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Where Can Vaccinated Canadians Travel?
Most Canadians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Consequently, Canadians are starting to think about international travel again, and are beginning to research possible vacation destinations. This leads to the question, which countries can a fully vaccinated Canadian visit? As of July 2021, Canadian citizens who have received two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, or […]
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When Will the US-Canada Border Reopen?
On March 21st 2020, the land border between Canada and the United States was closed to non-essential travel because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that most Canadians and Americans have received two vaccine shots, many wonder when the longest border in the world will reopen? After 15 long months, we finally have an indication of […]
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When Will the US-Canada Border Reopen?
Posted June 2, 2021 by Ben
On March 21st 2020, the land border between Canada and the United States was closed to non-essential travel because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that most Canadians and Americans have received two vaccine shots, many wonder when the longest border in the world will reopen? After 15 long months, we finally have an indication of […]
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Saturday Stories: Is Canada a Country, The Gaslighting of Science, And A Non-COVID Piece From Me
Posted April 17, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
Lauren Dobson-Hughes, in The Line, reflecting on Canada’s responses to COVID wonders if we are actually a country?Zeynep, in Insight, on the gaslighting of science.And in non-COVID writing, here’s my latest in Medscape How Dare There Be Effective Drug…
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Saturday Stories: The End Of Year One, The End Of Hygiene Theatre, And The End Of The Whole Thing
Posted April 10, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
Stephen Maher, in Macleans, with the comprehensive story of Canada’s first year with the pandemic.
Emily Anthes, in The New York Times, on the end of overzealous cleaning.
Gregg Gonsalves, in The Nation, on what comes after the end of this stage of th…
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Saturday Stories: Anti-Science, The Pandemic’s Wrongest Man, And The Not Great Indoors
Posted April 3, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
Dangerous numpty. If you see, ignore.
Peter Hotez, in Scientific American, on the anti-science movement and the danger it poses to global public health.
Derek Thomspon, in The Atlantic, explains why you should unfollow, unfriend, or at the very l…
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We don’t deserve dogs, do we?
Posted April 2, 2021 by Anonymous
After breaking his ankle — Russell Jones noticed that his dog Billy was limping too. After an exam, X-rays, and a $400 vet bill Billy presented no injuries. He was just sympathetically limping like his hooman…pic.twitter.com/8mvmNpwMNR— Rex Cha…
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The Boat as Metaphor
Posted March 29, 2021 by Anonymous
everyone’s anti-godzilla until there’s a 200,000 ton boat that can’t be moved— Emma Berquist (@eeberquist) March 27, 2021 So now the world is following the tale of the boat stuck in the Suez Canal, there’s even a website Is The Ship Still Stuck?And al…
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Saturday Stories: Vaccine Passports, Canadian Vaccine Manufacturing, and Not Delaying Vaccine Boosters For The Vulnerable
Posted March 27, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
Saskia Popescu and Alexandra Phelan, in The New York Times, discuss the unwieldy realities that vaccine passports might face. Leslie Boehm and Gregory P. Marchildon, in Policy Options covers the past realities and future needs of Canadian vaccine…
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Saturday Stories: Africa’s Incredible COVID Supply Chain, On AstraZeneca’s Vaccine, And Asymptomatic Transmission
Posted March 20, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
Javed Anees, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Reid Wilson, in The Hill, on the world leading way in which Africa approached COVID treatment and prevention supplies.
David Spiegelhalter, in the Guardian, on why you need not be terribly worried about rec…
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Laptop woes
Posted April 20, 2021 by Anonymous
Sorry my laptop is being looked at-all of a sudden the keyboard wouldn’t work. Not sure how long I will be without it. So – later, dude!
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Saturday Stories: Unanswered Questions, Ontario’s Misery, And Vietnam’s Triumph
Posted April 24, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
Helen Branswell, in STAT, with the questions experts still have about COVID.
Justin Ling, in Macleans, with the almost unbelievable story of Ontario’s science table and its recommendations versus what our government is doing.
