21To better understand Ontario’s third wave: This April 17, 2021 CBC Radio interview documents the year-long back storyApril 25, 2021/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
22There is growing evidence that Nunavut’s glaciers are shrinking, in part due to iceberg calving as a result of climate change, an April 21, 2021 New York Times article notesApril 21, 2021/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
23The R.M. Ballantyne Ltd. textile plant was built by a thread company, which ran into financial difficulties, and was first occupied by a motor company which built a bus, that startled the horsesJanuary 9, 2021/3 Comments/in Newsletter, Southwestern Ontario, Stratford/by Jaan Pill
24Vancouver’s missing middle: Dec. 14, 2020 Tyee article highlights videos by Uytae Lee scrutinizing housing gap, between glassy towers and detached housesDecember 16, 2020/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
25Other jurisdictions besides Portugal have also responded quickly in face of COVID-19; they include (among others) Taiwan, South Korea, and GreeceApril 20, 2020/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
26Portugal’s low coronavirus caseload is attributed to a swift, flexible “worst-case scenario” response and early closure of schools and universities on March 16, 2020April 19, 2020/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
27Undark Magazine, March 22, 2020: Corporate-backed science denialism has long been deployed by the tobacco, fossil fuel, chemical, and mining industries to fight public health and environmental regulationApril 14, 2020/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
28Sweden remains relaxed about public restrictions in favour of its own, unique brand of cultural exceptionalism in response to new coronavirusApril 10, 2020/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
29Canada doesn’t have enough COVID-19 testing capacity, and might never get itApril 9, 2020/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
30South Korea and Germany are doing extensive COVID-19 testing; Province of Ontario has not been doing much testing at allApril 5, 2020/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill