Danielle Smith touts letting loggers cut trees and ranchers graze cattle to help manage fire threat in national parks
Never one to let a good crisis go to waste, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith escalated her criticism of Parks Canada’s approach to fire management in Jasper National Park yesterday, suggesting…
Remembering when comedy was, well, funny
The tributes to Bob Newhart last week were universal in tone. A great comic, a great sitcom star, and a great guy. If there was anyone who had a bad…
My latest: Netanyahu’s race against fate
If you had the impression this week that Benjamin Netanyahu was running for office, you’d be right. He is. But the Prime Minister of Israel wasn’t running where he was…
No Dog in That Fight, But I Still Care About the Results
As a Canadian, I can only watch US politics from afar, albeit with unease. My comments on events and issues there are those from an armchair observer who has no…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates July 23, 2024
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…
Time To Stock Up
I'm kind of busy lately and don't have time today for a lengthy post. However, one quick observation, and then a suggestion for the Republicans.First, it is refreshing to see…
Rotting the Soul of a Nation
As a Canadian, we need to be concerned what happens to our neighbours. Their politics affects our lives. I don't typically write about this stuff, and so much has happened…
Oh, Canada: Longing For Home
With a trip coming up to my old home country of Canada, I feel, three hours before dawn, the urge to hear songs from my beloved country, where I was…
The REIT-ification of housing
Financialized firms including real estate investment trusts (REITs) control 48 percent of purpose-built rentals in Edmonton and 20-30 percent all of rentals across the country. Photo by Stefan Jansson. ...
Immoral or amoral?
Rutger University professor Wenwen Zhang, wrote a 2018 dissertation that said conceptions of amorality in business literature are diverse and ambiguous. Belief that morality is irrelevant and inapplicable in business…
Musical interlude
Mystic Tea Party - Honey
Yes, Alberta, it’s time we had a grown-up talk about wildfires
As flames from the massive forest fire in Jasper National Park ripped into the west side of the town of Jasper Wednesday night, Edmonton broadcaster Courtney Theriault plaintively tweeted that…
What are Corporations Doing With Lender & Investor Funds?
In a previous post, I analyzed what Canadian corporations are doing with their profits. I described how across almost every sector of the economy, corporations are distributing more of their…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Crawford Kilian writes about the profound and numerous forms of loss arising from the wildfires which leveled much of Jasper, while Marc Fawcett-Atkinson points…
Legal News Post of the Day: July 26, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Spicy dispute over the origins of Flamin' Hot Cheetos winds up in court #law #legal #LegalNews via @CTVNews https://t.co/fvCiVNHNp8 - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Letter from a British Prison: An Experiment with the Truth
I write more about Covid than climate because we can actually dramatically decrease the problem with rampant viral transmission in the next few years with tools on hand if we…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 6, 2006
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 6, 2006 via Wise Law Blog: Supreme Court of Canada: Social Hosts Not Liable for Drunk Driving Guests http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2006/05/supreme-court-of-canada-social-hosts.html - Garry J. Wise,…
In Ukraine war’s shadow, cracks emerging in European consensus
Image by natanaelginting/Freepik As the election excitement heats up in the United States, increasing concern is visible in some quarters about the likely effect of the election on Ameri...
things i heard at the library, an occasional series # 41
I'm filling in for frontline staff on a break. A customer approaches.Customer: I put a book on hold. Is it here?Me: Did you receive a notice that it is in?Customer:…