Eating on the road: Evan’s Fresh Seafoods in Dartmouth
My visit to Halifax in December was planned as a culinary visit, and before I left I consulted friends who were or had been local residents to get their tips…
Saturday Photo: Another Kind of Sunshine
We had a total eclipse here this week--quite a show.And today I have sunshine in the form of sunflowers in my kitchen. So nice to see these reflections of the…
Saturday Photo: Another Kind of Sunshine
We had a total eclipse here this week–quite a show. And today I have sunshine in the form of sunflowers in my kitchen. So nice to see these reflections of…
Idiocy — Pure In Simple
Arizona women are now living with an anti-abortion law that was passed in 1864 before they had the right to vote. Dana Milbank writes: Trump accurately boasts that “I was…
Great stories
Just sharing some stories tonight: Good Samaritans rush to save herd of elk trapped in frigid waterTwo dozen people jumped into action Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. when a herd…
Great stories
Just sharing some stories tonight: Good Samaritans rush to save herd of elk trapped in frigid water Two dozen people jumped into action Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. when a…
Musical interlude
Deadmau5 – Wish You Were There (Ratchet Remix)
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Graham Lawton writes that continued (or worse yet growing) inequality represents an intractable obstacle to ameliorating the climate crisis. Laurence Tubiana discusses the…
Canada’s Healthcare Crisis
A major backbone of Canada is falling apart, and much of it is from poor policy decisions that has led to a serious doctor shortage. Mary Fernando, MD, wrote about…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 12, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontarian wins legal battle for public funding of gender-affirming surgery argued as ‘experimental’ #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/9stmyp68 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
The Curse Of News Literacy
There are some days I almost wish I weren’t a newspaper reader. That way I wouldn’t be confronted daily with the world’s stupidity and perhaps not constantly haunted by a…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 19, 2009
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 19, 2009 via Wise Law Blog: Ontario Court Nixes CIBC Overtime Class Action http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2009/06/ontario-court-nixes-cibc-overtime-class.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Joan Westenberg discusses how to fight back in the war against knowledge, while Julia Doubleday calls out the lengths to which the…
Hostility Creating Isolation
A recent study found that older adults are spending less time in public due to hostility against people in masks. “The study comes amid what the U.S. Surgeon General recently…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 11, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Intimate partner violence could be declared an epidemic in Ontario after Ford government backs NDP bill #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/2vfvecnz – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
The Dumbest
Max Fawcett writes that Doug Ford is dumbing down Ontario: At an announcement for a new medical school at York University, Ford suggested that he wanted to get rid of…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Can I make my own Will using an online form?
Beware. If you use an online form instead of a lawyer: 1. You aren’t getting personalized advice from a lawyer who has assessed your needs and interests. 2. Nobody is…
Danielle Smith picks Alberta’s hill to die on: No to heat pumps, solar panels, and pharmacare
Alberta’s hill to die on? Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault (Photo: Government of Canada). According to Premier Danielle Smith it’s our God-given right to gas-generated electricity, diesel-powered buses, and gas-heated…