The Royal St. John’s Regatta
Photo Credit: Ken Eckert The Royal St. John’s Regatta is North America’s oldest annualsporting competition. It also has had interesting ties to themonarchy since its earliest days. 1818 The earliest…
2023
Blame Trudeau
Everyone else does. THE PROVOCATION: Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau · Aug 6 We’re team Barbie. Famous windbag Piers Morgan expressed his displeasure this way. “So glad I’m not Canadian.” But the…
Canada Starts to Reduce Oil & Gas Subsidies
A country that loves extracting fossil fuels has begun to clean up its tax rebates for the destructive oil and gas industry. Canada spent over $15 BILLION on subsidies for…
Sophie Grégoire A Force In Her Own Right
I am a fan of Sophie Grégoire. Having met her only a handful of times during my time on the Hill, I saw the way she thought, motivated, and interacted…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Intestacy – Dying without a Last Will
There’s a popular misconception that if I die without a last will everything goes to the government. That’s actually not true. If you die without a last will in Ontario…
Niger coup will have global ramifications for the US, France, and Canada
Protesters display the flags of Niger and Russia during a protest in Niamey, Niger. Photo by Efe Issifou/Flickr. On July 26, the African continent was rocked by news of a…
A Return to Social Cohesion
Bill McKibben wrote about being asked Where Should I Live to avoid the climate change issues. He outlined the problems with many places that might seem ideal, and concluded that…
Filling the Field.
In yesterday’s discussion of the Ontario provincial liberal leadership race, there was no dismissal of the part being played by the other three candidates. In any race of this nature,…
Following up: Trudeau’s funny posts, some pro-choice wins, and Online News act support
Here is Trudeau’s follow-up to the Barbie post that drove Canada’s right wing crazy (and Piers Morgan) Balancing things out: Oppenheimer with Ella. pic.twitter.com/MdcZlhDwaG — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) August 9,…
No sooner are renewable electricity-generation project approvals frozen by Alberta than ‘small modular reactors’ rear their heads again
A smiling Brian Jean, Alberta’s energy minister, posted photos on social media yesterday of his visit last week “to check out the future home of Canada’s first grid-scale small modular…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Floored cats.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Hanwen Zhang highlights yet another rise in COVID cases – albeit paired with obviously-unwarranted minimizing of the risks involved. – Jessica Wildfire…
My latest: MAGA and TruAnon are the same thing
One has been caught making remarks that are intolerant and sexist. He’s facing multiple criminal prosecutions. The other has similarly gotten into trouble for words and behaviour that are sexist…
Alberta pauses the future
Alberta is Canada’s leader in renewables projects and investments. Of the new solar and wind generation capacity added in Canada in 2022, 75 percent was in this province. This, it…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 8, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: ‘This is an embarrassment’: Three years after Tories scrapped a new Halton courthouse, aging facilities are putting cases at risk #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://t.co/ztQj53M1k0 – Garry J.…
Wages did not cause Canada’s inflation crisis
Political cartoon published July 7, 1894 by the Chicago Labor newspaper showing the condition of the labouring man at the Pullman Company. The employee is being squeezed by Pullman between…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of August 8, 2023
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NYC-ABC PP/POW updates August 8, 2023
NOTE: If you regularly send the updates packet to Ruchell Magee, please stop as he has BEEN RELEASED! Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of August 8, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 8, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Georgia Judge Rejects Trump’s Effort to Short-Circuit Election Case Trump Employee Released…
On Barbie
I saw Barbie, and it was fun, particularly for those of us who love a good choreographed dance number, life-size Barbie decor, and tons of costume changes and hairstyles. The…