Canada’s polluting forests—from sink to source
Canada, the land of wide open spaces, of oceans, prairies, forests and mountains, is a... The post Canada’s polluting forests—from sink to source first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Wise Law’s Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of May 11, 2026
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of May 11, 2026
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 11, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:Can trademarking Taylor Swift’s voice, likeness combat deepfakes? Dog walker bitten on the…
Avi Lewis’ rent control plan
I’ve just written a ‘top 10′ overview of Avi Lewis’ plan to impose federal rent control. Here’s the link to the post:
PEF’s 2026 Summer School: May 28, Vancouver
Join several of Canada’s leading heterodox and progressive economists for an introduction to theories, tools, and policy applications that go beyond the bounds of conventional free-market economics. This one-day course…
Love these Habs now
Love These Habs Now(apologies to Mon Rovîa) Do you hear the Bell Centre roar?Do you recall when you heard that beforeTimes ain't the same in the AtlanticGot a bunch of…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Nicholas Kristof rightly characterizes the Trump/Musk demolition of US foreign aid as reflecting the world's wealthiest and most powerful men attacking the world's…
Saturday Photo: Mothers’ Day is a Day of Remembering
The photo is a good 45 years old, but I love it. The woman is my mother and the little girls are my daughter and her cousin. Don't know what…
Louise Arbour The Right Choice For The Times
Despite what you may have heard, the appointment of Louise Arbour to the role of Governor General of Canada is a perfect political message in a time of turmoil.
Sunday Funday: Funny posts about Canada, ETTD, sports, academics, and more, plus Carney hat-trick TrumpWatch, Animal Crackers
First, good items about Canada Todd Maffin does a "heritage minute" about Heritage Minutes All of the Minutes are saved here: https://www.historicacanada.ca/productions/minutes This is my favourite: Heaven does exist and…
Danielle Smith – the public face of foreign interference in Canada – gets Canadian security clearance
Danielle Smith, who is basically the public face of foreign interference in Canada, has been given a Canadian “Top Secret” security clearance, her press secretary said on Thursday. According to…
Rain
Some scribbling with the brushes and allowing the next thought to come.
Good for the Habs! Plus today’s Canada news – from Obama to a pink Barbie Jeep
Habs win!So the series is tied as they head to Montreal for the next two games. When it got to 4-1, that was really the end for Buffalo View on…
Deep Playoff Run (apologies to CHappell Roan)
(Sung to the tune of "Pink Pony Club") I know you wanted me to stay Mired in the Atlantic division, out of Bettman’s way And I heard Saint-Louis’s sage conseil…
Musical interlude
Bob Moses - Leave Like This
Saskatchewan Planning To Fail
The Sask Party and NDP have presented similar and disastrous plans for the electrical grid. There are details about what the Sask Party would have Sask Power do, in this…
Norway treats fossil fuels as a public inheritance. British Columbia treats them as a giveaway.
At today’s exchange rate, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is worth roughly C$3.09 trillion — an extraordinary figure for a country with a population of about 5.6 million, very close to…
Let’s get building!
Doug Ford introduces a bonfire of burning money as THERME.
Paved With Good Intentions
To want Canada to prosper during these tumultuous times is both noble and natural. Federal government leadership to forge that path is something we expect, given that our problems are…
Today’s News: Poilievre Put-downs, Responding to Wexit, China gives Trump the finger, and a Hantavirus Cruise Ship Update
Poilievre Put-downs I think I need to start a regular feature about the comments and cartoons I see on our opposition leader Pierre Poilievre. I must admit, I seldom actually…