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Saturday March 12, 2022

March 12, 2022 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Saturday March 12, 2022

Bye-bye to the Big Mac: Russia’s war heralds a dark, isolated economic era

August 10, 2007

The big western brands showed Vladimir Putin how to do it. While the Kremlin’s army was getting bogged down in Ukraine, Coca-Cola and Starbucks lost no time in closing their doors to Russian customers.

But the most emblematic move of all came from McDonald’s, which has shut all 850 of its outlets in Russia. The availability of Big Macs in the Soviet Union was seen in 1990 as evidence that the west’s old cold war foe was turning its back on communism, but the past fortnight has rekindled memories of the bad old days. There were queues outside McDonald’s when it first opened in Moscow. Last week, Russians queued for one last burger before the pull-out began.

One of Putin’s predecessors in the Kremlin – Lenin – once said there were decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen, and that’s true of the period since Russian troops moved across the border into Ukraine on 24 February.

Posted in: International Tagged: 2022-10, consumerism, invasion, leaf blower, map, maps, McDonald’s, Russia, Soviet, Soviet Union, Ukraine, USSR, Vladimir Putin, war, Western, world

Friday December 3, 2021

December 3, 2021 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Friday December 3, 2021

Boosters or global vaccine sharing? Canada can do both amid Omicron: experts

May 11, 2021

The discovery of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant has reignited the issue of global vaccine inequality as richer nations debate whether to accelerate third doses of vaccines.

But as Canadian officials figure out how to protect their populations, they must also not lose focus on vaccinating other parts of the world to stop new variants from emerging, experts say.

“There has been a lack of appreciation and foresight into how important and directly impactful it is to ensure that we vaccinate the entire world,” said Dr. Matthew Miller, associate professor of biochemistry and biomedical sciences at McMaster University.

“We need to be thinking really carefully and deliberately about how we ensure that nations and regions that have not had good vaccine availability get access to those vaccines.”

August 21, 2021

Following the revelation of Omicron last week, which the WHO warns poses a “very high” risk, wealthy nations around the world have taken steps to try and protect their populations.

Among those measures are travel bans. mainly on nations in Africa, where the variant was discovered, but also on accelerating expanding third dose rollouts.

The United Kingdom has decided to open booster shots for all adults, and the head of the European Commission said Wednesday the European Union needs daily reviews of its travel restrictions and rapid deployment of boosters to protect from Omicron. It is unclear right now if the variant is more deadly, or if it can evade current vaccines.

May 20, 2021

The Canadian government has requested the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) to quickly provide the latest directives on booster use in light of the Omicron variant, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said Tuesday.

Canada’s vaccination rate vastly differs from other countries in the world. Right now, 86 per cent of eligible Canadians are fully vaccinated whereas the world’s population overall is 43.58 per cent fully vaccinated, Johns Hopkins University indicates.

However, Johns Hopkins’ data shows large portions of Africa remain unvaccinated. In Nigeria, the continent’s most populous country, only 1.74 per cent of eligible Nigerians are fully vaccinated. In Ethiopia, 1.28 per cent of its eligible population is fully inoculated.

Many African nations have had challenges with their vaccine rollouts, and have wasted doses that have been given with short notices and short shelf lives. Some countries have also run into vaccine hesitancy, which has impacted uptake.

Those challenges show that global vaccine equity is more than just supplying shots, Barrett said, adding wealthy countries like Canada need to help with rollouts even as they boost their populations.

January 28, 2021

“Vaccine rollouts have been so ineffective in some places that they’ve been throwing vaccines out because it expires over the last number of months,” she said.

“How do we start to support other countries in a real way to get their vaccine rollout in a more effective space and place, so they’re not throwing out expired vaccine doses?”

