Monthly Archives: February 2017

Why is Canadian Blood Services making it so inconvenient to donate blood?

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Blair

This Saturday, at 2 pm, I was where you can find me pretty much every eight weeks at that time: at the Walnut Grove Lutheran Church attending the only mobile blood donor clinic held in North Langley. I have attended … Continue reading →

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On renewable natural gas and mindless anti-everything environmentalism

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Blair

This morning one of my regular foils on Twitter posted a surprising tweet: (source https://twitter.com/edwiebe/status/832624138103640068) Mr. Wiebe is an outspoken environmentalist with expertise in the field of climate change and climate modelling so I was a bit surprised by this … Continue reading →

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Why data in context matters – On reporting about aggressive dogs

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Blair

This morning the radio and television stations in Vancouver were broadcasting the results of an investigation by Estefania Duran from CKNW. Her story had the click-baiting title “What dog breed is behind the most attacks in Metro Vancouver? It’s not what … Continue reading →

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