Legal Tweet of the Day: November 11, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: U.S. Capitol rioter gets 41 months in prison, longest sentence imposed so far via @CBCNews – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
November 2021
A Canadian Clown Show
My previous post dealt with the racism-tinged dismissal of a high school principal in Texas. Today’s deals with malfeasance of another kind: the unjust treatment of a co-op student who…
Remembrance: In quiet Cobble Hill, cenotaph honours daughter who fell in First World War
Author of the article: By Nic Hume Publishing date: Nov 10, 2021 • 1 day ago • 4 minute read • Join the conversation Dorothy P. Twist was a nursing…
A Few Thoughts On The Rittenhouse Trial
The Kyle Rittenhouse trial is a farce. A travesty, and potentially will end up being one of the most egregious miscarriages of justice in history (and not just US history,…
A Good Question
On the COVID file, Doug Ford’s record has been spotty. Martin Regg Cohn writes: The recurring COVID-19 waves won’t subside anytime soon. But a rising tide of infections in Ontario…
Cities of the Future Act as Sponges
When it rains cities should hold all the water. In the 20th century that idea would have been laughed out of the room; today, we know better. Urban water management…
CP story on Bernier v. Kinsella et al.: “Maxime Bernier has lost”
Key bits below. Full story, by my former Herald colleague Joan Bryden, here. “OTTAWA — Maxime Bernier has lost his defamation fight against a columnist who repeatedly portrayed the People’s…
Doug Ford and Ontario’s EV Car Potential
Ontario will never have a robust EV market so long as Doug Ford thinks a mine and more highways will help him. The post Doug Ford and Ontario’s EV Car…
Remember
Remembering my Dad at Remembrance Day: here he is, age 20, at officer cadet training in Summer of 1952. Front row centre. Went on to join the RCAC but not…
A Legacy Lost.
It makes you a bit sad. What the genius of Ted Rogers built is being mishandled by his son. From the catbird seat on Toronto’s ancient Jarvis Street, you can…
11.11 readers’ advisory meets "at your library" in the north island eagle
At Your Library by Laura Kaminker Celebrate and commemorate Remembrance Day with a good book or three Readers have told me they enjoy the themed booklists I’ve shared. Remembrance Day…
In Flanders Fields? It’s time to encourage another generation of school kids to read some better poems from the Great War
A civilization that forgets its poetry is barely worthy of the name. Like fiction and unlike non-fiction, poetry is how a culture’s most profound truths are told. Unlike fiction, poetry…
Who am I?
I’ve been writing for this site for quite a while now. But readers still don’t know who I am or what qualifications I have to write a column. so…. I…
Erin O’Toole and the Shadow Cabinet From Hell
Ever since he returned from the place where he had been hiding, Erin O'Toole has looked a lot like a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown. And who…
Bernier v. Kinsella et al.: WE WON!
Link to the judgment here! The post Bernier v. Kinsella et al.: WE WON! first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Ward 4 judicial recount request filed
Last week I filed an application for a judicial recount of the recent election for councillor in Ward 4 and today we’ve heard the application has been received. The way…
Never Let Treason Go Unpunished. You’ll Regret It Later.
America is living with the consequences of a failure that dates back to 1865, when Confederate general, Robert E. Lee, sat down across from Union general, Ulysses S. Grant, to…
No, unions aren’t job killers
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks as he participates in the PC Party leadership debate in Ottawa on Wednesday, February 28, 2018. Photo courtesy City News. On Monday, Matthew Lau, a…
Tom Friedman and the Great Climate Paradox
The New York Times columnist, Tom Friedman, has attended most of the climate summits over the past quarter century, Glasgow included. The big change he found this year is younger…