Covid Info for Therapists
Many people are seeking out therapists to help them with the mental health issues that are a result of Long Covid. Some of their experiences have been horrific. I’ve written…
2024
A national pharmacare program at last? Forget about it, says Alberta’s UCP – just give us the cash!
No sooner did the federal Liberal and New Democratic parties say they’d reached a deal on a national pharmacare program at the end of last week than Alberta’s United Conservative…
New home
One of my latest has found a home – in BC!
Have Conservatives Finally Become Irredeemable?
In the past, whenever I read news about any conservative leader, party or government — small-c conservative, including the Canadian federal and provincial Conservative parties, the American Repugnicans, and the…
My latest: the online road to Hell
“Free speech,” says Salman Rushdie, “is the whole thing, the whole ball game.” “Free speech,” he says, “is life itself.” That feels like a bit of an overstatement. But in…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Kevin Jiang reports on the results of the largest-ever study into the effects of COVID-19 vaccines – which concludes they’ve been extremely safe…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 26, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Alabama I.V.F. Ruling Opens New Front in Election-Year Abortion Battles #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes http://tinyurl.com/4m924b3m – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
AMLO’s push for environmental reforms angers Canadian mining sector
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador waving the flag of Mexico. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. In early February, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) proposed a package of 20…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of February 26, 2024
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of February 26, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 26, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter: Former law dean disbarred in Manitoba after he misspent $500K in school…
Time For A Walk In The Snow?
Michael Harris has supported Justin Trudeau pretty consistently. Now, he writes, it’s time for Trudeau to go: Nothing is clearer in Canadian politics than that the next federal election is…
MTL International Women’s Day Events: Demo March 8, Teach-In March 9
From the Facebook event: Join us for a powerful event as Women of Diverse Origins presents the “Global Women’s Resistance and Solidarity Teach-in: Palestine and the Anti-Imperialist Movement” as part…
More Military Madness
Singling out Canada for not wasting enough money on military spending is madness. Instead, we should be going after the American companies generating tax dollars for Russian coffers. The post…
Changing Perceptions of Autism
I compiled some posts from here into a summary of recent studies on Autism at 3 Quarks Daily, but the word count limit there forced me to cut this bit…
Edmonton-Rutherford MLA Jodi Calihoo Stonehouse and AFL President Gil McGowan join NDP leadership race
Two more high-profile candidates said over the weekend they are joining the NDP leadership race: Edmonton-Rutherford MLA Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse and Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan. Alberta Federation…
A caterpillar turning into a butterfly?
I write often about climate change and tend toward pessimism about humankind’s efforts to avoid disaster. But there are good stories that show progress. Will they be enough? Only if…
Affirming Care Is Not A “Conveyor Belt”
In reading the essay “Current Concerns About Gender Affirming Care In Adolescents”, it occurred to me that there is a fundamental misrepresentation about what Gender Affirming Care means, and the…
Affirming Care Is Not A “Conveyor Belt”
In reading the essay “Current Concerns About Gender Affirming Care In Adolescents”, it occurred to me that there is a fundamental misrepresentation about what Gender Affirming Care means, and the…
An error by Global TV News or part of a pattern? (2010 article repeated in 2024)
I spend much time on the internet reading reliable sources. (Well, mostly reliable.) My subscription list for mainstream media is lengthy, although I consciously avoid Postmedia. While the company employs…
Things that matter, or things that don’t
Sometimes, we become focused on things that matter to us, but matter little or nothing to others. I might be accused of that when I write at IN-SIGHTS. But I…