CHARBONNEAU – B.C. Clinics: a new business model for doctors
I SUGGEST that a new government agency, I’m calling BC Clinics, be established to deal with the crisis in accessibility to health care. The fee-for-service model no longer [Continue]
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PETERS – Overturning of Roe v. Wade could have repercussions for Canada
IN THEIR CONFIRMATION HEARINGS for the United States Supreme Court, Justices John Roberts, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett all stated support for the [Continue]
KNOX – With Hans Island out of the way, let’s refight the Pig War
News item: Canada and Denmark have announced a resolution to a 50-year-old dispute over who owns Hans Island, a tiny, barren, unpopulated rock in the narrow channel [Continue]
PETERS – Link between health and happiness may explain dissatisfaction
THE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE WEEK may have come on Monday, when Statistics Canada released some results from its Canadian Social Survey. It reported that the province whose [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Bitcoin fervour turns evangelical
DESPITE HEAVY LOSSES by investors who see their money evaporate overnight in what has been called a Ponzi scheme, the faithful never give up hope that cryptocurrencies will [Continue]
KNOX – Welcome back to the slumber game – let’s play ball
“You should enter a ballpark the way you enter a church.” — Bill (Spaceman) Lee, best-selling author and 14-year Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox pitcher ALAS, BILL [Continue]
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