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…
Legal News Post of the Day: October 18, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ontario motorcyclist films himself speeding at more than 250 km/h, gets charged: police #law #legal #legalnews via @CTVNews https://t.co/hcPdehpBkE - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Homelessness 101
I recently delivered my Homelessness 101 workshop in both English and French. All course material is available free of charge at this link: https://nickfalvo.ca/courses/
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 13, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 13, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: U.S. Supreme Court Extends Camera Ban at California Gay Marriage Trial https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/01/us-supreme-court-extends-camara-ban-at.html - Garry J. Wise, To...
How did Trudeau’s performance stack up to his promises?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends the state funeral of Ed Broadbent in Ottawa, January 28, 2024. Photo courtesy Canadian Heritage/Flickr. The following is an adapted excerpt from The...
Anatomy of a soccer scandal
Photo by Thomas Couto/Flickr The Canada Soccer drone spying scandal offers an ideal prism through which to examine the question of what is perceived to be scandalous in the context…
Comedy tonight: Poilievre lettuce-watch, plus some funny stuff about Trump, Harris, birds, art, dogs, dope, and being old
The Poilievre lettice watch begins: Start the countdown. Pierre Poilievre or this head of lettuce. pic.twitter.com/zUHF4u7XPS— Roddy 🇨🇦 (@RodKahx) October 16, 2024 POILIEVRE'S CAT pic.twitter.com/5NfqfCGl9z— Brittlestar (@brittlestar) October 17, 2...
Calgary Cancer Centre to open on Oct. 28; Alberta premier promises miraculous ‘future without cancer’
There were seven uninformative canned quotes in the Alberta Government’s news release yesterday announcing the imminent opening of the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Calgary on Oct. 28,…
We need the emissions cap
Conservatives love rhyming slogans. Alberta’s Conservative government has come up with a dandy in their... The post We need the emissions cap first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Jurassic Park: Some Thoughts About the Franchise Part 2
Charles Darwin knew the score. In Chapter 11 of his famous and brilliant book, The Origin of Species, published in 1859, he wrote, “We can clearly understand why a species…
Squirrels!
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3rd Party Bad, Except Not Mine
Mandryk has me fuming. That’s his job. I once respected his opinion, but unfortunately not in years. He writes a whole column and an article about how bad it is…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Saskia O'Donoghue reports on the continued recognition by both risk experts and the general public that the climate crisis is the most important…
Legal News Post of the Day: October 17, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: More than 300 CRA employees who improperly received CERB no longer with agency #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/4ORYOTv7f5 - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Postmedia’s cuts to newspapers in Atlantic Canada begin to hurt
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 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…
Leafs are Falling
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…