New one. TO.
New one. Toronto scene. Guess where? For sale.
January 2024
The choice.
If a favorite movie star is found to have sexually assaulted others, do you still watch their movies? If a writer you admire is outed as an Islamophobe, do you…
yet another post about tuna: tuna pasta salad, my current favourite way to eat tuna
You might not think that tuna is a frequent topic of this blog. But I blog about tuna more than you might think.In 2009, after reading about the decline of…
Lab Leak Theory Has Backing
A Freedom of Information request by reporter Emily Kopp is now pointing to the lab leak being more likely than previously thought. From Richard Ebright: “An order line for restriction…
yet another post about tuna: tuna-pasta salad, my current favourite way to eat tuna
You might not think that tuna is a frequent topic of this blog. But I blog about tuna more than you might think. In 2009, after reading about the decline…
For Site C promoters and enthusiasts
Climate change is one of the most pressing global issue in contemporary times, and dams play a substantial role in aggravating it by becoming feeding grounds for methane-producing microbes. In…
Use and misuse of words by journalists and editors
Dan Froomkin — one of my favourite American commentators — offers several suggestions for the New York Times style guide. Here are a few published at presswatchers.org:
Musical interlude
Kelela – Enough For Love
Local governments sitting on piles of cash
In theory, local governments assess property taxes at levels that allow accumulations of surpluses sufficient to fund replacements and major repairs of public infrastructure. My survey of local governments, representing…
Unhealthy changes in the newspaper world
We learned this week that Black Press Ltd. and associated companies applied for protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. The BC based company’s main business is print and digital…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Nathalie Grandvaux writes about the causes and impacts of a triple epidemic of respiratory viruses. And Erin Goerlich et al. study the cardiovascular…
The Senate Committee Hearing Addressing Long Covid
It’s a funny disconnect between Twitter and everywhere else. Yesterday everyone I know online was glued to the Senate hearings. If you weren’t one of them, here’s the gist: You…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 19, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Toronto mother acquitted of first-degree murder charge in 2011 death of disabled daughter #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews http://tinyurl.com/bdhjtu89 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Chris Hedges: The case for genocide
“I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. The exhaustive 84-page brief submitted by South Africa to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) charging Israel with genocide…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 12, 2012
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 12, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Seven Years of Wise Law Blog https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/04/seven-years-of-wise-law-blog.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
When Trump and the left agreed
A recent article in The New York Times took me back to the latter decades of the 20th century and the debates over free trade agreements. The 1988 federal election…
With UCP support, police chief’s solution to homeless crisis moves ahead, whether Edmonton city council likes it or not
Edmonton’s police chief and the UCP ministers there to support him on his plan to clear Edmonton’s parks and avenues of hundreds of tents housing homeless people seemed antagonistic, annoyed…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 18, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: She was hit by a car during a bike ride for cancer. Her insurance says the charity is liable #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews http://tinyurl.com/ye22pnyn – Garry J. Wise,…
YOLO: Throw Away Your Phone
We only have one life so use it wisely. It feels like a lot of pressure, but maybe we should focus on the small wins like using out mobile phones…
Black Press sale would increase American ownership of Canada’s news media
Yet another Canadian community newspaper chain is going to court under our bankruptcy laws, but again it has nothing to do with it going out of business. This time it…