how new york city is like a polar bear, or what i’m reading: three books about the death murder of north american cities
I knew these books would break my heart. I chose three books from my List, all on the same topic: How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight…
Today’s News: Hurricane Helene
This is terrible. We're been following the Hurricane Helene stories - its hard to imagine what these people are going through:At least 56 dead and millions without power after Helene's…
Eating on the road: Novita Italian Cuisine in Markham
When work brings me to Scarborough I often stay in a hotel just over the Steeles border in Markham and, on a recent stay at the Delta near Highway 404…
Eating on the road: Novita Italian Cuisine in Markham
When work brings me to Scarborough I often stay in a hotel just over the Steeles border in Markham and, on a recent stay at the Delta near Highway 404…
Kamala Harris BEAT THE SH*T OUT OF TRUMP at the debate, now she’s beating TRUMP DOWN on the #economy
My latest: study proves CBC unfair to Jewish state
CBC is unfair to the Jewish state – and now this newspaper has the proof. The public broadcaster’s antipathy towards Israel is not news, of course. As this writer has…
Saundra Cleary
My aunt and the last Cleary child. I loved her very much and will miss her more.
Ukraine’s ‘victory plan’ faces sobering realities
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on September 26, 2024. Photo courtesy Volodymyr Zelensky/X. ...
Happy Saturday! Here’s some fun stuff about politics, golf, librarian spies, getting older, and cool maps
First, just a glance at politics:WHO DID THIS?? 🦇 pic.twitter.com/ihJmPT8fmQ— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) September 13, 2024 This should get an award for hilarious description of the GOP these days: Correct.…
Another day, another overwrought UCP screed – this one defending fossil fuel companies’ ‘right’ to greenwash
Another day, another overwrought screed from the United Conservative Party, this one a repeat, screeching that the federal government’s changes to the Competition Act “are undemocratic, extreme and will hurt…
Musical interlude
Tove Lo - No One Dies From Love
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Eric Topol examines the latest research showing COVID-19's effect on the brain, while David Robson takes note of the prospect that the brain has…
Legal News Post of the Day: September 27, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: After first non-confidence motion failed, Poilievre is back with another one #law #legal #LegalNews via @CBCNews https://t.co/gnmLdjjH7e - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Tunnel Vision
H/t MoudakisContinuing with yesterday's theme, Star readers offer their views of Doug Ford's latest scheme:The idea of a Highway 401 tunnel is ludicrous. It can’t be built quickly enough. It…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 23, 2015
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 23, 2015 via Wise Law Blog: Tips on Law Blogging http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2015/01/slawtips-tips-on-law-blogging.html - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net...
As the JNF continues its rampage in the West Bank, CRA ruling offers Palestinians hope
In June, the Israeli government approved plans for five new settlements in the West Bank, including the Nahal Heletz settlement, flanking the UNESCO heritage site and Palestinian village of Battir,…
To build solidarity with Palestine, Canada’s labour movement must look to the past
UAW-Canada President Bob White and South African anti-apartheid activist Archie Sibeko (Zola Zembe) at the founding convention of the UAW-Canada, 1985. Photo by Murray Mosher. Th...
Poilievre and the "sore winner syndrome"
I'm trying to think whether there was any time in modern history that Canadians elected a Prime Minister they didn't actually like. Conservatives seem to have a pattern of finding…