Weekly roundup: May 28 – June 3

Articles

Calgary Reconsidered from The Walrus [This is longer and well worth the read.]

Parents to blame for childhood obesity epidemic from National Post

Rookie cop takes heat for arresting off-duty officer from Toronto Star

Politicians, not Catholics, deserve Ontario’s wrath for funding religious schools from The Globe and Mail

Goodbye from Lee Richardson from David Akin’s on the Hill

Quebec’s self-appointed defenders take issue from Maclean’s

Re-education of David Wilks a lesson on the decline of parliament from National Post

Edmonton teacher suspended for giving students zeros from Calgary Herald

To defeat poverty, you have to define it from National Post

Bizarre crash between planes form both U.S. air safety agencies leads to call for Canadian help from National Post

Tweets

Hashtagging every noun will neither win friends nor influence people.

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Doug Saunders (@DougSaunders) May 31, 2012

I think I should make a t-shirt out of this graphic from today's Advice column. http://t.co/t6J54fJO

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Steve Murray (@NPsteve) May 31, 2012

For the first time, things are flowing nicely at Union station.

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Steve Murray (@NPsteve) June 01, 2012

^re: station flooding

Well, at least *someone* is happy about the Union Station flood. #toronto http://t.co/iMGR5A6H

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Sharilyn Johnson (@thirdbeat) June 01, 2012

Awesome msg from Prof John Nychka to companies complaining they need to train new grads: Are they good at learning? Yes? Then I did my job!

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George Roter (@geroter) June 03, 2012

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