The Secret Path by Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire topped Edmonton best-sellers last week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended April 23, 2017, compiled on April 24, 2017, by Audreys Books…
April 2017
Forget the Wall, We’ve Just Opened a Hell of a Door
Source: CBC News – Saskatchewan Government Passes Bill 40 Allowing Partial Sale of Crowns Let’s ignore the long absence, and just get right to it, shall we? We’ve talked about…
Limitation does not run against tortfeasor who caused damages while tortfeasor is trying to fix problem
Presidential MSH Corporation v. Marr Foster & Co. LLP, 2017 ONCA 325: First, the cases suggest that a legal proceeding against an expert professional may not be appropriate if the…
Limitation does not run against tortfeasor who caused damages while tortfeasor is trying to fix problem
Presidential MSH Corporation v. Marr Foster & Co. LLP, 2017 ONCA 325: First, the cases suggest that a legal proceeding against an expert professional may not be appropriate if the…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Christian Cooper discusses how poverty is like a disease in its effect on a person’s mental and physical well-being. And Andre Picard highlights…
Unmonitored Mining Pollutes Fraser River, Threatens Salmon Runs: Report
Hundreds of placer mines, which have never undergone environmental assessments, are operating in the Fraser River watershed with minimal government oversight despite mounting evidence that the operations pollute water and…
How Propaganda Works to Divide Us
Political propaganda employs the ideals of liberal democracy to undermine those very ideals, the dangers of which, not even its architects fully understand. In the early years of DeSmog’s research…
Scientists Find Methane Pollution from B.C.’s Oil and Gas Sector 2.5 Times What B.C. Government Reports
New, groundbreaking research from a group of scientists shows B.C.’s estimates of methane pollution from oil and gas activity in the province’s Peace region are wildly underestimated. Using infrared cameras…
Now Here’s a Number That Won’t Leave You Yawning – I Hope
How does 90-trillion dollars sound? Got your attention? The global impact of our rapidly warming and fast melting Arctic could create losses from the destruction of roads and buildings upwards…
Please stand by … while AlbertaPolitics.ca fixes a problem with disappearing illustrations
The test pattern of the British Amateur Television Club, circa 1960. As regular readers of this blog will be aware, AlbertaPolitics.ca recently moved to a new web hosting service in…
“Oral questions. The Honourable Mad Max.”
If true, this thing is over, no? Bernier campaign tells me O’Leary is out of #CPCLdr, will endorse @MaximeBernier. Holy boom! — David Akin (@davidakin) April 26, 2017
Bill S-5
Lisa is moderating. I think it will be an interesting debate, because of the quality of the participants – but also, speaking personally, I’ve got a family member who is…
It’s That Yawn. That’s What Can Kill You.
The field of climate change offers rich pickings for social scientists. There’s an immense amount of data to be mined in how we, collectively and as individuals, respond to this…
The Trump Strategy
I just read Owen’s blog, which today talks about the wily Trump’s real purpose behind his plan to reduce the corporate tax rate to 15%, from 35%. The following news…
All The Way To The Bank
Today is the day Donald Trump reveals his plan to revamp the American tax code. The Wall Street Journal reports that the cornerstone of his plan will be to reduce…
A Bold, Bodacious Beard Club
Beards are wonderful. I say this not has a biased individual who has a beard, but has a person who understands that beards are more than they seem. In the…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday April 26, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law. In difficult custody cases, a Court may request that the…
Meltdowns in Kids with Disabilities: Coping Tips for Parents
By guest blogger Kristen Heller Whether you have a child who has Down’s syndrome, Asperger’s syndrome, or a child who is somewhere on the autism spectrum, there’s a good chance…
Buck Booking’s Blues.
Some wonder how the time of the British Royals to visit the colonies is allocated across the British Commonwealth of Nations and other friendly countries. What if this was all…