Posted by Greg Beatty | April 20, 2020 | COVID-19
One thing that’s struck me as especially bizarro about the pandemic is how “innovative” professional sports leagues and associations have been in trying to continue their seasons/host their events. Some events,...
Read MorePosted by Greg Beatty | April 19, 2020 | COVID-19
In a Friday blog post, it was noted that Alberta premier Jason Kenney and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers had petitioned the federal Liberal government for direct financial support for struggling oil producers...
Read MorePosted by Greg Beatty | April 18, 2020 | COVID-19
When physical distancing and other lockdown measures were being introduced in mid-March, public health officials issued cautionary warnings that, as the pandemic progressed, and the measures (hopefully) helped reduce the...
Read MorePosted by Greg Beatty | April 17, 2020 | COVID-19, News
Most of the coverage we’ve done has focused on the U.S. and Canada. There are some interesting stories happening in other areas of the world, though, that highlight different aspects of how the pandemic is being managed....
Read MorePosted by Greg Beatty | April 16, 2020 | COVID-19, News
The default word that most people probably use when fantasizing about the pandemic ending and restrictions on their lives being lifted is “normal” — as in, they want life to return to normal. It’s an...
Read MorePosted by Greg Beatty | April 15, 2020 | COVID-19, News
With the benefit of hindsight, it’s obvious now that there’s no shortage of blame to go around for how most countries and national agencies have responded to the pandemic. China, where the outbreak appears to have...
Read MorePosted by Greg Beatty | April 14, 2020 | COVID-19
Physical distancing guidelines are in effect in the U.S. until April 30. As I noted in two earlier blog posts, Trump and his Republican followers are desperate to see restrictions loosened ASAP so the economy can start to...
Read MorePosted by Greg Beatty | April 13, 2020 | News
While COVID-19 is dominating the news cycle, there are other stories out there. On March 25, for example, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled in a case involving a dispute between the public and separate school systems in...
Read MorePosted by Greg Beatty | April 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Film
Today’s post is only tangentially related to the COVID-19 outbreak. If you check the calendar, this week marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 manned mission to the Moon. It launched on April 11, and followed two earlier...
Read MorePosted by Greg Beatty | April 11, 2020 | COVID-19
In a March 25 blog post, I touched on the Trump administration’s desire to restart the American economy by Easter. Fortunately, that idea was eventually shelved after intervention by public health officials who warned that...
Read MorePosted by Greg Beatty | April 10, 2020 | COVID-19, News
So-called “preppers” are enjoying a moment in the Sun these days with their doomsday-style approach to life where they stockpile resources from food and fuel to guns/ammo (and maybe even toilet paper) in anticipation...
Read MorePosted by Greg Beatty | April 9, 2020 | COVID-19, News
This is the third post in a row I’ve done on the United States, and fourth in five days. If I seem obsessed, it’s because it’s a big issue. It’s not every day that the world’s reigning superpower suffers an existential crisis....
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