Refocusing Londontlife
So many petty things got in the way of simply creating, posting, and sharing that the LondOntLife.ca site is shut down. It was a huge frustrating headache to fight my…
So many petty things got in the way of simply creating, posting, and sharing that the LondOntLife.ca site is shut down. It was a huge frustrating headache to fight my…
A bit of salacious gossip from the Guardian. The paper reports that Don Junior’s former missus, Vanessa, and Trump’s almost daughter (by Marla Maples as if that counts), Tiffany, may…
#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Eight years after ‘David and Goliath’ fighta gainst systemic racism, Peel officer closes the book on his career — but notbefore a long overdue promotion via The Toronto Star…
Politics and our political lives aren’t things that are always straightforward. While our beliefs in certain matters may be very clear and strong, that doesn’t mean that they don’t run…
Canadian Armed Forces members board a CC-150 Polaris aircraft in 14 Wing Greenwood, Nova Scotia in support of Operation IMPACT, October 23, 2014. Photo by LS Eduardo Jorge/Canadian Forces/Flickr. Every…
Democracy functions best when the people are well educated and the group Evidence for Democracy wants exactly that: a smart public. With COVID vaccinations well underway it’s important to understand…
The Court of Appeal in Walters v Nusseiri, 2020 ONCA 615 affirmed that a common law spouse who does not contribute towards a property, may not have an entitlement to…
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Lindsay Maskell & Jason Lietaer for the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health’s…
The conventional wisdom these days is that Republicans are doing what they’re doing because they’re cowards. Greg Sargeant writes: As a broad description of our current moment, this is profoundly…
Okay, yes. I should’ve trimmed back the winter kill on the peonies. And, yes, that’s Joey and Roxy about to collide with me. But I wanted to show you these…
The truth is that blogs get as much attention as just another mosquito in the wildness of Ontario. No matter what the readership numbers, you never seem to reach the…
When Alberta Justice Minister Kaycee Madu said the federal Liberals, the Alberta NDP and the media all hoped Alberta would be overwhelmed by COVID-19, he was gaslighting. He’s just not…
Last September, despite all the science to the contrary, school boards opened schools with “mask breaks” built in to the mornings rather than have a shorter day and let the…
What the hell is it? Is it a tax? Is it a levy? Does it matter? As I read it, they’re talking about a global price on carbon. The idea…
“We kept our country at peace. We never went to war. We never dropped a bomb. We never fired a bullet. But still we achieved our international goals.” C’mon, quick.…
Caitlin Johnstone is a self-described “rogue journalist” from Australia. She’s fiercely critical of the United States, too much for my taste, and almost as hard on matters cultural and artistic.…
#LegalTweetOfTheDay: FAA Fines Air Passengers Who Clashed Over Mask Rules via The New York Times – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Marcin Osuchowski et al. highlight the importance of updating our understanding of COVID-19 rather than presuming it behaves the same way as previously-studied…
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed the latest discussions around COVID, the increasing…
Activist Irade Kashgary waves a flag of the Uighur region as she takes part in a protest outside of the Apple Store on K Street, July 30, 2020 in Washington,…