BESS Battery project at Regina by SaskPower
Back in February I asked SaskPower how this project was going. Our Progress So Far In Fall of 2020, we engaged with neighbouring communities to discuss the proposed BESS plans.…
2022
There’s Your Problem
Global wierding, the climate emergecy, is picking up so much steam it’s become a challenge to keep up with it. As climate change worsens it seems we’re resigned to steadily…
To bell or not to bell
I was biking through the arboretum the other day on my way back from a jaunt through Gatineau Park, enjoying relatively warm weather and a leisurely pace as befits a…
To bell or not to bell
I was biking through the arboretum the other day on my way back from a jaunt through Gatineau Park, enjoying relatively warm weather and a leisurely pace as befits a…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Jeremy Corbyn writes that the cause of workers remains the greatest force for hope that we have. And Hannah Appel discusses the prospect…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 2, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Derek Chauvin appeals his murder conviction in the death of George Floyd #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3MHVKB1 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
What Happened To Civility?
Canadians used to be famous for their civility. The roots of that civility are a little hard to trace. Robin Sears writes: Perhaps it grew out of the need to…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of May 2, 2022
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No Mow May 2022
It’s now may and many of you want to get outside to start making your lawn the most beautiful in the neighbourhood. Relax. Go easy with everything and you will…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of May 2, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 2, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: Judge Holds Trump in Contempt Over Documents in New York A.G.’s Inquiry…
For Ford’s Friends.
It was an unusual budget day last Thursday in Ontario. It was a day to hear about the election for those with money inside the legislature while the poor paraded…
A few zingers and a little truth
Just a few miscellaneous but somewhat funny tweets today: Mr. Squirrel approves of the new Ukrainian postage stamp. pic.twitter.com/Vm6cXomrnc — Lorenzo The Cat (@LorenzoTheCat) May 1, 2022 ‘landlord’ and ‘landlady’…
UCP’s instinct for making things worse turns Alberta’s ongoing hospital capacity crisis into a catastrophe
Alberta’s Kenney Government has an instinctive ability to make things worse in a crisis. Much worse. Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre (Photo: Red Deer Regional Health Foundation). Consider the capacity…
Elon Musk gets the political spectrum so wrong, but so right
Well, it seems like Elon Musk is set to become our new Twitter overlord. This is a terrible idea, for many reasons which will probably be the subject of my…
Let’s Talk About Insurance
While Jason Kenney is running all over the province trying to convince UCP members he’s there for them, the actions of his government in the House last week tell a…
The Cons and the Rolling Blunder Invasion of Ottawa
They made it sound like Attila and his Con barbarians were about to invade Ottawa. Again. This time riding monster bikes, instead of driving monster trucks. And with a new/nouveau…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Beatrice Adler-Bolton discusses how the U.S.’ debate over the most basic of COVID-19 protections reflects fundamental choices as to whether people should…
Review: A Time and a Place, or, How I Was Tuckerized
Full disclosure: Joe Mahoney is a friend of mine and we host a podcast together, so I may be a little biased. But let’s start… The post Review: A Time…
We need to rethink (and shrink) roads, not build more highways
Highway 401 West, Toronto, Canada. Taken from 401 and Don Mills Road. Photo by Clement Lo/Flickr. A highway building spree is afoot in Ontario. The government’s new budget has announced…