Julia Belluz, in Vo…
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This sad week
Posted May 31, 2021 by Anonymous
I was going to put up another funny post, but not tonight. This week I read the books Nomadland and Snakes in Suits so I was a little bummed out to begin with. And then we got the terrible news about the Kamloops Residential School grav…
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Saturday Stories: The Latest Scary Variant, Systematic Evidence, And Lab Leaks
Posted May 29, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
John Michael McGrath, for TVO, on what we do and don’t know about the latest scary variant B.1.617
Hilda Bastian, in her blog Absolutely Maybe, on the evidence behind the systematic evidence behind all matters COVID.
David Leonhardt, in The New …
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Saturday Stories: They Were Loved
Posted May 22, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
More than 25,000 Canadians have been lost to COVID-19 (and terrible governance given the bulk of those deaths were preventable), Macleans is collecting their stories. Please take the time today to click at least a few.
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Saturday Stories: Vaccinating Kids, Hatred And COVID
Posted May 15, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
Gideon M-K, in Medium, on whether or not we should be vaccinating kids against the coronavirus (tl;dr – yes)
Bernie Farber and David Fisman, in The Globe and Mail, on the overlap between racism, hate, and COVID denialists.
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Seven tweets in May
Posted May 11, 2021 by Anonymous
Enjoying his life to the fullest#dogs #dogsoftwitter #DogsofTwittter pic.twitter.com/HOq8cWKGyl— dog lover (@10_Ilovedogs) April 21, 2021 There are 2 types of dogs.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/RtyNme0rHe— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) May 10, 2021 If you’…
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Saturday Stories: Blood Clots, NNTs, And Incentives
Posted May 8, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
Kai Kupferschmidt and Gretchen Vogel, in Science, explore the future of vaccines with rare risks of blood clots.Andrew Althouse, in Medscape, on vaccines and the failure of NNTs.John Michael McGrath, in TVO, makes the case for paying people to get vac…
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Saturday Stories: One Universal Coronavirus Vaccine, Fringe Science, And The Misnomer Of Vaccine Hesitancy
Posted May 1, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
James Hamblin, in the Atlantic, on the promise of a single coronavirus vaccine which would protect us against SARS, MERS, COVID-19, and every other coronavirus-related disease, forever and ever.
David Robert Grimes, in Scientific American, on how COVI…
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Happy Friday
Posted April 30, 2021 by Anonymous
I’m back – turned out my keyboard had somehow disconnected itself from my laptop operating system and they needed to find each other again. Sorta like this: The great escapeNothing can keep this cat away from his best friend 😻 pic.twitter.com/6W3PP7L0…
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Funny stuff
Posted March 15, 2021 by Anonymous
When you don’t have time for this crap. pic.twitter.com/JzfWuh8dEz
— 𝖠𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗇 𝖶𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋 (@Wieneraaron) March 13, 2021
Never has there been a better introductory paragraph to a textbook, nor will there ever be. #higherEd https://t.co/e8TAuwJLGa pic.twitter.com/zp2HRmSszR
— Dr. Alec Couros (@courosa) March 7, 2021
Prince George and Princess Charlotte after the monarchy is abolished. pic.twitter.com/W8s984Ensq
— Rohita Kadambi 🍾 (@rohitak) March 8, 2021
And one more – its hilarious:
I’m never letting this video die pic.twitter.com/QAOXjNLAqk
— Best Videos 🎬🍿 (@30SECVlDEOS) February 7, 2021
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Saturday Stories: Vaccines For Longhaulers, EMT Reflections, And Societal Reopening
Posted March 13, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
Akiko Iwasaki, in Medium, on how vaccination might help COVID longhaulers.
Jennifer Murphy, in The New York Times, reflects on her experiences as a NYC EMT during the worst of their pandemic.
Jane Philpott and David Walker, in The Ottawa Citizen, disc…
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Saturday Stories: Windows, Mindestabstandsregelung, And Anti-Racist COVID Responses
Posted March 6, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
Sarah Zhang, in The Atlantic, on the forgotten power of windows in a pandemic.
Luisa Beck, in The Washington Post, on the 1,200 new German words coined for the pandemic.
Aisha Lofter, in TVO, on the need for an anti-racist response to COVID.
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Nah nah nah nah Goodbye
Posted January 19, 2021 by Anonymous
Cartoon for @chronicleherald #trump #BidenHarrisInauguration #BidenHarris #TrumpTreason pic.twitter.com/t5Wm5V3OSX
— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) January 19, 2021
And so after four years as a failed president, tomorrow Donald Trump will return to his previous career as a failed businessman.
