Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Roni Caryn Rabin, Apoorva Mandervilli and Shawn Hubler discuss the U.S.’ reconsideration of plans to lift COVID-19 recommendations and restrictions in the face…
July 2021
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 2, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Bill Cosby released from prison after court overturns his sexual assault conviction via The Toronto Star Read more: https://bit.ly/WiseLawLegalTweet07012021 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Long Time Duncan Mayor Mike Coleman Has Died
Originally posted on Facebook By Richard Hughes Admin · 29 June at 17:27 · I offer my most sincere condolences to Barb, the love of his life and his handsome…
Cwood’s Corroding Lampposts
First Street was so attractive when it was first rebuilt, about 15 years ago: all new and shiny infrastructure. But since then, it has been basically neglected and the inevitable…
Frog, dog
I saw him. Joey didn’t. The post Frog, dog first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Only The Beginning
The indictment in New York has been unsealed. Dana Milbank writes: The charges in New York against the Trump Organization and CFO Allen Weisselberg are extensive and serious. Scheme to…
A Question for Ms. McKenna.
It is possible that the news media forgot to ask Catherine McKenna a key question when she was talking to them at Ottawa’s Flora Footbridge the other day. It seems…
Tearing down colonial statues is making history, not erasing it
While confederate statues get bashed down in the south, Canada’s own architects of genocide and apartheid have also come to a crumbling demise. Statues of John A MacDonald and Egerton…
It’s Worse Than We Imagine.
The Canadian west is struggling with a record-setting heatwave. It’s beset by drought. The vast pine forests have been turned into resinous timber in recent years by pine beetle infestations,…
Catching up
I have been suffering computer grief for some days now. So I’m hurrying now to deal with the crisis that our commercial news media have less interest in. This is…
Bring out the dead…
Ignoring climate change in the short term has benefits both to individuals and to organizations. Individuals do not have to make changes in the cars they drive, the products they…
Help wanted
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At Least They’re Honest About It.
The United States is woefully unprepared for runaway wildfires driven by climate change. Sound familiar? At least, under Joe Biden, they’re racing to catch up. “We’re burning up, we’re choking…
Confronting Our Past: Gabor Mate Speaks
Like many blogs, mine is largely informed by the thoughts of others. To be sure, I try to make it my practice to shape and filter things through my own…
Canadian Historian Explains The Key Facts About Residential Schools
This excellent Facebook post is well worth a read. Originally published on Facebook by Jessica O’Neill As a Canadian and a historian, I’m going to explain some of the key…
A Fitting Commentary for Canada Day
One thing that distinguishes Canada from so many other countries is our natural bounty. We have a lot of natural resources, renewable and non-renewable. Most of our achievements that we…
Canada: a Warning to the World
Happy Canada Day!!! On this, the day we celebrate our nation’s birthday, we have much to be proud of, things to regret, and the knowledge that our once staid homeland…
Edward Snowdon – Conspiracy Theories Are How We Conceal Conspiracies.
Edward Snowden writes that conspiracy theories are so widespread because sometimes the truth is just too much to bear. He says that conspiracy theories often mask conspiracy practices that are…
thoughts on not celebrating canada day #cancelcanadaday
If it wasn’t clear why we should not be celebrating Canada Day this year, by now it should be. Three days after the discovery of 215 skeletons of children were…