And Rightly So –
Water service to the 5.5 million residents of Damascus, Syria has been disrupted causing the UN to warn, quite correctly, that targeting water sources constitutes a war crime. UN observers…
2017
It’s Been 25 Years Since World’s Prominent Scientists Released ‘Warning to Humanity’
The longer we delay addressing environmental problems, the more difficult it will be to resolve them. Although we’ve known about climate change and its potential impacts for a long time,…
New column day
Here, starting from the justified criticism of corporate-friendly “privatize the gains, socialize the losses” economic policy by noting that some genuinely socialized risks would represent a substantial improvement in equity.…
City prepared for snow, stocked with salt- Residents urged to clear fresh snowfall early
City of Vancouver News Release January 5, 2017 With more snow forecast for tonight and through the weekend, public safety is the City’s top priority. Snow-rain-freeze cycles over the last…
Microsoft killed solitaire for me
Solitaire – also known as Klondike and Patience – is a very popular game on computers. So popular, in fact that a version of this 200-year-old card game has been…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Anis Chowdhury refutes the theory that top-heavy tax cuts have anything to do with economic development: Cross-country research has found no relationship…
2017: A Look Ahead
Thursday, January 5, 2017 Check out our short video to meet some of our talented lawyers and see what we're most excited about for 2017! From providing legal aid for…
City prepared for snow, stocked with salt- Residents urged to clear fresh snowfall early
City of Vancouver News Release January 5, 2017 With more snow forecast for tonight and through the weekend, public safety is the City’s top priority. Snow-rain-freeze cycles over the last…
This is the best thing, like, ever
If Steve Ladurantaye was still alive, I would send it to him.
St. Albert Mayor Nolan Crouse says he won’t seek fourth term in surprise announcement this morning
PHOTOS: St. Albert Mayor Nolan Crouse at a Remembrance Day ceremony (Alberta Native News photo). Below: Councillor Cam MacKay, Councillor Cathy Heron, former deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk and former Wildrose…
Jan. 5 blog – a mixed bag.
Today’s blog will deal less with news than with my reactions to it – and with some very frank talk. A good deal of it will be local news –…
Pot, Kettle, Putin, Trump – Hmmm
America’s national intelligence wizards will be spending the day describing to Congress how the Russians hacked America’s November election to usher Trump into the White House. According to Lindsey Graham,…
Those Profane Twitter Goofs
1/1 Earlier I retweeted a post re carb tax w/ a profane hashtag ref the PM that I simply didn't initially see. Minutes later it was deleted. — Brad Wall…
Park Board opens Trout Lake to ice skating for first time in 20 years
Park Board Media Advisory January 5, 2017 Media are invited to join Park Board Chair Michael Wiebe for a skate on the newly opened safe ice of Trout Lake in…
A few updates from our corporate overlords
Just another day in corporate serfdom. Nestle and Monsanto caught f*#king with the food chain again while putting humans in chains.
recognizing racism in Northern Ontario
So there’s a story around here about a company promoting ice huts that said in their ad: “Please no status card users! You are not welcome in our huts. Equality…
Outsourcing Has Its Costs
The Toronto Star used to have its own production facilities, but as a cost-cutting measure, last year it outsourced that responsibility. Since then there have been numerous problems with the…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estate
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thusrday January 5, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on…
The Con Leadership Race: Now It’s Even More of a Porky Show
As we all know the Con leadership race badly needs any publicity it can get. Because not only has it been a porky show, it's also been incredibly boring.And if…
Only Public Outrage
At the beginning of the week, House Republicans voted to gut the Congressional Ethics Office. The next day they voted to reverse their decision after being scolded by their leader…