Andrew Nikiforuk
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Past articles by Andrew:
The ‘Kraken’ Virus Is Here. What’s the Threat Level?
Emerging research on the COVID variant sounds alarms about contagiousness, severity and health-system impact. → Read More
More Reason to Take Fracking Quakes Seriously
Triggered tremors shook Fort St. John. Then one in Texas damaged a large university building, forcing its closure. → Read More
The Trans Mountain Boondoggle: Taxpayers Lose Billions, Oil Companies Win
A new analysis confirms the pipeline expansion makes no economic sense and taxpayers will subsidize Big Oil. → Read More
Should We Shrug at COVID? These Numbers Say No
Why have our leaders surrendered us to rising deaths and widespread deteriorating health? → Read More
Get Ready for the Forever Plague
Public health officials’ COVID complacency has opened the door to new illnesses and devastating long-term damage. → Read More
Inflation, Scarcity and the Road to Survival
The techno-greens tell us we can have it all. Believing them will deepen our ‘long emergency.’ Second in a two-part series. → Read More
Don’t Be Fooled by the Great Pandemic Denial
Leaders pretend lifting restrictions is fine. But vaccines alone can’t protect us from spread and harm. → Read More
How Putin’s War Is Fast Changing Our Energy Future
Seven emerging realities that will alter our lives as global connections fray. → Read More
Why the TMX Will Endlessly Spill Taxpayers’ Money
Trudeau’s boondoggle — $21.4 billion and rising — includes a sucker’s deal that keeps Canadians forever on the hook, explains economist Robyn Allan. → Read More
Is Our Pandemic the Ghost of the 1889 Russian Flu?
The ‘dreaded disease’ that claimed 1.5 million looks a lot like COVID-19, including the long-term threat posed by ‘viral promiscuity.’ → Read More
Masks Work. Why Were We Slow to Say It?
A new study blames flawed research and a confounding mistrust of common sense. → Read More
A Message from the Public Health Office for Nice Feelings
Fighting a pandemic is such a grind. Let’s call it endemic and pretend we’ve done enough. → Read More
It’s Me Again. Now I’m Called Omicron
I’ve travelled the world for two years and made great connections! Change is good! → Read More
COVID Has Spread to White-tailed Deer, Say Researchers
A new study awaiting review bolsters concerns wild animal ‘reservoirs’ could let the coronavirus mutate and reinfect humans. → Read More
Tech Won’t Save Us. Shrinking Consumption Will
Beyond the ‘blah blah blah’ of climate summits lies the real solution our leaders refuse to acknowledge. First of two parts. → Read More
So Where Did COVID Come from, Anyway?
Did the virus leap from animals straight to humans, or from a lab? The case for each. And for sweeping away secrecy. → Read More
Governments Won’t Stop COVID. It’s Up to Us
Politicians are ignoring the threat, especially to our children. Citizens have to step up and do what our leaders won’t. → Read More
Aussie Billionaire Sues to Reverse Rejection of Open-Pit Mining
Gina Rinehart is challenging the federal decision to block a giant coal mine on the eastern slopes of the Rockies. → Read More
How Wildfire Smoke Supercharges the COVID Virus
Research in BC and beyond finds that soot in the air makes the pandemic more dangerous. → Read More
The Pandemic Speaks
Are you finally ready to listen to me now? If so, here are my 10 timeless truths. → Read More