My latest: when the bomb hits
You’re Canadian. You have a regular, normal life. Imagine what it feels like when someone throws a bomb at your place of worship. Imagine that. It’s hard to, isn’t it?…
June 2024
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of June 3, 2024
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of June 3, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 3, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter: U of T protesters don’t plan to pack up, will hold rally…
Billed as a leadership debate, NDP get-together in Edmonton yesterday was more of a candidates’ mutual-admiration society
The NDP get-together in Edmonton yesterday was billed as a leadership debate, the last one before voting commences today. In the event, though, it seemed more like a candidates’ mutual…
Oilman challenges Poilievre
“We’ve talked for 40 years about climate change … and we’ve done very, very little about it.” That isn’t an environmentalist talking. Or a scientist. It’s Derek Evans, executive chair…
I can’t believe I’m cheering for the Oilers
And yet, I am.
Saturday Photo: More Great Lawns…
The grass in our small backyard is getting pretty long, but I'm putting off cutting it until the forget-me-nots have gone to seed. Then I'll shake the seed over a…
Saturday Photo: More Great Lawns…
The grass in our small backyard is getting pretty long, but I’m putting off cutting it until the forget-me-nots have gone to seed. Then I’ll shake the seed over a…
Rachel Notley’s Last Day in the Chair
After an illustrious career in the NDP movement, including 16 years in government, 4 of which were as premier, Rachel Notley is stepping down as party leader. She made her…
A common language: Critical metals and Québec’s clientelist relationship with France
Québec Premier François Legault is joined by industry leaders to break ground on the construction site of a new Ford Canada manufacturing plant for electric vehicle battery material in Bécancour,…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2024-06-02 17:17:00
Gender Apartheid…
Happy Pride Month, but beware the growing hatred in Canada and elsewhere
June is the beginning of Pride Month in Toronto and most places in North America. It’s a time to celebrate the LGBTQ community, our history and the gains we’ve made…
Happy Pride Month, but beware the growing hatred in Canada and elsewhere
June is the beginning of Pride Month in Toronto and most places in North America. It’s a time to celebrate the LGBTQ community, our history and the gains we’ve made…
Happy Pride Month, but beware the growing hatred in Canada and elsewhere
June is the beginning of Pride Month in Toronto and most places in North America. It’s a time to celebrate the LGBTQ community, our history and the gains we’ve made…
Mexican President Obrador (AMLO) Leaves Office With Overwhelming Popular Support
Brief thoughts on the Mexican federal election, being held here today – and the plague of propaganda, which now infects the world: Mexican President Obrador, known by his initials, AMLO,…
Sunday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Sunday reading. – Seth Borenstein, Mary Katherine Wildeman and Anita Snow find that the U.S. suffered a record number of heat-related deaths in 2023, while Aryan…
Students lift veil on university financing and demand end to genocide complicity
Scenes from the People’s Circle for Palestine at King’s College Circle on the University of Toronto Campus, May 2, 2024. Photo by Can Pac Swire/Flickr. The politics of power and…
Ottawa Declaration on Canadian Journalism wants to put subsidy genie back in bottle
Photo by greenzowie/Flickr In a classic case of “better late than never,” an Ottawa think tank has issued what it calls the Ottawa Declaration on Canadian Journalism urging news media…
Tyler Shandro, source of constant controversy as UCP health minister, turns up as member of Covenant Health Board
Former Alberta health minister Tyler Shandro has been a member of the board of Covenant Health since December 2023. Mr. Shandro as he now appears on the Covenant Health board…