Mark Bonokoski

LATEST STORIES BY MARK BONOKOSKI

BONOKOSKI: Blaming China for pandemic is Trump’s ace-in-hole

Xi Jinping, the most autocratic dictator in China since Mao Zedong and his Little Red Book , now has his country under yet another relentless assault for its initial response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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April 23, 2020 Columnists

In this Nov. 9, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a joint statement to members of the media Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

BONOKOSKI: Drinking in self-isolation can trigger unintended consequences

If there was ever a sign of bad news lying ahead when COVID-19 is finally behind us, it’s that liquor and beer outlets were officially declared “essential services” but not Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

April 21, 2020 Columnists

This June 16, 2016 file photo made with a fisheye lens shows bottles of alcohol during a tour of a state liquor store in Salt Lake City. A large international study released on Thursday, April 12, 2018 says adults should average no more than one alcoholic drink per day, and that means many countries' alcohol consumption guidelines may be far too loose.

BONOKOSKI: Sorry Canada, expert economist says 'worst is yet to come'

The only news these days is bad news.

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April 18, 2020 Columnists

Masks, signs and boarded up stores continue during COVID-19 in Toronto on Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

BONOKOSKI: Self-isolation and anger are riding a handcart on the road to hell

As our collective governments extend our self-isolation by at least another month, we need to re-group, proportion our anger, and then move on.

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April 17, 2020 Canada

A healthcare worker runs across University Ave. from Mount Sinai Hospital to Toronto General Hospital.

BONOKOSKI: Big banks and scorpions alike during COVID-19 times

Big banks are frightening enough but, to many Canadians, they can also be like scorpions in the hard slog of the middle class to better their lives.

April 16, 2020 Columnists

BONOKOSKI: CBC jobs depend on kissing up to Liberals? Ask former CBC star

In the Twitter world stalked relentlessly by journalists, there was a significant flap over the weekend when the esteemed CBC foreign correspondent, Neil Macdonald, now retired, posted that CBC jobs were wholly dependent upon keeping the Liberals happy.

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April 14, 2020 Canada

BONOKOSKI: More firing up black market joints than buying them legally

Back in my long-haired hippy days at college, which was the last quarter of the last century, the best dope dealers had hash from Lebanon and weed from British Columbia.

April 11, 2020 Columnists

BONOKOSKI: COVID-19 and conspiracy theories are the viruses to combat

The most dangerous place in the world right now is the Internet where all the conspiracy theories are spreading as fast as the coronavirus itself.

April 10, 2020 Columnists

A medical staff member is seen next to a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the intensive care unit at the Circolo hospital in Varese, Italy April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo ORG XMIT: GDN

BONOKOSKI: Trudeau's delay of decision on Huawei jams up 'Two Michaels'

On Sunday, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held his daily press conference outside Rideau Cottage with COVID-19 updates, he was asked by me for the latest news on Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig — the seemingly forgotten Canadian men locked up by China’s communist dictatorship.

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April 8, 2020 Columnists

Michael Kovrig (left) and Michael Spavor, the two Canadians detained in China, are shown in these 2018 images taken from video.

BONOKOSKI: Trudeau evades direct questions about the 'Two Michaels'

On Sunday, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held his daily press conference outside Rideau Cottage to update the COVID-19 crisis, it was also the 484th day that Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig have been locked up in undisclosed Chinese jails.

April 6, 2020 Columnists

Mark Bonokoski

LATEST STORIES BY MARK BONOKOSKI

BONOKOSKI: Blaming China for pandemic is Trump’s ace-in-hole

BONOKOSKI: Drinking in self-isolation can trigger unintended consequences

BONOKOSKI: Sorry Canada, expert economist says 'worst is yet to come'

BONOKOSKI: Self-isolation and anger are riding a handcart on the road to hell

BONOKOSKI: Big banks and scorpions alike during COVID-19 times

BONOKOSKI: CBC jobs depend on kissing up to Liberals? Ask former CBC star

BONOKOSKI: More firing up black market joints than buying them legally

BONOKOSKI: COVID-19 and conspiracy theories are the viruses to combat

BONOKOSKI: Trudeau's delay of decision on Huawei jams up 'Two Michaels'

BONOKOSKI: Trudeau evades direct questions about the 'Two Michaels'

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