— Victor Laszlo (@Impolitics) January 19, 2021
It feels a bit like Christmas Eve, but you already know what you’ll get when you open the present. A restoration of American democracy, decency, and hope.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) January 19, 2021
I’m like a little kid on Democracy Eve
— Tom and Lorenzo (@tomandlorenzo) January 19, 2021
would he settle for me launching water balloons filled with cat piss at him as he’s wheeled out of town in a garbage can https://t.co/QtqNmum4ri
— kilgore trout, brad r’s brother (@KT_So_It_Goes) January 15, 2021
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What happened on 1/6, and what will happen next
Posted January 14, 2021 by Anonymous
Here’s a map I found that illustrates the Jan 6 Trump Insurrection: The New York Times has an excellent interactive article which describes how the attack on the US Capital building went, and here’s an article from the Washington Post describing what W…
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Some stuff to enjoy while we wait for the apocalypse
Posted January 11, 2021 by Anonymous
Here’s some stuff I collected from Twitter – enjoy! My goal was to lose 10 lbs by the end of 2020. Only 24 lbs to go!— Jordan (@FoxyDocKnoxy) December 28, 2020 Okay, who did this? pic.twitter.com/Ezmgd3p441— jamie (@gnuman1979) December 28, 2020…
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How close was that?
Posted January 9, 2021 by Anonymous
What an awful week. I’m still processing the horror of what happened, and what almost happened, in Washington. It seems pretty clear now that Trump and his grotesque family wanted the mob to invade Congress and lynch them if they would…
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I think Trump will try to declare Martial Law
Posted January 4, 2021 by Anonymous
When Trump doesn’t succeed on Wednesday to get Pence to “do something” about winning the election, I believe he is going to try to declare Martial Law, thinking that will stop Biden from being sworn in. It’s going to be a nightmare. We’re alr…
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My favorite Christmas videos
Posted December 24, 2020 by Anonymous
Here are some of my favorite “Christmas” videos, the ones I listen to every year around this time: This one is from one of the oddest Christmas specials ever: Here’s my husband’s favorite – it reminds him of his own trips home at Chris…
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Christmas commercials
Posted December 13, 2020 by Anonymous
Yeah, I know, but I just wasted an hour of my life watching a TV show that supposedly had the greatest Christmas commercials this year and they were all pretty awful. Here’s some better ones. My new favorite: This one is worth watching until the end: …
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Dogs! Lots of dogs!
Posted November 29, 2020 by Anonymous
For a delightful change of pace, here’s some of the best dog videos now on the web:
Crazy agility by Pink the border collie..
Come for the speed – stay for flying hug…pic.twitter.com/ReL9buvhyi
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) November 27, 2020
Gm tweeties, happy hump day! Enjoy your day everyone.
pic.twitter.com/QdlH6vwcNn— ༺🦋༻ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ༺🦋༻ (@LepapillonBlu) November 25, 2020
His favorite toy pic.twitter.com/gFO2N7Q5tp
— The Feel Good Page ❤️ (@akkitwts) November 23, 2020
ok it is time to remember when three dogs thought it was just another day and it turned out to be a great day they are so happy tbh pic.twitter.com/UlhK5MJZbu
— darth™ (@darth) November 11, 2016
These two are Branch Managers.. pic.twitter.com/m23hJhf5QL
— Land of cuteness (@landpsychology) November 27, 2020
Don’t mind him. He’s just trying to fit in.. pic.twitter.com/k2MRNq7gDz
— Land of cuteness (@landpsychology) November 27, 2020
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Back to normal
Posted January 27, 2021 by Anonymous
What a relief it is to just have normal politics-as-usual going on everywhere these days – blaming Trudeau for stuff that isn’t his fault, blaming O’Toole for stuff that IS his fault, watching Biden taking over the US government, its all good these day…
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Saturday Stories: Vaccines Alone Aren’t Enough, Women And Vaccines, Why Every Country Should Be Aiming At #COVIDZero, J&J And Novavax
Posted January 30, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
Angela Rasmussen, in Slate, on how we can’t rely on vaccines alone to end this pandemic (this is especially true right now in Canada where our vaccination program is barely off the ground)
Alice Lu-Culligan and Akiko Iwasaki, in the New York Times, on…
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Patsy Cline: She holds you in her heart when she sings
Posted March 5, 2021 by Anonymous
On March 5, 1963, 30-year-old singer Patsy Cline was killed in a plane crash – one of the first musical losses I can remember, though far from the last. Here is a pretty good documentary about Patsy Cline and her music:
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I love this!
