Saturday Photo: Canada’s Memory…
Saturday the new Preservation Storage Facility of the Library and Archives Canada was open to the public for the first time. There were crowds waiting to get in when the…
Saturday Photo: Canada’s Memory…
Saturday the new Preservation Storage Facility of the Library and Archives Canada was open to the public for the first time. There were crowds waiting to get in when the…
My latest: Toronto has turned its back on Jews
What does a bullet do to the body of a four year old child? If it’s fired from a handgun, as many shots were this weekend at Bais Chaya Mushka…
Billions and Billions
Would you rather have the convenience of being seen quickly at a local ER that was funded to stay open OR the convenience to buy mixed drinks at select grocery…
Billions and Billions
Would you rather have the convenience of being seen quickly at a local ER that was funded to stay open OR the convenience to buy mixed drinks at select grocery…
‘Not one shred of evidence’ bill’s arbitrary measures are needed; they could block up to 50,000 Albertans from voting
Does Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver have any idea how many Albertans could be denied the right to vote in the next general election because of the United Conservative Party’s…
A Decade of the Maple Monarchists
Tomorrow will mark ten years of this blog being active. Sure, pedants will note that the first article was published the 14th of May, 2014 but that was an introductory…
Jewish school shot up in Toronto – and here’s who doesn’t care
A school for Jewish kids get shot up in Toronto. Keep that in mind when you remember the names of the members of city Council who voted against providing protection…
For Someone Who Doesn’t Drink
... Doug Ford seems to have an unhealthy preoccupation with alcohol. Or perhaps he wholehearted believes that the way to a (wo)man's heart is through the bottle?At a time when…
For Someone Who Doesn’t Drink
… Doug Ford seems to have an unhealthy preoccupation with alcohol. Or perhaps he wholehearted believes that the way to a (wo)man’s heart is through the bottle? At a time…
Merrily We Go To Hell
Linda McQuaig writes that Canada is still in the grip of Big Oil: The opening of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion this month — widely celebrated in the media —…
History contradicts claims that October 7 attacks unprovoked
Posters calling for the return of Israeli hostages in Gaza. Photo by Oren Rozen/Wikimedia Commons. Canada’s mainstream media has expressed outrage at the “moral equivalency” of the International Criminal Court’s…
Giving Up or Letting Go
In September 2010, John Holdren, Harvard professor and Obama's science adviser, gave a speech on climate change arguing that people aren't aware enough of the ways we're affected by the…
Giving Up or Letting Go
In September 2010, John Holdren, Harvard professor and Obama’s science adviser, gave a speech on climate change arguing that people aren’t aware enough of the ways we’re affected by the…
Neoliberalism’s failure—Americans agree on something
If I should ask what the most prominent single feature of American politics is today, I suspect most would say it’s polarization, perhaps dangerous polarization. I would agree. It was…
Musical interlude
Thornley – Make Believe
Israel, between Ashkelon and Be’er Sheva
For sale. Part of proceeds to ZAKA.
PSA
Ch-ch-changes: I’ve got quite a few followers on X, Facebook, this website – and I’m at work on big film/publishing stuff. I’m still going to be in Postmedia, but likely…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 24, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: University of Toronto says students have 24 hours to consider latest offer to end encampment #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/3tjwwex8 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…