Definition
To be a Zionist is to believe in the right of indigenous peoples to a homeland.
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Trapped cat.
Riders Shoot Foot Again
Did the SK Roughriders hire the REAL geniuses who thought the Experience Regina rebrand was smart? They had a meltdown when some meat-heads (pun intended) got upset by A&W sponsoring…
Editorial cartoons
Starting as a young adult, I paid regular attention to the brilliant Len Norris and other cartoonists featured in newspapers and magazines. Ten years ago, Ian Holliday wrote an article…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andre Picard highlights the dangers of treating the return of measles (and other threats to health exacerbated by anti-science zealotry) as something…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 27, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: The number of inmates awaiting trial in Canada’s provincial jails has quadrupled in the last 10 years: CCLA #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews http://tinyurl.com/mpbv2j7 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Can a temporary layoff be considered a termination of employment?
Temporary layoffs of employment may not be permitted unless there is an employment contract that specifically permits such layoffs. In most circumstances, legally permitted layoffs can only last: A. Not…
Floating Flowers Clean Pollution in Waterways
Industrial farming, golf courses, and some industries all contribute an incredible amount of nutrient runoff that enters our waterways. This influx of unexpected nutrients can cause algae blooms and otherwise…
Vancouver’s go-slow multiplex policy could blow a hole in provincial housing projections
High-rise housing in Vancouver. Photo by Darren Kirby/Wikimedia Commons. The long reign of exclusionary single-family zoning is being challenged in British Columbia—and none too soon amid a severe housing shortage.…
Covid Info for Therapists
Many people are seeking out therapists to help them with the mental health issues that are a result of Long Covid. Some of their experiences have been horrific. I’ve written…
A national pharmacare program at last? Forget about it, says Alberta’s UCP – just give us the cash!
No sooner did the federal Liberal and New Democratic parties say they’d reached a deal on a national pharmacare program at the end of last week than Alberta’s United Conservative…
New home
One of my latest has found a home – in BC!
Have Conservatives Finally Become Irredeemable?
In the past, whenever I read news about any conservative leader, party or government — small-c conservative, including the Canadian federal and provincial Conservative parties, the American Repugnicans, and the…
My latest: the online road to Hell
“Free speech,” says Salman Rushdie, “is the whole thing, the whole ball game.” “Free speech,” he says, “is life itself.” That feels like a bit of an overstatement. But in…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Kevin Jiang reports on the results of the largest-ever study into the effects of COVID-19 vaccines – which concludes they’ve been extremely safe…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 26, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Alabama I.V.F. Ruling Opens New Front in Election-Year Abortion Battles #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes http://tinyurl.com/4m924b3m – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
AMLO’s push for environmental reforms angers Canadian mining sector
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador waving the flag of Mexico. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. In early February, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) proposed a package of 20…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of February 26, 2024
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of February 26, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 26, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter: Former law dean disbarred in Manitoba after he misspent $500K in school…
Time For A Walk In The Snow?
Michael Harris has supported Justin Trudeau pretty consistently. Now, he writes, it’s time for Trudeau to go: Nothing is clearer in Canadian politics than that the next federal election is…