There’s an old saying that knowledge is power. That’s not entirely correct. Knowledge is nothing if it’s not combined with context and the critical thinking to categorize it properly. However, it’s a pretty big piece of the puzzle. These past

A year. A whole 12 months ago, a virus that had been surging elsewhere in the world finally caused a change to our day to day activities. Canadians have a tendency to look elsewhere and compare ourselves to other rich,

There’s a great scene in HBO’s classic television series The Sopranos: two mafia wiseguys enter a Starbucks-type coffee franchise and attempt to give the manager an offer he can’t refuse. Either he pays their “merchant’s protective cooperative” or they and

Communicating is one of the most important things we can do as humans. Over the past few centuries it’s gone through a whole lot of advancement, from the printing press to the telephone. The creation and adoption of the internet

If there’s anything this pandemic has shown, it’s the importance of data that’s both accurate and timely. In a novel and unexpected crisis, there is inevitably going to be screw-ups on the part of our public officials, both elected and

This past weekend, this province marked a particularly grim milestone, with its 10,000th death attributed to COVID-19. Despite making up only a quarter of Canada’s population, Quebec has accounted for nearly half of the deaths caused by the pandemic. The

Nearly a year into this whole pandemic scenario and there’s no sign that things will be getting back to normal any time soon. We’re seeing the backside of this second wave over the past week, especially so in the Outaouais,

A lot of the time, when discussing the various pandemic measures implemented by multiple levels of government, there is a lot of uncertainty as to the effects. It’s only natural, this is a once in a lifetime event (hopefully) and

Last week, a resident of Shawville or the surrounding environs decided that they had reached a breaking point. Nearly a year into the maelstrom of this pandemic, they finally decided that enough was enough. For whatever reason, either a YouTube

We’re all grounded Even before this public health crisis smashed our daily lives like a wrecking ball nearly a year ago (seems like only yesterday), it was obvious to everyone paying attention that our society was rapidly stratifying into the