Organizers from the Oakwood-Vaughan Tenant Union protest at Toronto City Hall. Photo by Samantha Ponting. Oakwood-Vaughan, otherwise known as Oakwood Village, is a vibrant and diverse neighbourhood located in midtown…
The final piece in the series in CollingwoodToday begins with an egregious error: “Collingwood’s Town Council, elected one year ago on Oct. 24, 2022, is celebrating their first year in…
Yumna was fifteen years old. At the school she went to in London, Ont., she painted a big floor-to-ceiling mural. On it, she’d put the Earth in space, alongside the…
It feels like there are three realities out there. It’s not just three separate groups of people, because lots of people straddle a couple or even all these realities. One…
There are stupid people in this world who think they can upset long-standing statues with impunity. My favourite statue at Queen’s Park in Toronto is that of King Edward VII…
Lastlings – Far From Falling
Maybe federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is on to something. He shows little interest in the overarching issue of the day—climate change—while trashing the carbon tax, a key instrument in…
The globalist corporate elite have announced their plans for the world, via the WEF, the World Economic Forum’s publicly released vision for 2030, among other venues. Their plan is most…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Judge says Ottawa listing plastic items as toxic was ‘unreasonable and unconstitutional’ #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/h35cymet – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
The dispute between Israel and the Palestinian people has been in and out of the news cycle my entire life. For years, the narrative in the news has been very…
Assorted content to end your week. – Crawford Kilian reviews Ryan Meili’s A Healthy Future as an important account of the insufficient political response to the COVID-19 pandemic, while David…
I don't need to imagine a dystopian future. The Anthropocene epoch is already here. Extreme weather events are happening right now where I live in South America. Right now, there…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 23, 2015 via Wise Law Blog: Tips on Law Blogging http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2015/01/slawtips-tips-on-law-blogging.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
I don’t need to imagine a dystopian future. The Anthropocene epoch is already here. Extreme weather events are happening right now where I live in South America. Right now, there…
The Republican Party is a collection of vile and incompetent people. Leading their parade is Donald Trump. But close behind him is Marjorie Taylor Greene. Dana Milbank writes: After eight…
Much has been written about Bonhoeffer and many English translations of his works are available. One that caught my eye was on stupidity. It seems appropriate to review with a…
The third part of the series in Collingwood Today asked members of council what “surprises they’ve experienced so far in their terms.” As a former councillor, I appreciate how stepping…
I’m sure I’ve used that title before!. It’s a funny time of year for this, but lots has been reported recently on the trouble with cars. Part of it may…
Canadians are going to need a truth and reconciliation commission to understand conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and his failure to debate legislation with honesty. The other day I was watching…
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith – she basically promised chaos in health care and she’s delivering it (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). The politically inspired purge of senior Alberta Health Services officials by…
