Photo by Richard Akerman/Flickr Context is something journalists are supposed to provide in reporting on matters of national importance, but it has been sadly lacking so far in coverage of…
When a person dies without a Will, an intestacy arisesOntario’s Succession Law Reform Act establishes rules for the distribution of an intestate deceased person’s property.An intestate person’s spouse inherits the…
Once again, America's national press are whining about Kamala Harris not holding press conferences. Apparently, US voters can hardly wait to hear about Kamala's views on fracking and Medicare and…
Great discussion, as always, and a great song. (See the link below, to a podcast interview by one of my top three sources.) Now, maybe a song about sisu, the…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jonathan Watts reports on the unprecedented number of heat records being set in 2024, while the University of East Anglia examines how climate change…
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Justice Merchan Denies Trump’s Recusal Bid, Rebuking Him for Claiming Harris Ties #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/PifjaAaH4r - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Kevin Falcon returned to politics from his job with one of BC's largest real estate developers. Falcon was a guy who lied about BC Rail being bankrupt and therefore a…
Ontario’s Family Law Act (FLA) governs the equalization and division of property between spouses upon marital separation.It applies only to spouses who are legally married.A spouse may be entitled to…
After many dreary months of the relentless, pounding negativity, insults, accusations, lies, deflections, racism, and rage-farming of a convicted felon, tax cheat, and serial liar Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, we…
Nearly a fifth of New Brunswick residents don’t have access to a family doctor. Over 400 family doctors in Quebec have left the public healthcare system altogether, and are free…
As if to reinforce his role as the proverbial bad penny of Alberta politics, Raj Sherman has turned up again – this time as Premier Danielle Smith’s man at the…
Our Molly died today. She was diagnosed with gastric lymphoma cancer in May, and we knew from the beginning that it was incurable. We hoped we could at least have…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Syris Valentine writes about our severe and chronic environmental overshoot in using far more resources than the Earth can replenish. Clayton Page Aldern…
I wish “the West” had a powerful anti-aurhoritarian left, but currently we do not. Am I the only one left of the real left? Surely not. But things are shifting…
‘The City of Vancouver will never see this fall to ruin,’ a former park board chair said. But will it?Jen St. Denis The TyeeJen St. Denis is a reporter with…
‘The City of Vancouver will never see this fall to ruin,’ a former park board chair said. But will it?Jen St. Denis The TyeeJen St. Denis is a reporter with…
BY SATYMA MONGIA, ASSOCIATE LAWYER“All children and youth in Canada have the right to live and to learn free from discrimination related to their sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity…
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Here's how the U.S. trial of a Canadian linked to the Pearson gold heist could play out #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/sy2N5f1XMz - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
Can an employer fire an employee whose pregnancy is causing medical complications that affect her ability to perform her usual workplace duties?Employers have a duty to accommodate in those circumstances…
“The Surrender of Poundmaker to Major-General Middleton at Battleford, Saskatchewan, on May 26, 1885.” Painting by Robert William Rutherford. Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1991-274-2. ...
