Cartoon by Michael de Adder Postmedia Network’s takeover of the SaltWire Network newspapers in Atlantic Canada this summer has brought the inevitable cutbacks to editions, journalists an...
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…
There's a lovely man that works where I rent a car to go camping in the summer. When I walk in with my N95 in place, he starts wiping the…
First, Trudeau testified at the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference hearings today. Trudeau was supposed to be embarassed, bumbling, and exposed by this inquiry - but instead, it was Poilievre…
Statistics Canada recently reported that in at least one respect this country is moving in... The post And the rich get richer first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
While not exactly Trump Derangement Syndrome, I have become increasingly obsessed with the mind boggling support that Trump’s Republicans still seem to have, the success of right wing parties everywhere,…
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
Three -- SIX Covid resources to bookmark. This Educational Toolkit for Long Covid has a series of videos explaining Long Covid in children, how to return to school safely, the…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- The American Institute of Biological Sciences weighs in on the growing scientific recognition that we're approaching - and indeed barreling toward - irreversible climate…
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: That Plastic Skeleton Can’t Be Your Plus 1, Police Tell Car Pool Lane Users #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/DrK0KeLJmZ - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
In these days of the tail wagging the dog and the rabble seemingly having taken over the public square, and often the agenda, I find myself feeling increasingly misanthropic. At…
The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines (SSAG) assist Ontario Courts in determining the entitlement, amount, and duration of spousal support payable by a spouse in Family Law proceedings.The Guidelines consider the…
There are widespread reports of a petition circulating within Liberal Caucus calling on Justin Trudeau to step down as leader.
Just a few Quick Takes - some stuff worth reading tonight:TrudeauMy latest: This is not a diplomatic spat — it’s state terrorism, and Canada is right to call it out…
Surely everybody understands that the point of the United Conservative Party Government’s $7-million “Scrap the Cap” scare campaign announced yesterday is to use Alberta taxpayers’ money to campaign against the…
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I believe in free markets, at least for most commerce. As do most Albertans. Partly... The post Why there should never have been an oil sands industry first appeared on…
Aftermath of an Israeli bombing raid on the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Photo courtesy the Palestinian News & Information Agency-WAFA/Wikimedia Commons. In my most recent article...
One of the persistent reactions to Breaking Free of Neoliberalism has been doubt that big change – the kind of change the book clearly hopes for – is possible, in…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Alan Rusbridger highlights the glaring gap between the devastating extreme weather events caused by a climate breakdown in progress, and the complete lack…
