Okay. Change of plans. It looks as though Saturday is the day I’ll be frolicking in the waves. So I’m likely to have no blog that day.______________________________________________________________ http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/el-nino-2018-noaa-prediction-1.4768316 http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/wildfires-california-1.4769425 http://medialens.org/index.php/alerts/alert-archive/2018/875-world-on-fire-climate-breakdown.html…
This is Justin Trudeau’s doing. It’s the path that he chose. He’ll get weak knees when major carbon emitters, such as the cement industry, whine about carbon taxing, but he’s…
This weekend Spain could claim the record for the hottest temperature recorded in Europe. That record currently sits with Greece at 48 degrees Celsius (118.4F). Holidaymakers bound for the Iberian…
Ms. Keesmaat gets her hand caught in the cookie jar. Ooops. Sorry to folks outside Toronto for focussing on her so much lately – but it’s target-rich environment, you might…
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday August 2, 2018. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. A Last Will must provide adequately for all dependents…
Here, examining David Macdonald’s latest report on wealth concentration in Canada – and the availability of more ambitious solutions than what’s been on offer in most recent political debates. For…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Annie Lowrey points out the massive amounts of money being directed toward stock buybacks in the U.S., with the predictable effect of…
I first met Lara Prychodko in kindergarten, as her parents dropped her off at our school. I said our final goodbye at her graveside last week, as her parents laid…
He's on his Great MAGA tour of America, holding one large rally after the other. He lives for those moments.But even the screams of his fanatical followers can't mask the…
Photo: More than 200 people packed into the Bellevue Community Hall tonight to support Janis Irwin’s bid for the NDP nomination in Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood. Janis Irwin launched her campaign for the…
Listened to a bit of the interview of NDP mayoral candidate Jennifer Keesmaat this morning on John Moore’s indispensable radio program. She said she favours a Toronto sales tax. I…
There’s a new news channel on the block. It’s called Ontario News Now. It is owned and operated by the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party — and funded by Ontario taxpayers.…
At the end of April this year, a truck was driven down Yonge Street in north Toronto on a quest to murder. The driver succeeded in killing 10 people and…
--> Older adults want to have the best quality of life after their retirement. And why shouldn’t they? Family caregivers deserve a good life, too. Identifying the right kind of…
It looks like Joey Deluca and some other members of the Worldwide Coalition Against Islam (WCAI) are indeed planning on leaving the warm comforts of their Calgary home and traveling…
Former high school teacher, vice-principal, university lecturer and education curriculum specialist Janis Irwin announced to a packed auditorium of supporters last night she will seek the NDP nomination in the…
Mexico is showing realism with its latest move towards recognizing that the American administration wanted a different trade agreement, based on fair trade (and not just free trade), and that…
Ten years ago very few of us imagined the world would be in the state it’s in today. The four hottest years on record have been the last four. We’re…
Slept in and got a slow start Wednesday — because I’m on vacation, y’all. But once I hopped the bus downtown and walked through the St. Jean gate, it was…
The question is taken from the title of an article by Nancy Olewiler of Simon Fraser University in the Canadian Journal of Economics (November 2017), which, as it happens, was…
