For Caregivers, It’s All About Gratitude
My husband Jim and I are in Milwaukee visiting our daughter. Natalie works here at an arts research foundation and we really wanted to see where she lives (it’s so…
2016
One Alberta Ranching Family’s Three-Generation Fight for Cleanup of Contaminated Well Site
By Tony Bruder For three generations, my family has lived on our ranch near Twin Butte, Alberta, where the mountains meet the prairies. Against a backdrop of towering rock there…
One Alberta Ranching Family’s Three-Generation Fight for Cleanup of Contaminated Well Site
By Tony Bruder For three generations, my family has lived on our ranch near Twin Butte, Alberta, where the mountains meet the prairies. Against a backdrop of towering rock there…
Italy’s Looming Referendum Risk Splits Southern Europe’s Bond Markets – MoneyBeat – WSJ
Italian 10-year yields are now nearly half a percentage point above their Spanish cousins, the highest in five years. Source: Italy’s Looming Referendum Risk Splits Southern Europe’s Bond Markets –…
Trump, Hypocrisy and Fascism
My Canada…my WORLD…involves people with integrity. The new American president spent months attacking people with racist, xenophobic and sexist venom. But when people satirize him, or criticize him, he cowers…
Jason Kenney’s sleazy campaign tactics explained: He’s rolling the dice on a first-ballot win
PHOTOS: Baby needs new shoes! Jason Kenney prepares to roll the dice on winning the Alberta PC leadership race on the first ballot. Actual Alberta conservative politicians may not appear…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday November 22, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Nov…
Top 7 Tips for Getting Fired Like a Pro
BY SIMRAN BAKSHI, ASSOCIATE LAWYER It is never a pleasant experience to learn that your employment is being terminated, no matter what the circumstances may be. Nonetheless, there is a…
Canada to Phase Out Coal Power Plants
The Canadian government has decided to end the use of coal for electricity by the year 2030. To make up the lost production the provinces which still use coal will…
Can They Do It Without Him?
When George W. Bush was elected president, he withdrew the United States from the Kyoto Protocol. Canada followed suit. Now, sixteen years later, Donald Trump vows to withdraw the United…
un autre pet de cerveau de Jones #nlpoli
Labrador member of parliament Yvonne Jones got so effercited at the prospect of more hydro-electric development with Hydro-Quebec that she wanted to offer arctic and sub-arctic regions outside Labrador as…
Donald Trump and the Kakistocracy
Like so many people all over the world, I sometimes can't decide what to call Donald Trump.Is he just a vulgar hustler who conned a nation into believing he was…
Let’s have a tag day for journalists.
Professor Penny Collenette wrote in the Toronto Star the other day that “all news is not fit to print.” Frankly Penny, your problem is that you need to define ‘news.’…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Comment 2016-11-22 07:30:00
THE REPUBLIC IS AN IMPERIUM LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR HAIL TRUMP THE NEW CAESAR AMERICA HAS ALWAYS SUFFERED FROM PRETENSIONS OF RECREATING THE ARISTOCRACY IT ABANDONED WITH ITS REVOLUTION. Family…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Comment 2016-11-22 06:30:00
THE REPUBLIC IS AN IMPERIUM LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR HAIL TRUMP THE NEW CAESAR AMERICA HAS ALWAYS SUFFERED FROM PRETENSIONS OF RECREATING THE ARISTOCRACY IT ABANDONED WITH ITS REVOLUTION. Family…
Would That Our Prime Minister Had the Courage of this Irish Senator.
Senator Aodhan O Riordain says what we should be hearing from our own government.
School Board Elections #nlpoli
Some folks were a bit agitated over the weekend about how hard it is going to be – supposedly – to vote in the school board election.Voter turn-out may be…
Bad news for Canada as Donald Trump announces withdrawal from TPP deal on day one of presidency
In an infomercial-style video released Monday, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump confirmed that he’ll withdraw from Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement as soon as he assumes office in January. Trump’s “America First”…
This week’s column: pinned to the wall
My family member is pinned to my wall, like an insect. It’s a bit clinical, perhaps, but it’s apt. Ever since Donald Trump shocked the world, and rode a wave…
How Can We Remain On The Sidelines?
We cannot be silent in the face of this: Recommend this Post