On this Labor Day we want to say thank you to all the hard working frogs, bears, pigs, chickens, monsters, doozers, and yes, even people. Thank you for all you do.

I bet the Liberals run on a Basic Income Guarantee in 2025. I bet that’s ace he believes he’s holding. Trudeau was right about cannabis. He was right about proportional representation, wrong not to do it. UBI/BIG is the one big policy idea that takes on the Conservative vision

Twenty-nine years after Ontario’s police shot and killed Dudley George at Ipperwash, Anishinabek Nation leadership calls for greater implementation of Ipperwash Inquiry recommendations. anishinabeknews.ca/2024/09/05/ani…

I don’t have anything original to say about Ontario ending the Beer Store monopoly early at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars. I cede my time to Public Enemy on what corner store sales might mean differently for low-income neighbourhoods. youtube.com/watch?v=5cWlTs…

In her book "The Knowing," journalist and author Tanya Talaga tells a story of Canadian, Indigenous — and personal — history through the lens of government policies like the Indian Act and residential schools. She talks with Jeyan Jeganathan tonight at 11pm | Producer: Maya Abramson

I’m genuinely excited for this.

Hospital data shows twice as many Ontarians are being cared for in hospital hallways than when Doug Ford’s PCs were elected in 2018 on a promise to end it. That’s worth a sticky note. thetrillium.ca/news/health/ho…

Canada needs a health accountability officer.  The health care agreements that Canada has signed with provinces and territories include tens of billions of dollars in new spending. The problem is, these deals are extremely complex and lack transparency.

‘The system has fallen apart’: A child dies every 3 days under Ontario’s care network "It shows that in 2020, 104 children associated with care died. In 2021 that number spiked to 129, while 121 deaths were recorded in 2022." globalnews.ca/news/10735101/…

I amplified this post yesterday about how Ontario hospital figures show so-called “hallway medicine” is twice as bad as when Doug Ford’s PCs were elected on a promise to fix it. And would you believe me if I told you how much anti-immigrant sentiment that attracted? It’s shocking

I have never endorsed a listicle before but Austin Campbell's "Top 5 Moustaches In Northern Ontario" is decent. snnewswatch.com/local-news/top…

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction estimates a $6.4-billion deficit between government revenues and expenditures related to alcohol. Their study estimates the national deficit from alcohol use between 2007-2020 increased by 122 per cent.

I suspect that if we’re going to ask the public to fund news, we’re going to have to differentiate news, current affairs, and analysis content from the endless stream of human interest and self-congratulatory, mediocre accompaniments that make up the rest of the internet.

House of Commons to hold emergency debate on deaths of First Nations people by police aptnnews.ca/national-news/… via APTN News

This brings the total to 7 Indigenous People who’ve been killed by police or in this case while in custody since August 29. That’s 7 Indigenous people dead in 19 days via Canadian policing system.

Medal of valour for the Environment Canada employee who figured the 5th tornado warning to my cell within 45 minutes would be the one I’d heed. There are solid, cubic metres of water falling from the sky right now. If I’m not taking shelter from that, my phone’s not my concern.

A Thunder Bay Police Service voluntary survey released today finds a continuing lack of overall confidence in TBPS among a majority of Indigenous respondents. The confidence gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous respondents is also notable.

Members of Grassy Narrows First Nation will lead a demonstration of thousands tomorrow at Queen's Park. They will be calling for the Dryden mill to be shut down. ricochet.media/indigenous/we-… My first for Ricochet Media

Our new Northern Ontario Indigenous Issues reporter has hit the ground running. Check out Jon Thompson's first on a brand new beat — Grassy Narrows and the community's calls for justice for 60 years of industrial poisoning. ricochet.media/indigenous/we-… #onpoli #FreeGrassy

Lawyer for the Kenora Women’s Hockey League has given the City of Kenora until the end of the month to provide adequate ice time. Ice time by gender is 31 hours per week for men to two hours for women “so late at night that they are virtually unusable.” kenoraminerandnews.com/news/local-new…