Maison Drolet. Photo by Dimitriy Kruglyak/Flickr. Last Friday, Québec saw the tabling of the ruling CAQ’s long-awaited Bill 31, which purports to remedy the ongoing housing crisis through various minor…
Fiction and invention are handy tools for politicians. Legacy media often repeats lies with minimal or no fact checking, although perhaps with opposing comments added to suggest balance. That process…
I got laughed at in the grocery store today. That hasn’t happened in a while. Cases of hospitalizations/day are at their lowest since December 2021 right now, which is fantastic,…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Alexander Haro reports on the scientific recognition that 2023 stands to be by far the hottest year in recorded human history (even compared…
The daisies were in bloom last Sunday at Montreal’s Technoparc and along Highway 50 between Montreal and Gatineau. The English name comes from “dægesege, formerly dæges eage, meaning “day’s eye,”…
Here’s some of the good stuff I’ve been reading lately: At Oliver Willis Explains, Willis writes Conservatives Aren’t Like Normal Americans But The Media Won’t Admit That: The Right Is…
It is classic conservative strategy. The Ontario government has been caught banking $20 billion that they claim is a reserve fund. What they are really doing is telling the public…
It should be well known to everyone now that the claim Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was censored or banned by Facebook is nothing more than a tall tale. Premier’s Office…
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Godzilla films had already begun to move into the cultural camp mode from the second film, Godzilla Raids Again, and away from the monster-threat-to-Earth and Atomic-bomb-symbol of the first film.…
Assorted content to end your week. – Scott Dance reports on the scientific recognition that the Earth’s oceans are warming far faster than previously feared, while Sid Perkins discusses the…
Well, that didn't take long. And really, not too unexpected. Within months of being elected, the majority ABC/NPA Trustees on the Vancouver School Board are already contemplating hiving off school…
Well, that didn't take long. And really, not too unexpected. Within months of being elected, the majority ABC/NPA Trustees on the Vancouver School Board are already contemplating hiving off school…
Well, that didn’t take long. And really, not too unexpected. Within months of being elected, the majority ABC/NPA Trustees on the Vancouver School Board are already contemplating hiving off school…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Can police demand to have your doorbell video? Here’s what you need to know #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/4j6h3pfx – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
In a class this week we talked about moral injury, but it was presented and discussed as if it meant any time there’s a clash of values. One of the…
The recent death of Cormac McCarthy has me thinking about his dark genius, and my contrary views of his best (and worst) writing. I know exactly when and how I…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from July 22, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Scalia, Textualism and The Interpretive “Rule of the 18th Century Brits” https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/07/scalia-textualism-and-interpretive-rule.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto…
Thanks for all the kind messages yesterday. Stayed offline, and did stuff like this: watching E. teach Joey how to fetch sticks in the lake. Thanks again. pic.twitter.com/o880rZZ6U7 — Warren…
They are not going to have former conservative leader Erin O’Toole MP to kick around any more. He gave his farewell speech to parliament the other day. Let’s face it,…
