Who knew that higher salaries were part of the Alberta Advantage? Bigger paycheques! One of the ads that will be appearing at Vancouver transit stops soon (Image: Government of Alberta).…
Upturned cats.
A growing number of Americans are unhappy with their current political choices. According to a Pew Research Center survey, four in ten say they want more parties than just the…
I want to save this thread by Jeff Rybak, defence lawyer, lecturer at the University of Toronto, and a not-for-profit corporate director: “I’m trying to understand what’s happening with politics…
Is decline the new trend for civilization? With the exception, perhaps, of population growth, humanity seems to be at or on the cusp of decline.Tom Engelhardt, of TomDispatch, has written…
Is decline the new trend for civilization? With the exception, perhaps, of population growth, humanity seems to be at or on the cusp of decline.Tom Engelhardt, of TomDispatch, has written…
Is decline the new trend for civilization? With the exception, perhaps, of population growth, humanity seems to be at or on the cusp of decline. Tom Engelhardt, of TomDispatch, has…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Public hearings in Emergencies Act inquiry to start in September #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CityNewsTO https://bit.ly/3poWbqa – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Yellowstone is stupid. Like: really, really stupid. Like, soap opera stupid. Like, stupid enough that it makes ‘Dallas’ resemble Shakespeare. Also: Yellowstone is stupid for its politics. Which are deeply,…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Eric Topol writes that the only sensible response to the increased death and sickness from COVID-19 is to dedicate our efforts to…
As soon as the Con leadership race began Pierre Poilievre came charging out, determined to leave his opponents in the dust. Or drive them off the road. He got big…
For many years, there was a popular saying that everyone seemed to know: “Think globally, act locally.” Basically, it was call to consider the global environmental implications in every decision…
I wrote about the almost total absence of PSAs around using masks to prevent transmission of a virus that, in some areas, kills ten times as often as traffic collisions,…
Two more of our local “basket-of-deplorables” incumbent councillors (aka quidnuncs) have filed their papers for re-election: Steve Berman and Kathy “Me! Me! Me!” Jeffrey. So has former councillor Cam “Sleepy”…
Former Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath mingles with local residents at a campaign stop in Belleville. Photo by Nicole Kleinsteuber/InQuinte.ca. Back on January 13, then-leader of the Ontario NDP, Andrea…
“May you live in interesting times” is the apocryphal curse that threatens trouble, war and chaos — and our times are getting a little too interesting now, aren’t they? In…
It was bound to happen. I assumed we would hear more the other day when I read American Express’ latest plan for its ‘cash back’ card. This was the most…
As much as one hates to agree with Jason Kenney, the man’s not wrong to call Danielle Smith’s “Sovereignty Act” proposal in her frontrunning campaign to lead the United Conservative…
As concern about climate change has grown, individuals are becoming increasingly conscious of their impact on the environment…
In the first contested election in a decade, the members of Unifor elected Lana Payne their new president last week. Representing over 300,000 workers, Unifor is the largest private-sector union…
