Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Joe Lo reports on Oxfam's researching that the global 1% have already burned through more than their fair share of a sustainable carbon budget…
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This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from June 20, 2012
This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from June 20, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Will Microsoft's Surface be the Tablet for Lawyers? https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/06/why-microsofts-surface-tablet-shames-pc.html - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toron...
No joke! We counted: Alberta Health Services has had 12 chief executive officers since 2008!
Message to Alberta Health Services’ new interim chief executive officer and to whomever follows him as CEO: “Don’t let the revolving door hit you on the way out!” How many…
Writing about the fires: "Her grief rose upwards and joined the blackness of the sky"
This puts the LA fires into perspective, I think. I hadn't realized the numbers were so large:These numbers blow my mind: Population of LA County: 9.33M Population of California: 38.97M…
Privatizing $24 billion public dollars
IEA says energy efficiency provides some of the quickest and most cost-effective CO2 mitigation options while lowering energy bills and strengthening energy security. Because the immediate benefits of efficiency go…
That It Should Come To This
Who would have thought, eh?H/t MoudakisAlso, I do hope Canada is planning a more robust response to the bully than is being reported thus far:Canada is looking at levying retaliatory…
Start the year off warmly
2020 started with half of Australia on fire, it raining cats and dogs, once in a century snowfalls, planes being shot out of the sky,
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Rebecca Solnit writes about the many warnings and precedents which foretold California's current wildfires - and the importance of recognizing the cost of…
On the fear of nationalism
Illustration by Duncan Macpherson The following is a digitized version of an article from Canadian Dimension’s print archive, which is now available for the first time through the ...
Legal News Post of the Day: January 9, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Survey shows more newcomers choose immigration consultants over lawyers — and that can be risky, experts say #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/PxeR0BmgE3 - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
Review: People of the Sea
Irish thought exploded into my consciousness during my undergrad. I read Seamus Heaney’s first collection of poetry within a few weeks of being introduced to… The post Review: People of…
Charles Taylor: Nationalism and independence
The following is a digitized version of an article from Canadian Dimension’s print archive, which is now available for the first time through the University of Manitoba Dig...
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: How Much are Ontario Probate Fees?
Ontario’s probate fees are $250 for the first $50,000 of an estate’s value and $15 for each additional $1,000.These fees are properly referred to as Estate Administration Taxes. These taxes…
"I didn’t have Trump becoming an open-border activist on my 2025 Bingo card, but here we are."
The quote is from David Moscrop's excellent piece today: David Moscrop /It’s Time for Canada to Get the Bomb (Not Really) Threats against Canadian sovereignty from the incoming Trump administration…
More chaos at Alberta Health Services as Athana Mentzelopoulos is suddenly out as CEO
After working just one year and 32 days of her four-year contract, Athana Mentzelopoulos is no longer president and CEO of Alberta Health Services. Did the former Alberta and B.C.…
Religious mischief in the Balkans
“To be a true Albanian, you have to be Christian.” If there is anything the... The post Religious mischief in the Balkans first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Bully the world
Several members of the party expected to form the next government in Ottawa are enthusiastic supporters of Donald Trump and his cohort. Canadian resistance to American hegemony may be negligible.
My latest: piss off, traitors
Time to choose. Do you support Canada, or do you support the hostile power that intends to use “economic force” against us? Do you support this country, or the dyspeptic…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your mid-week reading.- Jeremy Corbyn writes about the denialism involved in refusing to deal with the climate crisis with language and action proportionate to its dangers.…