…
COVID-19 restrictions may be harder in assisted living than in long-term care
By Folio on Jan 15, 2021 Featured, Health
U of A nursing researcher's new study seeks input from family members and facilities to understand impact, plan for next pandemic
COVID-19 visitor restrictions may be even harder on residents of assisted living homes than on those in long-term care because of the vital role family caregivers play in helping with essential care tasks, according to Matthias Hoben, an assistant professor in the University of Alberta's Faculty of Nursing. "In assisted living, the residents are more independent and…
COVID-19 overreaction has pushed us to the tipping point
By Gerard Lucyshyn on Jan 15, 2021 Alberta, Business, Featured, Politics, Viewpoint
Our debt is rising and our population growth is slowing. The result will be a massive fiscal burden on taxpayers in decades to come
Caught between a rock and a hard place. This best sums up the position that Alberta's United Conservative Party government found itself in as it announced new, stricter lockdown measures for Christmas. The government is attempting to bend the rising curve of COVID-19 infections. Premier Jason Kenney and his most trusted ministers lined up to…
Covid-19 pokes the final hole in leaky long-term care boat
By Shawn Whatley on Jan 13, 2021 Featured, Health, Life, Politics, Viewpoint
We cannot blame COVID-19 alone for the current LTC crisis, writes Shawn Whatley
Nursing homes struggled long before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Canada. Now, during the second wave, many front-line clinicians say our long-term care (LTC) system has all but collapsed. In the pre-COVID era, patients waited a median of 159 days to get a bed in Ontario, with some areas at 263 days. Thus, it was…
Saudis sacrifice to broker oil production cuts
By Rashid Husain Syed on Jan 11, 2021 Alberta, Business, Featured, Newfoundland, Saskatchewan, Viewpoint, World
Until recently, the nation has insisted it wouldn't unilaterally cut output until others agreed to contribute. All that has changed
Saudi Arabia is back in its role as the swing crude oil producer of the world. Until recently, the nation has insisted it wouldn't unilaterally cut output until others, including Russia, agreed to contribute. But all this changed – almost overnight. On Jan. 4, while the ministers from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its…
Weighing the risks of youth sports in a pandemic
By Ken Reed on Jan 8, 2021 Featured, Health, Life, Sports
We're in the midst of both a COVID-19 pandemic and a childhood physical inactivity epidemic. That creates a dilemma for young athletes and their parents: Is the risk of playing organized sports during the pandemic greater than the risk of the negative physical and mental impacts of not playing? Young people need to move their…
Sun-soaked vacations show why Albertans need recall legislation
By Franco Terrazzano on Jan 7, 2021 Alberta, Health, Politics, Viewpoint
Albertans have every right to hate the hypocrisy coming from United Conservatives who locked the province down and decided to vacation abroad. The government just plunged Alberta into its second lockdown. Families spent the holidays apart. Businesses shut down and some may never again open their doors. Many workers are taking pay cuts to help…
Thankfully 2020 is over, but we're not out of the woods yet
By Michael Taube on Jan 5, 2021 Alberta, Featured, Ontario, Politics, Viewpoint
There's that little matter of actually rolling out the vaccines on a much wider scale in Canada
Sad to see 2020 go? You're in the minority … of one. Everyone else was quite ecstatic to roll out the welcome mat for 2021. The biggest issue we faced in 2020 was obviously the coronavirus pandemic. More than 85 million people have tested positive for COVID-19 worldwide, leading to nearly 1.85 million deaths as…
Are you suffering compassion fatigue?
By Rebecca Schalm on Jan 5, 2021 Business, Entrepreneurs, Featured, Health, Small business, Viewpoint
In the midst of the pandemic, a great deal of pressure has fallen on managers. Here are some tips to help deal with the increased stress
Lucy is a manager who oversees a large team of sales reps. Like many other organizations, hers quickly made the transition to work-from-home. It was a new experience for a team used to working from their downtown office. Lucy used to be able to monitor her team with regular walk-arounds and check-ins. She had a…
It's not about where we travel but why
By Doug Firby on Jan 4, 2021 Featured, Get outside, Travel, Viewpoint
A collection of ordinary adventurers are preparing to travel at the speed of life, seeking to connect with fellow Canadians across the country
Of all the things we do that have changed since the arrival of COVID-19, one that has altered the most is travel. And it's not only about when and where we go, but also why. Spending Christmas in a sunny, warm resort is no longer a legitimate reason to travel, as a few politicians have…
Many questions will linger post-pandemic
By Gerry Bowler on Dec 28, 2020 Featured, Health, Life, Politics, Viewpoint, World
Pandemics have a way of changing the world. The Plague of Justinian hit the Mediterranean area in the 500s, not only killing millions but crucially weakening the Byzantine Empire and helping ruin its plans to reconquer western Europe from the barbarians. The Black Death of the 1300s wiped out over 100 million people in Europe…
In crisis, radicalism works against balance and progress
By Jack Buckby on Dec 24, 2020 Featured, Politics, Viewpoint, World
Far-left activists and politicians are recruiting and radicalizing in the same way far-right groups did back in the 2008 crash
COVID-19 lockdown measures are opening the door to extremists, not just because people are spending more time on the internet at home, but because of the huge impact lockdowns had on the economy and employment. Much like the 2008 stock market crash, which facilitated a substantial rise in far-right extremism, lockdown measures impacted low-wage workers…
Twenty stories that defined the University of Alberta in 2020
By Folio on Dec 23, 2020 Alberta, Health, Science
In a year of unprecedented challenges, the people of the U of A gave us plenty of reasons to expect a brighter future
Let's be honest: 2020 has been a tough year. Amid a global pandemic whose rising tide continues to take an enormous human and economic toll every day, it's been hard to hold out hope for whatever the "new normal" might look like once COVID-19 finally ebbs for good. But through everything – including academic and…
The new pandemic-induced pet food economy
By Sylvain Charlebois on Dec 23, 2020 Business, Featured, Life, Viewpoint
The pet economy represents tremendous growth potential for the food service industry. Pets are already influencing the market
According to a recent report by Narrative Research, 18 per cent of Canadians say they got a new pet since the start of the pandemic. That means more than 6.8 million pets were adopted since March. That can be added to the more than 16 million cats and dogs Canadians had in 2019, prior to…
The congested logic behind congestion taxes
By Roslyn Kunin on Dec 22, 2020 BC, Business, Environment, Featured, Municipal, Viewpoint
Vancouver is considering a tax on vehicles entering the downtown. It may well reduce pollution, but at what cost?
One definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing and expecting different results. Another definition might be to do something different and not expect any changes. We all have a tendency to do this. For example, we get married and wonder why we no longer have the same services we had in our…
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