To date, Canada has donated more than 8.3 million surplus vaccine doses through COVAX, and has also shared 762,080 AstraZeneca doses through direct, bilateral arrangements with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The government has also pledged to donate at least 200 million doses to the COVAX by the end of 2022. (Global News) 

 

Posted in: International Tagged: 2021-40, Africa, booster, COVAX, covid-19, developing world, globe, inequity, International, pandemic, Poverty, race, vaccination, Vaccine, Western, world

Saturday January 16, 2016

January 15, 2016 by Graeme MacKay
By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator - Saturday January 16, 2016 Hamilton gets Garth Brooks times 5 Garth Brooks has upped the ante to five record-breaking concerts at FirstOntario Centre. Brooks initially announced that he and his wife Trisha Yearwood would perform one show at the downtown Hamilton arena on Saturday, March 26 at 7 p.m. Within less than 45 minutes of tickets going on sale Friday morning for that show, however, four additional concerts were added to the venue in four separate announcements, the first released at 10 a.m. and the fourth released at 10:42 a.m. The timing of the five FirstOntario Centre shows by the American country superstar are between March 24 and 27th. "Garth Brooks has smashed his Hamilton and Toronto ticket sales record combined in 45 minutes," Leigh Ann Pigue, advertising and promotions manager for Nashville-based promoter Varnell Enterprises, said in a statement. "He last played Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Sept. 5, 1996, and SkyDome in Toronto, Sept., 6, 1996, and sold a combined 47,910 tickets. Today he has sold 54,048 tickets for FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton and tickets are still selling." Tickets for all shows are on sale now for $79.81 including service fees and HST, with an eight-ticket per purchase limit. (Source: Hamilton Spectator) http://www.thespec.com/whatson-story/6234187-hamilton-gets-garth-brooks-times-5/ Hamilton, entertainment, religion, First Ontario Centre, Copps Coliseum, country, western, Garth Brooks

By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Saturday January 16, 2016

Hamilton gets Garth Brooks times 5

Garth Brooks has upped the ante to five record-breaking concerts at FirstOntario Centre.

Brooks initially announced that he and his wife Trisha Yearwood would perform one show at the downtown Hamilton arena on Saturday, March 26 at 7 p.m.

Within less than 45 minutes of tickets going on sale Friday morning for that show, however, four additional concerts were added to the venue in four separate announcements, the first released at 10 a.m. and the fourth released at 10:42 a.m.

The timing of the five FirstOntario Centre shows by the American country superstar are between March 24 and 27th.

“Garth Brooks has smashed his Hamilton and Toronto ticket sales record combined in 45 minutes,” Leigh Ann Pigue, advertising and promotions manager for Nashville-based promoter Varnell Enterprises, said in a statement. “He last played Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Sept. 5, 1996, and SkyDome in Toronto, Sept., 6, 1996, and sold a combined 47,910 tickets. Today he has sold 54,048 tickets for FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton and tickets are still selling.”

Tickets for all shows are on sale now for $79.81 including service fees and HST, with an eight-ticket per purchase limit. (Source: Hamilton Spectator)

 

Posted in: Entertainment, Hamilton Tagged: Copps Coliseum, country, Entertainment, First Ontario Centre, Garth Brooks, Hamilton, religion, Western

Saturday, March 23, 2013

March 23, 2013 by Graeme MacKay

Saturday, March 23, 2013By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Saturday, March 23 2013

Sheriff Glenn Decaire’s Last Stand

It is interesting, and disturbing in some ways, to watch the test of wills between city council and our police. Our elected officials seem set on making it clear they are in charge of the purse strings, even though they have no line-by-line control over the police budget.

As The Spectator’s Emma Reilly has reported, for the first time in recent memory, council is considering whether to reject a budget increase requested by the police with the endorsement of the Police Service Board (PSB). If council rejects the budget presented by Chief Glenn De Caire, it will go back to the board, which could accept council’s suggested increase or appeal to the Ontario Civilian Police Commission.

These circumstances are unusual in Hamilton. Historically, councillors have not aggressively disputed the police budget in this way. One result has been a push for the PSB to be accountable to taxpayers, not just the chief, and that is good thing.

It is troubling, though, to see the relationship deteriorate between council and police leadership. It appears council’s confidence and trust in the police leadership has eroded as councillors pushed for answers to valid questions on behalf of Hamilton taxpayers. This is not such a good thing and we must be concerned about the outcome if that relationship is not repaired. Police leaders must adapt to the demands of accountability, particularly regarding taxpayers’ money. (Source: Hamilton Spectator)

Posted in: Hamilton Tagged: Bratina, Budget, Chief, Editorial Cartoon, Glenn de caire, Hamilton, police, Western

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