Russell Wangersky
The Chronicle Herald
St. John's, NL, Canada
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EDITORIAL: Liberal chickens for all pots
Last week, in the interest of fairness, we had a look at some of the more far-fetched policy ideas going into the federal NDP convention. It was only fair, after there had been considerable attention paid by the media to far-fetched policies pitched → Read More
EDITORIAL: A better COVID choice
Welcome to the test tube. But at least we’re on the positive side of the ledger. When the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us, you can be certain that it will be fodder for everyone from economists interested in the financial impacts to → Read More
EDITORIAL: Out in left field with the federal NDP fringe
Just to be fair here, a few weeks ago much was made in the media about policy platform positions proposed for the federal Conservatives, especially some of the more outlandish ones from social conservative party members. The proposals were, as the → Read More
EDITORIAL: The pandemic pivot
Canadian governments have to start treating the COVID-19 variants essentially as a different disease than the original virus — because their spread is different, their effects are different and their severity is different, so taking the same → Read More
EDITORIAL: Variant wild card should trigger pandemic pivot
Canadian governments have to start treating the COVID-19 variants essentially as a different disease than the original virus — because their spread is different, their effects are different and their severity is different, so taking the same → Read More
EDITORIAL: Fighting fire with education
It’s a part of firefighting that you probably don’t think of — but it does more to save lives than you could probably imagine. There was a fire this past week in a kitchen in Glace Bay. The fire department arrived, rescued two → Read More
EDITORIAL: Stalling for time
You know, if you don’t want to look like you’re trying to hide something, you might try not hiding things. That sounds like simple advice, but it’s also advice the federal Liberals seem to be ignoring. The Liberals have been → Read More
EDITORIAL: Racism and COVID-19
It’s a startling message of pandemic–related intolerance. Across North America, people of Asian descent have been targeted for racist abuse by people blaming them for COVID-19, simply because of the victims’ ethnicity and → Read More
EDITORIAL: Ready to re-inflate the Atlantic bubble?
It’s a good idea that it seems everyone involved would like to repeat — but timing and infection rates are everything. Last November, the Atlantic bubble burst as COVID-19 cases began to spike in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Until → Read More
EDITORIAL: Have vaccination passport, will travel
You may soon need a different kind of travel document. As vaccinations for COVID-19 roll out in a variety of populations, there’s a move afoot to require vaccination “passports” that would allow freer movement for those lucky → Read More
EDITORIAL: Lights and tunnels
You know the thing about seeing the light at the end of the tunnel? Well, first and foremost, you have to realize that you’re still in a tunnel. And sometimes, you can see that light from a very long way away. But there’s a → Read More
EDITORIAL: How we deal with sick days needs to get better soon
In a perfect world, if you were concerned that you might have been exposed to COVID-19, you’d take all the precautions and immediately self-isolate, protecting others in the process. Guess what? Canada’s not perfect. In many → Read More
EDITORIAL: What’s in your food?
The debate about butter and palm oil just continues to churn along. It’s been the latest kitchen mystery: is Canadian butter now harder at room temperature than it used to be? And if it is, why? The suspected guilty party? Palm → Read More
EDITORIAL: Prioritizing vaccine rollout by risk factor is perfectly sensible
It doesn’t make much immediate sense if you’re one of the people who look at the world solely through the “but what about me?” lens. But for Canadians as a whole, it makes the most sense of all. Sunday, Toronto public → Read More
EDITORIAL: Atlantic Canada restaurants in need
Even before COVID-19, the restaurant business was a tough one to be in. A barometer of good economic times and bad, restaurants are often the first to feel the pinch of people cutting discretionary spending. Always competitive, often fickle, → Read More
EDITORIAL: Google tries the carrot approach
It tried the stick, now maybe it’s leaning towards the carrot instead. Not long ago, technology giant Google had some harsh threats for Australia: in January, as that country moved forward to pass legislation forcing Google and other social → Read More
EDITORIAL: The COVID candidate
In the last few weeks, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador has been held up as an example of quite a few things. How quickly COVID-19 mutations, particularly the B.1.1.7 British variant, can spread in a population, for instance. As an → Read More
EDITORIAL: A changing virus
So which COVID-19 is it, anyway? That’s starting to be a critical question. Last week, after recording small numbers of cases for months, health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador were suddenly dealing with a massive spike of cases in → Read More
EDITORIAL: Vaccines make a dent in COVID cases
It is, of course, exactly what vaccines are supposed to do: stop the outbreak of disease. In fact, it would be far more newsworthy if vaccines for COVID-19 weren’t doing exactly that. Still, in a long time of what seems like unremitting → Read More
EDITORIAL: Everything’s connected
Melting glaciers. Disappearing Canada jays. Now, COVID-19? Stay with us here. Over the weekend, a glacier in India collapsed, sweeping away two hydro projects. More than 100 workers are missing, some trapped in tunnels. Experts say the → Read More