Climate disasters may be unstoppable
A disaster strikes. The news reaches every home for a few days, perhaps a week. A debate erupts over whether climate change is to blame. Victims are profiled. There’s a…
2023
For Alberta, sovereignty; for Calgary and Edmonton, supplication
One might think that Alberta’s provincial government would have the greatest respect for its subordinate level of governing—the municipalities. One might expect that to be especially true for the two…
The continuing relevance of George Galloway
Over the years I’ve recorded many events that Peace Alliance Winnipeg (PAW) has organized and/or co-sponsored. I’ve begun to put copies of these on the Peace Alliance Winnipeg YouTube Channel,…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Nicolas Banholzer et al. study the dramatic impact of COVID-19 measures in schools – with a mandatory mask policy reducing transmission by nearly…
Saturday Photo: The Morning of Maximum Beauty
There are some springs when you hit it just right, and this is one of them. The many crabapples in Mount Royal Cemetery were at the peak of their glory…
1.5° in the Next Five Years
I’ve been to many marches and protests for the environment. Most recently, the call to action was around changing policies enough to cut GHGs in half by 2030 in order…
‘What Fools These Mortals Be.’
It hardly needs William Shakespeare to know how foolish we can be. All you have to do is follow the bouncing ball from Queen’s Park in Toronto. If you ever…
Notley tells throng of supporters of NDP plan to invest $1.8 billion in Edmonton over three years
Calgary may be the battleground in Alberta’s May 29 provincial election, but NDP Leader Rachel Notley stopped in Edmonton yesterday morning to tell a throng of supporters packed into the…
Musical interlude
Royksopp – Me&Youphoria
Today’s tonic: “The Leap: Alberta Conservative Lee Richardson on Why He’s Voting NDP”
Today’s tonic: “The Leap: Alberta Conservative Lee Richardson on Why He’s Voting NDP” “Policy: Why won’t you be voting for Danielle Smith? “Richardson: I am a Conservative, a Progressive Conservative…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – David Slater and Charles Rusnell write about the unconscionable lack of any meaningful discussion of the climate breakdown in Alberta’s provincial election even…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 19, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Northern Ontario First Nation gathers in Toronto to launch land theft case #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/3pKUeI3 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Temperamentally Incapable
Readers of this space know that I have no patience for Pierre Poilievre. I took a break recently, thinking that I had obsessed too much about the man, and that…
Who prints this stuff?
@PatricianGrill's Terry and Chris react to the opinions of some jerk named Kinsella in @TheTorontoSun! pic.twitter.com/sC4uBWwEAp — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 19, 2023
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 24, 2012
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 24, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Ontario Employment Law: Contractual Entitlement to Notice and the Question of Mitigation https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/06/ontario-employment-law-contractual.html – Garry J. Wise,…
ME/CFS as a Guide to Long Covid
ME stands for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, a chronic neurological disease affecting the nervous and immune systems of about 17 million people worldwide. It’s also known as CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, for…
Review 3: Godzilla Raids Again – 1955
The unexpected success of the original Gojira film led Toho to find a quick and cheap way to cash in on the popularity. And within six months, they released the…
A Brown Stain in Brampton.
Did we hear rumblings from Hazel’s grave the other day? I am sure we can have every confidence in current Mississauga mayor, Bonnie Crombie that everything will work out all…
Alberta premier’s worst moment in last night’s leaders’ debate happened before the opening bell rang
The worst moment in yesterday’s televised leader’s debate for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith came well before the hourlong event’s opening bell rang at 6 p.m. Premier Smith during the debate…
The debate debate: who won, who lost, who cares.
Televised debates can be pivotal in an election. In 1960, in the first U.S. presidential debate on TV, John F. Kennedy looked cool and composed, while Richard Nixon looked nervous…