Canadian Public Health Has Spoken
Apparently we're all in with Pfizer and Moderna despite Novavax providing significantly better protection and fewer risks.Trudeau claimed to want Canada to be a producer of Novavax back in 2020,…
An Attack On One Is An Attack On All
As we move from the summer doldrums to the fall political season in Alberta (and Canada in general), there are some things we need to talk about. Specifically, we need…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Robert Rohde surveys yet another month of record-high temperatures from July 2024. And Richard Heinberg examines what a real energy transition would look like…
Legal News Post of the Day: August 26, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: How will the new school cellphone bans actually be enforced? #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/GpfCyVi7fM - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Wise Law’s Top 10 #LegalNewsPosts for the Week of August 26, 2024
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of August 26, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 26, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter:NY Lawsuit seeks to allow Canadian Hockey League players to play in NCAA.…
Conservatives find that proposing media reform is a dangerous minefield
Pierre Poilievre holds George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four as a prop during Question Period, March 30, 2023. Photo courtesy CPAC. It isn’t even Labour Day yet and federal ...
Serbia’s ‘green transition’ undermining local interests
Thousands of activists attend a protest in Belgrade, Serbia, against Rio Tinto’s plan to mine lithium in the Balkan country. Photo courtesy FoNet Zoran Mrđa. For world leaders, Serbia is…
Today’s News: President of Joy
David Rothkopf writes Navigating Bullshitworld How Do We Keep the Fires of the DNC Burning When So Many Seek to Douse Them With Torrents of Crap?: As the peaks of…
NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi spotted at an NDP BBQ in Calgary, preaching to the choir
I had coffee with my old friend Buff yesterday, and Buff had a theory about what’s happened to NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi since his slam dunk 86-per-cent victory over all…
Nenshi Visits Calgary-Elbow
Naheed Nenshi has been busy visiting NDP constituencies across the province. This afternoon he came to the Calgary-Elbow Constituency BBQ. After a (very) enthusiastic introduction from NDP MLA Samir Kayande,…
Railway relief
Sighs of relief could be heard across the country when federal Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon... The post Railway relief first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Why I Left Twitter
Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter(1) and renamed it "X", I've been toying with abandoning the platform. I don't like Musk to begin with, but at the same time the…
My Views, Summarized
In an open letter to two of the best analysts alive: Excellent as always, Hrvoje, only more so. You two are stellar, although, I am less pessimistic. Who am I?…
OPEN LETTER to Mayor Olivia Chow re: Toronto’s terrible Ferry Service to Toronto Islands
August 25, 2024Dear Toronto Mayor Chow, The state of Toronto City ferry service to the Toronto Islands is awful. It seems like the management of the ferry service don't take…
OPEN LETTER to Mayor Olivia Chow re: Toronto’s terrible Ferry Service to Toronto Islands
August 25, 2024Dear Toronto Mayor Chow, The state of Toronto City ferry service to the Toronto Islands is awful. It seems like the management of the ferry service don't take…
Weekend funny stuff: from Escher to Hercules; from politics to CEOs; from ancient wonders to wonderful paintings; from funny maps to funny dogs; from dancing ostriches to Ted Lasso!
First, a glance at art: Here's a short look at politics with some compare-and-contrast posts:Similar photos that are miles apart... pic.twitter.com/PSBWuU7Q1m— Ab Gamble (@AbGamble1) August 20, 2024 He’s trolling Millhouse…
Saturday Photo: Sixty Years of Fun
We were good buddies, until he bought the car and asked me out for a real date. After that, things developed and sixty years ago this coming Thursday, August 29,…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Annika Stechemesser et al. study the effectiveness of various countries' climate policies - and find that while carbon pricing is a necessary element in…