Better Sharing
Last November Creative Commons posed a question to 12 prominent global open advocates: “What does better sharing for a brighter future look like to you?” I was not one of…
2023
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Cassandra Willyard writes about the dangers of repeat COVID-19 infections. Kieren Williams reports on new research confirming how COVID-19 stiffens arterial walls, resulting…
Happy May Day! Alberta poised for election call today
Today is May 1, the International Day of the Worker and presumably only by coincidence the day on which Alberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to visit Alberta Lieutenant-Governor Salma Lakhani…
10 Ways Jobs can be More Sustainable
Today is the day to celebrate workers. If you’re currently employed and don’t own the company you’re at then, congratulations, you’re a worker! We can thank worker movements of the…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 1, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: ‘Scattered on the floor’: Toronto police’s ‘dated’ drug lockers opened door to officer theft, confidential report says #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/41OoSOW – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
Day three on VIA Rail’s The Canadian: The unscheduled Saskatoon stopover
After going to sleep as we pulled out of Winnipeg station to resume our westward journey, I woke up some hours later to a sunrise over the snowy prairie of…
Getting Things Done
Those who prize quick decisions and action will no doubt applaud the likes of the Doug Ford government. As pointed out in my previous post, the premier and his coterie…
Pierre’s Disease
I’ve written a lot about Pierre Poilievre lately. That’s because he’s clearly not prime ministerial material. But, more than that, he carries the disease which threatens to take down the…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of May 1, 2023
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of May 1, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 1, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Death penalty trial begins for accused in Tree of Life synagogue mass…
Why Take the Risk?
If you read my blog and still don’t take Covid precautions, why not? Justin Lee posted a list of his guesses of what people might be feeling when he asks…
Mayday, Mayday.
Being ex-Air Force, ‘Mayday’ has always been a signal of distress for me. It seems that the real distress at this time is the Toronto mayoralty shenanigans. If I was…
The Flames Arena Deal (What’s my vote worth?)
Last week the City of Calgary. the Province of Alberta and the billionaire owners of the Calgary Flames signed a nonbinding MOU for a new arena and related improvements. The…
Weekend funnies: Nostalgia and Dark Brandon and Orcas
A little nostalgia: The reason you think things were better when you were younger is that you were too stupid to know how bad things were then. — Dennis Detwiller…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Tara Kiran et al. examine the use of virtual care in Ontario, and find no evidence to support the anti-public-health claim that…
Why Ukraine’s interest in Chinese-brokered peace worries the White House
Photo courtesy General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine/Facebook China’s recent pledge to send a peace delegation to Ukraine in the hope of resolving the country’s ongoing war with…
Debunking the myth of the ‘mom-and-pop’ landlord
The following is an excerpt from the forthcoming book, The Tenant Class, by Ricardo Tranjan. Drawing upon a long, inspiring history of collective action in Canada, Tranjan places tenants and…
Splintering?
Cracks are showing in the Conservative Party of Canada. Stephanie Levitz and Rob Benzie report that: A hint of a triumphal smirk crept across Justin Trudeau’s face as he launched…
Quiet Comprehending
A pretty song for our times form Bo Burnham: Female Colonel Sanders, easy answer, civil warThe whole world is at your fingertips, the ocean at your doorThe live-action Lion King,…