Measles redux
It’s back. Eliminated in 1998, thanks to vaccination, measles is making a comeback.This highly-contagious disease has been spreading around the world and there are now dozens of cases in this…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Melissa Lem and Samantha Green write about the push from the health care community to ensure that fossil fuel companies can’t keep deceiving…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 13, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Alberta father asks court to stop 27-year-old daughter’s medically assisted death #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/2p9mr5n5 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
My latest: charge them now
What’s it going to take? To charge someone with a hate crime, that is. It’s been less than a week since a mob descended on a Toronto Jewish synagogue, and…
Stupidity: The Antidote
Owing to a rather sensitive gag reflex, I only watched about two minutes of Senator Katie Britt’s ‘response’ to Joe Biden’s State of The Union address in which I gather,…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What is an Executor?
An Executor is the person who’s the legal representative of your Estate. After you die, your Executor is responsible for taking all of the assets and properties that you own…
Getting Disengaged From Politics
At the close of 2003, Paul Martin finally won the decade-long civil war he had waged inside the federal Liberal Party, sending Jean Chretien into retirement and taking the reins…
Lewy, Lewy, Me Gotta Go
A study from May 2021 is still thought by some to be the most disturbing Covid paper out there. The study, (published in April 2022) looked at how SARS-CoV-2 causes…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Sprawled cat.
A low IQ can be very appealing
A story from Terry O’Reilly about monkeys involved in shooting a TV commercial may explain who cult leaders recruit as followers.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Brishti Basu reports on the ill effects of WorkSafeBC’s decision to push people back to work while they continue to suffer from…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 12, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Israel passes law allowing victims of terrorism to sue the Palestinian Authority for compensation #law #legal #lawtwitter via @haaretzcom https://tinyurl.com/2n97k8ym – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Stupidity: The Followup
And continuing with the theme of stupidity, here is an AI-generated video that speaks much truth. WARNING: Do not watch if you are offended by crude language. If you want…
Prospects for Canadian pharmacare
Until February 2024, Canada did not have a pharmacare program. Even then, proposals for a universal pharmacare program were remarkably vague in political parties, media reports, and campaigning groups. Earlier…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Non-Competition Agreement
If your employment agreement prohibits you from competing with your employer or soliciting its customers after you leave, those restrictions may not be enforceable. Non-competition agreements are generally unenforceable against…
Mulroney: Not all good
Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and US President Ronald Reagan in the mid-1980s. Photo by AP. Much deserved praise has been heaped on Brian Mulroney’s legacy, but the universal lauding…
For the Next Doctor’s Visit
Olivia Belknap made some great fact sheets that can be shared with health care providers who question your mask or try to claim you have an anxiety disorder. More at…
Naheed Nenshi, Superstar! Do you think you’re what they say you are?
As expected, former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi has joined the contest to replace Rachel Notley as leader of the Alberta NDP, and his arrival yesterday with a slick video, a…
BC NDP sanctioned destruction
Vancouver author and environmental journalist Arno Kopecky talks about the threat to Howe Sound from LNG operations.
Clean energy solutions
In 2017, Site C proponents said the dam was required because British Columbia needed dispatchable electricity. According to those keen on the megaproject, low-cost wind and solar power could not…