Eight of the top 10 vehicles in Canada are now defined as 'trucks.' Why our obsession with trucks is becoming a health and safety hazard, by Amir Barnea thestar.com/business/opini… via @torontostar #VisionZero

What is the impact of air #pollution on exam results or future earnings? Can governments agree to a 2050 net-zero-like goal for a key pollutant, PM 2.5?

Our Common Air call to action:
Chetan Bhattacharji Climate & Clean Air Coalition Clean Air Fund Soumya Swaminathan Helen Clark
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Wildfire🔥season is now effectively Canada’s fifth season, as defining as winter, summer, spring or fall. It touches parts or all of every province. It's a national problem that requires a national response: The Globe and Mail editorial theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editor… via John Vaillant

OMG!! This is real!

Shoppers Drug Mart seriously posted an ad trying to find workers who will work for free! They've lost their minds. What a joke society has become.

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As a physician I am deeply concerned about North Carolina's potential total ban on mask-wearing. It’s disturbing to think immunocompromised and cancer patients could be deemed criminals for following medical advice aimed at safeguarding their health. 😞 thehill.com/homenews/state…

It’s weird how when the Department of Transportation is using the bike lane, they give themselves an entire car lane for protection.

The Beast is Back. ⁦BreezoMeter | Now Part of Google⁩ #climatechange .

A Potentially Fatal New COVID-Related Syndrome Has Emerged

“The illness is associated with progressive interstitial lung disease, which is characterized by scarring of the lung tissue” iflscience.com/a-potentially-…

Just thinking of the little guy today. #yyc . R-1 neighbourhood. Community planning committees are no longer allowed to know if SFH homes go overheight so ability to comment is taken away. ⁦City of Calgary Planning⁩ ⁦Federation of Calgary Communities

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Making hospital food healing (and delicious). Vancouver hospital brought in a top chef to overhaul the meals one patient described as “anonymous mush.” Q+A w/ Ned Bell Annie Lalande by Matt Galloway (scroll to 47 minutes) cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… via @cbcnews Nourish Leadership

What genius thought removing masking requirements there was a good idea to begin with? Seriously, is someone actually stupid enough to think 'eleventeenth time lucky, this time will be different'? They're little 🤬 babies you absolute 🤬 cabbages. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THEM!

Holy smokes. Still wrapping my head around this.
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Residents in the Greater Toronto Area had no idea a company operating in their community uses a known carcinogen. We dug into it in a massive investigation with The Local Magazine, Denise Balkissoon writes in this week’s newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-ste…

So true.

Patrick Condon Land speculators win with or without rezoning. The only way to stop land speculation is with a land value tax

Litigator of 25 years. Buried ‘em.

Hey #yyc County of Maui has an idea.