Individuals in government, industry, and media stand in the way of actions to protect humanity from climate change. It is time to treat them as criminals, and to treat defenders…
In our hearts, we know: the only certainty in life is death. It comes for every one of us. The uncertainty of the hour of death is also a source…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Daniel Altmann et al. examine the myriad forms of long COVID even as governments have gone out of their way to pretend…
It’s not a bad thing for Alberta’s NDP Opposition to hammer the Smith Government’s scandalous RStar scheme, as they did yesterday, but it’s frustrating to have to wonder where they…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Trump Says He’s a Target in Special Counsel’s Investigation Into Jan. 6 #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/mrwah742 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Luxury taxes can save us from climate collapse and we should start raising taxes now. You, the reader, will not have your taxes increased and nor are you likely to…
The amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (foreground) and Peruvian navy Makassar-class landing platform dock ship BAP Pisco (background) conduct tactical maneuvers and naval formations during a training…
At the NATO Summit in Lithuania, President Biden referred to NATO as “anchors for global security.” Yet, decades after NATO was established we still live in a dangerous and polarized…
Israeli soldier during the July 2023 Jenin incursion. Photo by IDF Spokesperson’s Unit/Wikimedia Commons. For two days beginning on July 3, Israeli helicopter gunships pulverized dozens of buildings, stores, houses…
A.H. Reaume, disabled from a brain injury, wrote about how dramatically her life changed with some help once in a relationship. Her partner does the household chores and makes sure…
You need rules in politics just as you do in boxing. And if there are none, we need to write some. I note this because the chemistry of the Ontario…
The religious far right is growing and getting more powerful and unnerving, and we know the fights happening in schools board meetings. This 25 min. BBC video from earlier this…
On Twitter, Eudaimonia drew attention to a legal action involving the Province of British Columbia, BC Hydro and Conifex Timber Inc, a company that wants huge amounts of electricity for…
As of July 17, BC Wildfire Service is calling 2023 the worst year ever for land damaged by fire. More land has burned in BC since July 1 than in…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Neil Shaw reports on the demands by Scottish doctors that their government reinstate COVID -19protections in health care facilities. And Tia Ewing reports…
I recently helped organize a homelessness study tour of New York City. Our group consisted of 30 Canadians from the non-profit sector, government, law enforcement and academia. We toured six…
On Thursday, without fanfare, the Law Society of Alberta posted a notice stating that one “Kelechi Madu, KC engaged in conduct that undermined respect for the administration of justice when…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: ‘The gloves are off’: Baby powder maker J&J sues doctors who linked talc products to cancer #law #legal #lawtwitter via @ABAJournal https://tinyurl.com/ycxwvdk5 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
The air quality is bad again today, but public health hasn’t issued any warnings, and it’s not on the Weather Network website. A few people were commenting on their eyes…
H/t Patrick Corrigan I’m sure that Premier Ford hopes no one is monitoring his ongoing corruption and his destruction of much-needed Greenbelt land. Star readers puncture that illusion. Ford on…
