Being ‘Just Erin’ won’t cut it.
It seems that conservative leader Erin O’Toole is not just an unknown to Canadian taxpayers. His own caucus in Ottawa is just as much in the dark as are the…
2021
Casino capitalism comes to newspapers and it sure looks like the dealin’s done!
Newspapering was a great career, fun and pretty well paid too, once upon a time. I’m pretty sure, though, that the whole daily newspaper thing is really closing in on…
Covid-19: Death Through The Eyes Of Nurses
Sometimes when the sun shines, and it almost feels like Spring, I can feel the optimism in the air. The feeling that we have finally turned the corner in the…
Curing the planet’s humanity problem
The planet Earth has a problem—a bad case of advanced-stage humanity. It is much more virulent and far more dangerous than a mere coronavirus, which threatens only a few species.…
CPAC – Cynical Calculation or Mass Psychosis
Grifters and lunatics. Is that what today comprises the Republican Party faithful? Monkeys in shoes. Some trained, some not. All of them gathered in Florida to breathe life into the…
Sun Media hit: O’Toole, acting like a tool
Team Tory: never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
My favourite films of 2020…
Scene from ‘Supernova’ 2020 was a tough year. So was getting a chance to watch the many 2020 flicks that got released as theatres were completely shuttered, and not all…
On a Cary Grant binge
The moment from Arsenic and Old Lace. Probably one of his best. Overshadows the rest of the marvellous performances.
André Frappier’s journey as a class struggle militant
CD columnist André Frappier has been active in various labour unions over the past 30 years, including the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and the Greater Montreal FTQ Regional…
Talking the State of Canada’s COVID Vaccine Rollout & the Investigation of Alleged Misconduct in the Canadian Forces on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Will Stewart. We discussed the current state of Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Karl Leffme interviews Jake Lytle about the movement to unionize marijuana-related work in Chicago. And Jay Greene and Eli Rosernberg report on an…
He’s Back!
That was quite a performance. Yesterday, in his speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference, Donald Trump made it clear he’s out for revenge. Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman write:…
Berman’s Cowardly Comment
Late last month, Collingwood council heard from the town’s inquiry legal team* justifying the cost of the Saunderson Vindictive Judicial Inquiry (aka the SVJI), which many residents feel was an…
Artists Want You to Better Know Your Land
A series of thought provoking art works commissioned by Toronto History Museums wants to shake up your understanding of local history. The collective project called Awakenings approaches tales from the…
Wise Law’s Top 10 LawTweets for the week of March 1, 2021
Here are our Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of March 1, 2021. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of March 1, 2021
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 1, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter: Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Bid to Conceal Taxes, Financial Records City of…
Is Trump just a tool of QAnon?
I love conspiracy theories. I delight in challenging them. Some of the stories you hear from the United States these days are not being spread to generate amusement but many…
Ty Lund, 23-year PC MLA and holder of four cabinet portfolios, dead at 82
Ty Lund, one of the hardy perennials of the Progressive Conservative Dynasty who served six terms as MLA for Rocky Mountain House, has died at 82. Mr. Lund was born…
Treasures handed down
A story about her bush pilot father written by a dear friend of many years. It was read on CBC North by Northwest on Saturday, 13 February 2021.
Budget 2021
“…if you don’t mind my sayin’ I can see you’re out of aces. For a taste of your whiskey, I’ll give you some advice”—Kenney Rogers, The Gambler If there is…