Generation X is the last generation to have the old timey childhood, but also moved into the digital age, we had hippie family members, rotary phones, 2 channels on TV, we respected our elders, we watched siblings smoke pot, we grew up with Gilligans Island and never had to /1
wear seatbelts. We rode in the back of a truck with not a care in the world. We were lively and a little wild, we played with a Rubik’s cube, we had train sets and drove go karts, we would go sledding and someone always got injured. We took chances. We wore pastel and /2
other clothes that glowed in the dark. Let’s talk about the wild 80’s hair, 70’s bell bottoms and those crazy mullets 🤣. We learned to drive a stick and most of us could drive a dirt bike. We watched SNL, SCTV, Kids in the Hall and SOAP. We were accepting and generous. /3
TORONTO — There are now five former Ford government staffers working as lobbyists or publicists with for-profit long-term care providers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brayden Akers registered to lobby his former employer, the Ontario government, on behalf of /1
Sienna Senior Living Inc. on June 1. The company has hired Navigator, where Akers works as a consultant, to represent them. Navigator describes itself as “Canada’s leading high stakes public strategy and communications firm.”/2
Akers previously worked as director of communications to Greg Rickford, Ontario’s minister of northern development, energy, mines and Indigenous affairs, according to a biography posted on Navigator’s website./3
Thread - Nova Scotians ages 63 and 64 will be the first group eligible to access the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine starting Saturday, March 20. #NovaScotia
The vaccine will be available at 25 locations across the province on a first come, first served basis.
Guardian - Hutchins Pharmacy, 310 St. George St., Annapolis Royal
Walmart Pharmacy, 1065 Central Ave., Greenwood
Stones Drug Store, 491 Chebucto St., Baddeck
Freeman’s Pharmacy, 15786 Central Ave., Inverness/3
Renewable energy projects, protected areas and recycling: #NovaScotia
Wind Energy
To ensure a more diverse energy mix, Nova Scotia Power and the municipal electric utilities must have 25% renewables in their mix by 2015 and 40% by 2020.
We are well on the path to /1
meeting those requirements, and wind will play a major role as projects already approved will reach the technical limit of 500 megawatts around 2015.
Federal regulations establish a requirement for coal-fired units to meet specific emissions standards or /2
shut down at the end of their useful life.
Tidal Energy
To develop the Bay of Fundy’s resource, the Province of Nova Scotia has taken a number of strategic actions: • Supporting the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) /3
Releasing the start of this thread.
This thread is about Alberta - UCP cuts and disastrous policies by Jason Kenney:
December 05, 2020 • Worker Rights and Safety
Proposed end to WCB fair practices office 'shortsighted'
Bill 47, Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, /1
UCP cuts and disastrous polices by Jason Kenney - Alberta
will dissolve the Fair Practices and Medical Panels offices, which employs 54 people and helps people navigate the WCB system, by April 1, 2021. /2
UCP cuts and disastrous policies by Jason Kenney - Alberta
Workers’ Compensation
UCP tabled Bill 47, an omnibus bill that will make workplaces less safe and leave workers less protected. Some of the many changes include limiting workers' right to refuse unsafe work./3