Back in the day, the left was all about protesting for rights for marginalized people, and the right fought for a more individualistic, pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps ideology. Another thread from Kelly, this…
Where’s Jason Kenney’s Alberta Energy War Room when you need it? Jason Kenney, the United Conservative Party premier who invented the Alberta Energy War Room (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). I’m…
MethaneSAT is equipped with advanced sensing technology that allows it to precisely identify methane emissions at oil and gas sites across the globe. The satellite was launched on March 4…
I’ve wrestled with the question of whether there can be an ‘artificial intelligence’ over the last few days. The question of course comes down to what we think ‘intelligence’ is,…
Genocide. Apartheid. Occupation. Settler-colonialism. Those are words we are all hearing a lot, lately. They get thrown around like confetti. After October 7, when 1,200 men, women, children and babies…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario to ban liens from being placed on homes in exchange for HVAC appliances #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/mv8s6kj4 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
If you’re making the Last Will there are 4 things that you should think about. 1. 1. Who do I want to leave my property to after I pass away?…
In the summer of 1997, between 10th and 11th grade, a movie production company approached my parents, well-known local realtors at the time, for help scouting locations around Sainte-Agathe for…
People from more than 160 countries participated in the People’s Climate March on September 21, 2014. It was the largest climate demonstration in history. Photo by Heather Craig/Survival Media Agency/Flickr.…
You would think that after dealing with Covid for over FOUR years that Public Health would be amazing at stopping Measles in its tracks, unless maybe they’ve been directed otherwise.…
After reflecting on Premier Danielle Smith’s recent words of chastisement, the bad boy of Alberta conservatism, David Parker, said in a tweet yesterday evening that he’s repented and “will not…
Basket case cat.
NEW YORK – Bill Blair haunts us still. He’s not dead or anything. In fact, he’s still the Minister of National Defence. He’s alive. But his legacy as Toronto’s…
Anti-war picketers assemble at the 1905 Square in Yekaterinburg, Russia, immediately following the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, February 24, 2022. Photo by Vladislav Postnikov/Wikimedia Commons. Two years ago, Vladimir…
I was perusing the usual collage of semi-news, trivia, and fluff on CollingwoodToday recently and noticed a poll at the bottom asking “How old are you?” It piqued my interest…
One day last week, I got a phone call from my mother-in-law. I know this sounds like the set-up for a joke, but it isn’t. “Where are you?” she practically…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Apple fined almost $2B by the EU in music streaming antitrust probe #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/4z4natky – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Julia Doubleday highlights how the continued unmitigated spread of COVID-19 is collapsing hospital systems around the globe. Priyanjana Primanik examines how the…
Evil!As you may or may not recall, Allan and I are first-time homeowners. In 2019, both of us in our late 50s, we bought a home in Port Hardy, BC,…
