Cargo Bicycles Are More Efficient Than Cargo Vans
Delivery vehicles are a significant cause of delays in city as they stop and block other transportation modes at a frequent basis. I’m sure everyone can relate to being frustrated…
July 2024
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: Spousal Support in Ontario
To determine entitlements to spousal support, Ontario courts consider the financial means of both spouses, the length of their marriage, and any economic disadvantage experienced by a spouse as a…
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A single image’s many stories
Activists with Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights McGill at the encampment on the grounds of the university’s downtown campus, Montréal. Photo courtesy SPHR McGill/X. This yea...
Helping hands
New research shows that the brain is more like a muscle – it changes and gets stronger when you use it. Scientists have been able to show how the brain…
Legal News Post of the Day: July 9, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: University of Guelph issues trespass notice to encampment protesters #law #legal #LegalNews via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3RWH99S - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
My latest: the Eylon Levy interview
Eylon Levy eats a slice of watermelon. Watermelon is green, white, black and red, like the colours of Palestinian flag. Online, a slice of watermelon has become an unofficial symbol…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Discrimination in the Workplace
Ontario employers are prohibited from discrimination in the workplace against any employee.Employers may not discriminate on the basis of- Race- Religion- Citizenship- Gender- Sexual Orientation or Identification- Disability- AgeIf you…
Council Screws Collingwood Residents. Again.
Like many other residents in council chamber yesterday, I was deeply disappointed but not surprised by our council’s decision yesterday to continue with staff’s anti-resident/anti-environment plan to deforest Sixth Street…
Lancet: 186,000 Palestinians or more killed in Gaza
Peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet has just published an article “conservatively” estimating that the death toll from Israel’s assault on Gaza could be 186,000 people or more. Photo by Humberto…
Today’s News: Save the Last Dance For Me
So some Democrats may still be flirting on the dance floor, but Biden is telling them all to save the last dance for him. Josh Marshall describes the media frenzy…
Calling all moderate U.K. Tories: You can’t tame the alt-right; the alt-right will tame you
My friend “Art Sifton,” the social media gadfly found at @ArtSifton, is one of the sharpest political observers I’ve ever met, and not just of Alberta politics. The night I…
Ethics of Risk Taking
If you were having a lot of sex with various people -- or even if you just had a quickie with one person without any protection, then having unprotected sex…
Is the war against climate change already lost?
World Marks Full Year of Average Temperatures Above 1.5C Target
Be A Strike-Breaker
... if not in actuality, then in spirit. I said this in my previous post regarding the current LCBO strike: The longer the strike goes on, the more opportunities thirsty…
greetings from victoria, last post of the trip (days 13-15), plus the ethics of travel
Bluefin TunaYesterday morning we packed up, drove to one of the big drugstore chains, and bought a soft cooler case and ice. The leftovers from Asadero were just too good…
Legal News Post of the Day: July 8, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: TTC worker assaulted in suspected hate-motivated incident: police #law #legal #LegalNews via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/3VYCPrZ - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our websi...
The Very Model of Bureaucratic Inefficiency
Here is the textbook model of bureaucratic inefficiency and council sluggishness that deserves a satirical Gilbert and Sullivan song of its own: Collingwood is conducting a “speed limit survey” through…
From Pirates to Pellucidar
Before I ever discovered Pellucidar, I was into pirates. In fact, one of my first memories is of reading my favorite book, Look Out for… The post From Pirates to…