Posted March 3, 2021 by Anonymous
And this happened here, in Saskatoon: Meanwhile in Canada:A 10-year old boy wanted to do something nice for the dogs in his neighborhood.So he built them a stick library.He now has two locations and is already expanding to more.🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/fzC4p…
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Tweet of the day
Posted March 3, 2021 by Anonymous
Meanwhile in Canada, please remember social distancing is still in effect. 😶 pic.twitter.com/y5RgTrN8AB— Terry Small (@terrysmall) February 25, 2021
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Saturday Stories: Vaccines Will Work, The Vaccine Whisperer Hilda Bastian, And The Secret Life of SARs-CoV2
Posted February 27, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
Angela L. Rasmussen, in the New York Times, explains how yes, the vaccines will work to stop the spread.
Julia Belluz, in Vox, interviews the inimitable Hilda Bastian, the scientist who has been right on COVID vaccines every step of the way.
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Saturday Stories: Which Vaccine Should You Get, And Summertime
Posted February 20, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, in The Guardian, discusses which vaccine you should get.James Hamblin, in The Atlantic, on what summer might look like (in the US mind you, here in Canada, given our exceedingly slow pace of vaccination, this might not apply)
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Posted February 13, 2021 by Anonymous
Sort of a lousy day, really — stupid cold, and Trump is found GUILTY but he skates away without any penalties so far. Well, anyway, here’s some funny tweets just to lighten the mood for Valentine’s Day:
Just fit in to some of my old clothes from 20 years ago. Feeling pretty proud.
It’s a scarf by the way but its a start.— mariana Z (@mariana057) January 29, 2021
Just gonna leave this here… pic.twitter.com/VZ8wXkOOVS
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) February 10, 2021
— Mystery Solvent (@MysterySolvent) February 11, 2021
Cats, y’all…pic.twitter.com/cmIhWmeGmJ
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) February 10, 2021
Well well, how the turntables…
📹: Imgur user Chingelmarie pic.twitter.com/kHWvi0OkxO
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) February 11, 2021
Life goals: Find someone who loves you even half as much as this dog loves opera. 🔊 🆙
📹: Imgur user MonStar1203 pic.twitter.com/neVHObBNzc
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) February 1, 2021
Cute.🐯🐾⛄️ pic.twitter.com/XAl5hQ1EAJ
— Andrei (@AndreiAndrei63) January 24, 2021
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Saturday Stories: No Herd Immunity Without Vaccines, Hygiene Theatre, And Sleepwalking Into Disaster
Posted February 13, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
Michaeleen Doucleff, in NPR, explains how a small town in Brazil has tragically shown us that without vaccines, herd immunity is impossible.Derek Thompson, in The Atlantic, on the waste of resources and the disinformation that is hygiene theatreBrooks…
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Saturday Stories: The Australian Response, The Brazilian Variant, And The Russian Vaccine
Posted February 6, 2021 by Yoni Freedhoff
Damien Cave, in The New York Times, on how Australia is maintaining near normalcy of life in the time of COVID19
James Hamblin, in the Atlantic, on the Brazilian variant that’s currently rampaging through a city that had been thought to be immune due …
Interesting Fact of the Month
Did you know visiting Canada with a DUI is difficult? If a US citizen has a DUI or DWI they could be denied entry at the Canadian border! Even a misdemeanor for reckless driving, or a traffic ticket for impaired driving, can prevent an American from entering Canada. In order to enter Canada with DUI charges many people hire an immigration lawyer. Going to Canada from USA with other criminal convictions like theft or assault can also be challenging.
Did you know visiting Canada with a DUI is difficult? If a US citizen has a DUI or DWI they could be denied entry at the Canadian border! Even a misdemeanor for reckless driving, or a traffic ticket for impaired driving, can prevent an American from entering Canada. In order to enter Canada with DUI charges many people hire an immigration lawyer. Going to Canada from USA with other criminal convictions like theft or assault can also be challenging.
