Dear CBC: what I know, what I don’t
I didn’t know Reese Fallon. I may have met her, once, when Beaches-East York MP Nate Erskine-Smith – who did know her – held an anti-racism event in our neighbourhood.…
July 2018
Reduce Your Cancer Risk by Eating Earlier
A new study has concluded that when we eat our supper is an important factor in reducing risk of certain cancers. The researchers monitored people’s eating times and noticed that…
The Real Thing
E. J. Dionne writes that the Helsinki press conference showed us the real Donald Trump — unadorned: The truth is that Trump really does have what you might call a…
Trump’s Divide and Conquest.
It has been worrisome lately that Justin Trudeau was heading off on a track that would take him too far from the liberalism we shared with his father. It is…
My question.
How did someone with diagnosed psychosis get a restricted weapon? — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 23, 2018
Anthony Bourdain, suicide, and lifelines
For the CBC on June 12, 2018 Many of us experience a heaviness in the early morning hours; a feeling that the Swedish word vargtimmen perfectly encapsulates. Robert Macfarlane, author…
Tom Olsen beats Megan McCaffrey in Calgary-Buffalo UCP nomination, Liberal David Khan to run in Mountain View
Photo: Tom Olsen and Ric McIver (source: Facebook) Lobbyist Tom Olsen surprised many political watchers last weekend when he defeated Megan McCaffery in the United Conservative Party nomination contest in…
Referendum on Portage and Main is a huge opportunity for Winnipeg urbanists
Photo by BriYYZ One of the main issues emerging in the Winnipeg civic election (October) is whether or not the intersection at Portage and Main should be open to pedestrians.…
Could Trump Derail the Great American Ponzi Scheme?
Are America’s Asian creditors getting tired of Donald Trump and his temper tantrums? An article in the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s newspaper of record, suggests patience is running…
Has America Reached One of Those Moments Jefferson Warned About?
Has the United States of America run its course? Has it outlived democracy and transformed into something even Americans can’t stomach? Is it time for the Jeffersonian cure, rebellion? McGill…
Running for office, 2018
This morning I filed my papers to run for Deputy Mayor in the 2018 municipal election. I want to thank everyone who encouraged me to run, who endorsed my application,…
Episode 16: Derek Fildebrandt introduces the Derek Fildebrandt Party
In this episode of the Daveberta Podcast, Dave Cournoyer and Ryan Hastman discuss whether Derek Fildebrandt‘s Freedom Conservative Party will be relevant in the next election, Rachel Notley‘s role at…
Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of July 23, 2018
140Law: Here are our Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of July 23, 2018. A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jul 23, 2018 at 7:32am PDT…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Giri Sivaraman and Jim Stanford challenge the right-wing dogma that unions – and unions alone among private actors – should be expected to…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of July 23, 2018
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 23, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: Ohio Lawyer is suspended after apparent sex act with client is caught…
How Road Diets Improve Traffic Flow
Urban planners know adding streets won’t make traffic any better, indeed adding capacity for more cars does the opposite: it makes traffic worse. The problem is that the average person…
Harris 2.0
Doug Ford has established a special commission — headed by former B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell — to look into Ontario’s finances. The auditor general took a look at those finances…
Column: the Trudeau “movement”
Anyone seen the Liberal Party of Canada, lately? It was here just a minute ago. You know: one of the most successful political parties in Western democracy. Charter of Rights,…
Death of the News.
Pundits and political scientists will measure the time-of-death and arguments will flare up occasionally but the agreement is that news, as we knew it, is dead. We can celebrate its…
Death on the Danforth
Lisa and the kids and I live a few blocks from where it happened last night. We know the Danforth – that’s what it’s called here, “the Danforth” – quite…