Mounds and memories, landfills and lost lives
Mural honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls on the main road into the Brady Road landfill, just outside of Winnipeg. A blockade went up on the road after…
April 2024
Trending tonight: #PuntTheRunt
Canadians are laughing at Poilievre's three-word policies for anything that ails Canada -- and tonight, "Punt The Runt" is trending: Also today, Charlie Angus announced he won't run again, and…
Trending tonight: #PuntTheRunt
Canadians are laughing at Poilievre’s three-word policies for anything that ails Canada — and tonight, “Punt The Runt” is trending: Also today, Charlie Angus announced he won’t run again, and…
33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles
The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law develops legal techniques to fight climate change, trains law students and lawyers in their use, and provides the public with up-to-date resources on…
No surprise, Alberta’s privatized surgery clinics don’t seem to be doing anything to reduce wait times
Does anyone remember Premier Danielle Smith’s handpicked administrator of Alberta Health Services confidently predicting that wait times for surgeries in this province were about to fall and fall dramatically? NDP…
Canada Out of NATO!
Winnipeg, April 4, 2024: Members of Peace Alliance Winnipeg marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with an information picket in the Osborne…
Provincial Politics And Other Bad Things
Was inspired to add a new blog entry by a Conservative troll, just like the old days. Prove it. — John "Saskboy" Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) April 4, 2024 === https://t.co/cc91yKhRDy #onpoli…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Rachel Fairbank discusses how a patient-led research collaborative is filling in the gaps in long COVID research and treatment. – Re.Climate examines…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 4, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Man files $5M lawsuit against Ont. government, Children’s Aid Society alleging years of childhood abuse #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/y4484t3z – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
SUPPORT FOR WORKING CAREGIVERS? NOW THERE’S A WAY – SPREAD THE WORD!
Trying to balance work while caregiving for a family member or friend can feel frantic and impossible. It's exhausting to prop up a fiction that we "should" be able to…
SUPPORT FOR WORKING CAREGIVERS? NOW THERE’S A WAY – SPREAD THE WORD!
Trying to balance work while caregiving for a family member or friend can feel frantic and impossible. It's exhausting to prop up a fiction that we "should" be able to…
SUPPORT FOR WORKING CAREGIVERS? NOW THERE’S A WAY – SPREAD THE WORD!
Trying to balance work while caregiving for a family member or friend can feel frantic and impossible. It’s exhausting to prop up a fiction that we “should” be able to…
Avian Flu and You
Avian flu has jumped to cows and a person, which is a little bit bigger deal than just avoiding soft boiled eggs. H5N1 was contracted by someone in Texas who…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Is a foreign Will valid in Ontario?
This can depend on the Will itself. Some factors to consider are: 1. Does the Will intend to apply to property in Ontario? 2. Can the words of the Will…
Climate Fools
Max Fawcett writes that Conservative climate policy is a joke: There’s a growing irony in the carbon tax increase falling on April Fools’ Day every year, since it now offers…
Manitoba NDP increase policing spending by almost $30 million
In 2024-25, spending on provincial policing in Manitoba will increase by $28.6 million, from $270.6 million in 2023-24 to almost $300 million this year. Photo courtesy Wab Kinew/X. After forming…
What’s with our unhappy youth?
Why are old Canadians so happy and young Canadians so unhappy? That’s the story the World Happiness Report (WHR) tells us. Every year the report is issued by a partnership…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 3, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Woman arrested after allegedly stealing deposits from prospective tenants: police #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/2da5dzpz – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Truly, Irredeemably Bad
I take this blog seriously. In it, I try to offer informed aggregation and commentary, and hope that I am never needlessly cruel or uncouth. However, in order to make…