Pirola’s Dominating – Cool, Cool, Cool, Cool, Cool
Does everyone else picture Andy Samberg when they read about Pirola too?? Isn’t everyone reading about the hot new variant, Pirola (BA.2.86/JN.1), these days?? The concern with Pirola is that…
Ford is No Academic.
Earlier this month, Martin Regg Cohn of the Toronto Star tried to tell us that politicians do not care about universities. I thought at the time that I could add…
Steven Guilbeault is keeping someone busy writing unhinged jeremiads for Danielle Smith!
Who’s writing Danielle Smith’s unhinged jeremiads? Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). Whoever it is, as an Alberta taxpayer I sincerely hope we’re not paying them by the word,…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Katherine Wu discusses how the U.S. is facing a particularly grim set of winter illnesses as people have failed to get vaccinated against…
Year end 2023 review
We are suddenly realizing it’s time, it’s time to come to end of things, again: the end of December and the end of the year, the end of accounting and…
CTV News brings in a propagandist to spin the Online News Act
Consultants Mohit Rajhans (L) and Andrew Perez (R) debate the details of how Google’s $100 million commitment to Canadian media will be divided among news organizations. Still image courtesy CTV…
Legal Tweet of the Day: December 20, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario man who did not disclose HIV status to partners denied day, full parole #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews http://tinyurl.com/ty6mtm59 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
My latest: Montreal, hate city
MONTREAL- What the Hell is happening here? Here, in a city previously known for arts and cuisine and a decided European flair, things have gone from bad to worse.…
Housing: where we are headed, and why
As I take possession of my new home in the red hot Moncton, New Brunswick market, where values have more than doubled in five years, I am left to contemplate…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Dying without a Last Will
There’s a popular misconception that if I die without a last will everything goes to the government. That’s actually not true. If you die without a last will in Ontario…
Gaza and the fault lines of empire
A Palestinian child stands among the ruins of a destroyed building in Gaza. Photo courtesy the United Nations/Flickr. Shortly after the news broke of the United Nations General Assembly’s December…
Bums on the Doorstep.
One of the challenges of publishing a blog is the daily sweeping away of the myriad of organizations who send you story ideas to influence your output. The worst of…
Ethics investigations, Alberta, style – no rules were broken when Deena Hinshaw was fired! Now please move along, folks …
You were wondering about that ethics investigation into the way former Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw was immediately re-fired after she was hired as a member…
Dogs, bruh – plus cats and owls and the rest of the barnyard
Here’s some great dogs – plus cats and owls and the rest of the barnyard. First, of course, dogs! this guy built a racetrack in his backyard for his dogs…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cat with company.
You couldn’t stop solar if you wanted to stop solar
Worldwide solar energy capacity has been growing rapidly. In 2022, it was 150 times higher than in 2006 and more than double the level of 2018 when BC Hydro moved…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ryan Meili discusses how a blinkered focus on austerian “efficiency” and exit strategies prevents the development of care systems capable of meeting…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Discrimination in the workplace
Ontario employers are prohibited from discrimination in the workplace against any employee. Employers may not discriminate on the basis of – Race – Religion – Citizenship – Gender – Sexual…
Refaat Alareer: Literature as resistance
“If I Must Die.” Illustration by @beqararkarke/X. In contexts of class struggle, national liberation, and the fight for self-determination, art is a cultural weapon. It is a tool for educating,…