some things i’ve learned: notes from becoming a better version of myself
“Getting older sucks. You’ll see. I didn’t feel that way at your age either…” The first time I heard this, I had just turned 30, and I’ve been hearing it…
2021
What Year is that $10?
If premier Ford of Ontario and the federal government argue about it long enough, that $10-a-day daycare will become mute. In a time of serious inflationary pressures, ten dollars has…
What a Novel Idea
“Infrastructure/resilience/climate change” Every cloud does have a silver lining. The natural disaster that is today’s southwestern British Columbia has got officials speaking the words they kept to themselves for decades.…
Interesting times for Jason Kenney: Premier’s loyalists fail to block motion to defang rebel constituency associations
The motion that would have quickly solved Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s most pressing political problem failed to pass last night at the United Conservative Party’s annual general meeting near Calgary.…
Forest employees would have been paid to attend pro-logging rally in Victoria
Originally published by https://sixmountains.ca Those who did not would have had wages docked By Larry Pynn A major BC forest company would have paid employees to attend a pro-logging rally…
Musical interlude
Men I Trust – Tree Among Shrubs
Return of the Talking Head
I appeared on CTV’s News at 5 with Matt Young today, around 24:00 in this show. And of course, there were a few points I didn’t make in the process,…
Trees fight back: First-ever use of tree DNA in prosecution sends poacher to prison
Trees fight back: First-ever use of tree DNA in prosecution sends poacher to prison Originally posted by the Washington Post By Larry Pynn Trees fight back: First-ever use of tree…
A Useful Reminder
In the beginning of human civilization, wildlife made up most of mammalian life on Earth. By comparison, humans were almost insignificant. Today, in this Anthropocene, our man-made geological epoch, mankind…
Local governments right to determine growth of housing faces challenge from Housing Minister David Eby.
Originally published by the Vancouver Sun By Vaughn Palmer Local governments right to determine growth of housing faces challenge from Housing Minister David Eby. He is threatening to hit municipalities…
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 19, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all counts in trial over Kenosha shootings via @CBCNews – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
US policy toward Venezuela was never about promoting democracy
President Donald Trump with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó at the White House. Photo by Evan Vucci. Last year, then Special Representative Elliott Abrams declared that the Trump Administration was…
Rittenhouse Walks
The jury into the Kyle Rittenhouse shooting of three protesters has aquitted him on all charges. One more straw on that old camel’s weary back.
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Guy Quenneville reports on Dr. Saqib Shahab’s warning that Saskatchewan needs to improve its vaccination rates and minimize social mixing to avoid a…
Does NAFTA II Have a Future?
The trilateral trade summit in Washington has the oracles speculating that free trade among Mexico, the US and Canada may be less than healthy. Trudeau’s failure to persuade Americans to…
Blame Everything on Satan
Three people have so far died of COVID-19 after attending a “multi-day gathering of faith groups” in Nova Scotia. Public health officials said that, “in violation of public health orders,”…
Poor Old Erin
The Old Toole thought he’d put malcontent senator Denise Batters in her place when he turfed her from the Conservative’s national caucus. Only Ms. Batters senate colleagues aren’t like-minded. They’ve…
Do the Math
When you’ve got just four highways and two rail lines and they’re all washed out in a single storm event, severing access to millions of your citizens and your largest…
Trump And Russia
The so-called “Steele Dossier” has largely been discredited. But, Max Boot writes, that doesn’t mean that Donald Trump wasn’t collaborating with the Russians to get elected: Simply read the bipartisan…
“Home is the Hunter”?
It seems R. L. Stevenson’s Requiem is appropriate for Canada’s environment and climate change minister. He has left Glasgow. Steven Guilbeault’s primary task for Canada was not to produce a…