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Can you believe that the liberals in Ontario will have a new leader next week and the Ford conservatives are going to pay to introduce her to Ontario voters. Ford…
Can you believe that the liberals in Ontario will have a new leader next week and the Ford conservatives are going to pay to introduce her to Ontario voters. Ford…
Back in January 2019, observers of the Alberta political scene wondered if the $6,000 administrative penalty levied against the Canadian Taxpayers Federation for failing to register as a third-party advertiser…
Crashed cat.
Happy New Year! What is on your “thankful for” list at the start of 2024? 2023 concluded for me with a bang – I became a grandma! So far, a…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jessica Wildfire laments the great abdication of mutual responsibility which is resulting in countless preventable dangers being allowed to spread unabated. And…
Billboards are a plight on the environment that also negatively impact our mental health – so why do let them exist? In Sao Paulo they banned billboards a long time…
Yesterday, the Town of Collingwood sent out an email trying to rationalize the town’s budget and tax increase. That release underscores in so many ways why townhall desperately needs both…
In less than a week, we’ve seen them disrupting the Mayor’s skate party. We’ve seen them scream curses and epithets at the regular folks there. We’ve seen them intimidating an…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Toronto police chief apologizes after video of cops carrying coffee at protest sparks outrage #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews http://tinyurl.com/y4j5kxn3 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
In 2015, an Ontario Court awarded 27 months’ of pay in lieu of reasonable notice to a 65-year-old civil engineer who had been employed for 40.66 years. In exceptional circumstances…
All Out for Gaza demonstration in Montréal, Tuesday, October 17, 2023. Photo by Lital Khaikin. “More than 20,000 Palestinians have perished in the new war,” reads a newspaper photo caption…
An airburst of artillery-fired white phosphorus over Gaza City. Photo by Mahmud Hams/Al-Haq. Three months after Israel started bombing Gaza in retaliation against Hamas, Palestine is being converted to rubble…
Let’s look at the claim that Covid should not be compared to AIDS or referred to as “Airborne AIDS”. One concern about comparing the two is that it makes Covid…
Can you imagine conservative leader Pierre Poilievre singing “Solidarity Forever”? That is the image that comes to mind when you read that he thinks his party can win some of…
First, Paul Wells has an interesting article out tonight about how police are dealing with the pro-Palestinian protests: The police won’t make your point Notes on a 20-year revolution in…
With Alberta’s overwhelmed public health care system once again teetering at the brink, a memorandum from Alberta Health Services’ acting chief financial officer to its “senior leaders” telling them they…
Canadians are being led by the Pied Piper of pollution, Pierre Poilievre, away from the carbon tax. Whether it is indeed the Conservative leader with his “axe the tax” slogan…
These are the best movies and series I watched in 2023, in no particular order.Five stars: the best of the bestKimiThis overlooked thriller is as taut and suspenseful as it…
These are the best movies and series I watched in 2023, in no particular order. Five stars: the best of the best KimiThis overlooked thriller is as taut and suspenseful…
For a very long time, I have believed that the political right wing, and the religious far right in particular is far more politically organized and well-funded than most of…