Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sean Boynton reports on new research showing that the deadline 2021 heat dome was significantly exacerbated by the climate crisis. And William Boos…
2024
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 24, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Toronto Catholic District School Board will not fly ‘pro-life’ flag #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/3s6eruur – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
My latest: the enemy is inside the house
There’s a scene in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies that applies, and doesn’t, to the madness that now grips the civilized world. In Golding’s famous book, a plane full…
More On Ulmar Zameer
H/t Graeme MacKay Yesterday’s post highlighted the rush to judgement many people embraced when Ulmar Zameer was charged with murdering a police officer. People like Doug Ford, John Tory and…
Improve Your Mental Health by Ignoring Celebrities
Are you interested in the comings and goings of the celebrity set? If so, you may want to put down your mobile and go touch grass. Researchers have found a…
Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Maybe I’m just old and jaded, but after watching the 2023 movie, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, I couldn’t figure out why the film wasn’t in WalMart’s $5 bin…
An Intergenerational Battle
A battle is brewing between Canada’s generations. Max Fawcett writes: Young Canadians can be forgiven for being a bit confused by the latest federal budget. For the first time in…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What is an Executor?
An Executor is the person who’s the legal representative of your Estate. After you die, your Executor is responsible for taking all of the assets and properties that you own…
Entering the Ottawa bubble
Even before I left Guelph, I began helping Jean-Marc Lacoste, the nominated Liberal candidate for my home riding of Laurentides–Labelle, having met him on my last visit before moving in…
Militarism is the carbon bomb we can no longer ignore
A convoy of US Marines from the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion in northern Iraq during a sandstorm, March 26, 2003. Photo by LCpl Andrew P. Roufs/Defense Imagery/Wikimedia Commons. In…
Busted! Globe outs Danielle Smith’s unpublicized pandemic data ‘task force’ headed by physician who attacked COVID restrictions
When Alberta Premier Danielle Smith mused in the midst debate over her government’s new funding turf war with Ottawa that “we could also establish our own research programs” to ensure…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Primed cat.
Upcoming policies from future Alberta Prime Minster Danielle Smith
Premier Danielle Smith has announced changes to how Alberta educational institutions may accept research money from the federal government. “For too long, the Trudeau government has given research money based…
Rip ‘n’ Read, 2024 style
There are many good journalists working in corporate media today. But, lack of resources stifles their work. At times, news people simply accept press releases as accurate and report the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Robin McKie warns that the next pandemic is likely to develop from a flu virus, while Augie Ray offers a reminder that…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 23, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Toronto police chief asks for OPP review after judge in Umar Zameer trial raised concerns about officer testimony #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/35jkn7wu – Garry J. Wise, Toronto…
Look Before You Speak
It is obviously just human nature to sometimes react with outrage and certitude when confronted with something that seems to beggar common sense. We have likely all experienced such a…
Cool Cities Have Botanical Gardens
If you live near a park you know that even a small amount of nature can cool the local environment, and you know that the bigger the park the more…
Doug Ford: Should we be thankful for small mercies ?
So is there anything good to say about Doug Ford. Well he is not Pierre Poilievre or Danielle Smith. At least Ford does not seek votes by appealing to people’s…
Doug Ford: Should we be thankful for small mercies ?
So is there anything good to say about Doug Ford. Well he is not Pierre Poilievre or Danielle Smith. At least Ford does not seek votes by appealing to people’s…