Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of October 21, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 21, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter:Canadian court to consider when minors can be sentenced as adultsOntario to require…
Funnies and Long Threads: from King Charles to airplane seats; from hurricane stories to Bob Dylan
Let's start with some funnies: Post by @patricknessbooks View on Threads Post by @ogginblog View on Threads Post by @the.language.nerds View on Threads Post by @johnfugelsang View on Threads Post…
No party snatches defeat from the jaws of victory like the NDP, and none does it with the flair they do in B.C.
No political party can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory like the NDP! And, as we watched in horror Saturday night, no Canadian New Democratic Party does it with…
Bill 20: Another Bill No One Asked For
” are good for municipalities, good for voters, good for Albertans.” – Ric McIver, minister of Municipal Affairs with respect to Bill 20. How do they do it? How can…
Eating on the road: Lounge at Sheraton Centre Toronto
I recently had the opportunity to stay for two nights at the Sheraton Centre Toronto in the heart of downtown across from City Hall, and I picked this location for…
Eating on the road: Lounge at Sheraton Centre Toronto
I recently had the opportunity to stay for two nights at the Sheraton Centre Toronto in the heart of downtown across from City Hall, and I picked this location for…
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Investigating online fraud, and this is the number used by a criminal operation in Montreal. Message us if you have had experience with these fraudsters. We need to confirm some…
Did anybody have "Big Dick Envy" on their Trump Bingo Card?
Trump just can't hold it back anymore:A nonzero number of Americans are voting for Trump so they can call stuff “gay” again and meanwhile their guy’s out here lost in…
Hot Nasties! Time!
Demo of our first new tune in 1 million years! Check it out before we die of old age!
My latest: for the love God, go
Dear Justin Trudeau: Unhappy members of the Liberal Party caucus are reportedly getting ready to send you a letter, asking you to leave. So, several million of us regular Canadians…
Poilievre’s dubious ideas about pharmacare—brought to you by Big Pharma
Graphic by Eagleclaw Thom Pierre Poilievre wants you to be afraid, very afraid, of single-payer pharmacare. It’s coming for your health benefits, will jack up your taxes and take away…
Today’s News: Update on the Saskatchewan election
Oh for crying out loud! I haven't reported much about the Saskatchewan election but today's news was really awful: ...Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe said Thursday that his "first order…
Grant Notley left a greater mark on Alberta than his position as leader and sole MLA of a small party would suggest
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the death in an airplane crash of Grant Notley, a man who left a greater mark on Alberta than his position as the leader…
Musical interlude
Bob Moses, Kasablanca - Afterglow
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Blake Murdoch discusses how long COVID is harming a large number of children - and getting worse as constant reinfection has become the norm.…
Greenpeace message
By exploiting coal, oil and gas, fossil fuel companies are inflaming extreme weather, making climate disasters more frequent and more severe–from hotter heatwaves to more destructive wildfires and unsafe air…
CCPA report on housing
Marc Lee and Alex Hemingway of the Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives issued a report on affordable housing. It is an analysis that is worth our attention. Some of the…
Reflections on having a 40-year-old son
Some birthdays are more significant than others. Turning 12 is no big deal, but 13 is huge. Seventeen is just another year, but 18 is cause for legal celebration. Twenty-five…