Murray dumps Wynne.
“Don’t let the door handle hit you in the ass on the way out, Glen!” The good news is that Ontario Environment Minister Glen Murray is leaving the Wynne cabinet…
August 2017
Madeleine Thien’s Do Not Say We Have Nothing returns to the top of Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended July 30, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien tops Audreys Bestseller List
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended July 30, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
The Fight Over Taseko Mine Permits Issued During Forest Fire Evacuation Just Levelled Up
Representatives from the Tsilhqot’in National Government were in the B.C. Supreme Court this week asking for an immediate injunction to stop Taseko’s exploratory drilling for the controversial open-pit New Prosperity…
Mount Polley Investigation Still On, Federal Charges ‘In Play,’ Says B.C. Environment Minister
B.C.’s new Minister of Environment, George Heyman, says he identifies with the many British Columbians eager for the outcome of the single ongoing investigation into the Mount Polley mine disaster…
It’s Finally Happening: Site C Gets Its Date with the B.C. Utilities Commission
David Vardy has a message for British Columbia about continuing work on the Site C dam while the project undergoes a quick independent review by the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC).…
We can’t afford to forget the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Seventy-two years ago this Sunday, a United States Air Force bomber dropped an atomic bomb, code-named “Little Boy,” on Hiroshima; an estimated 130,000 people perished. Three days later, on August…
The promise of a thunderstorm.
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When B.C.’s Wildfires Are Over, What Comes Next?
British Columbians have been suffering through some of the worst wildfires in memory. These latest fires are turning out to be even more devastating than the horrible 2003 Kelowna fires…
India Heading for "Wet Bulb 35"
There is a point where high heat and high humidity will kill even the healthiest human being. That’s called Wet Bulb 35. When that is reached, the body can no…
August 2: insanity
A new record for the irving press on July 31. All the news of Canada&World is just 4 pages. The lead story, the most important thing in the world to…
A Bagful of Liars
It’s the lie they spun on the orders of their president/dad/father-in-law and, even now that they’re caught out, they’re sticking to it. The event was a meeting between Donald Trump…
Sturgeon River-Parkland by-election to replace Rona Ambrose to be called by end of 2017
A federal by-election will be held in Sturgeon River-Parkland in the coming months following the resignation of Conservative Member of Parliament Rona Ambrose. Ambrose served as MP for this riding…
Start the Clock. We’re In Overshoot.
From now until midnight, New Year’s Eve, mankind will be exceeding the ecological carrying capacity of Earth, our one and only biosphere, Spaceship Earth if you like. That’s 151 days…
Will It Be All Talk And No Action?
There will always be those who see Justin Trudeau only through the public image he has so assiduously cultivated. Others, however, refuse to suspend their critical faculties despite the Prime…
gRSShopper in a Box
My pre-conference workshop for Online Educa Berlin has been announced and this seems as good an occasion as any to summarize what I’ve been up to lately. Over the last…
Huge PCPO pickup
Wow. Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown is poised to get a star candidate for next year’s election – Caroline Mulroney. Mulroney, whose father Brian Mulroney was prime minister from 1984…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Angella MacEwen offers her suggestions as to what a fair and progressive trade agenda should look like: Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms are…
The Wild.
A very yellow house, sitting high on the hill. In the middle of the wild. I tend to the wild enough most years so that it does not reach out…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday August 2, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law. In difficult custody cases, a Court may request that the…