Direct action confronts Canada-Israel arms trade
Peace activists block a driveway entrance to the Safran Electronics & Defense Canada Inc. facility in Peterborough, Ontario. Photo by Irene Suvillaga. Just after dawn on February 26, a group…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What is the difference between a Last Will and a Power or Attorney? Do I need both?
A Last Will only determines what happens to your property after you have passed. A Power of Attorney is used to appoint someone to manage your property and your medical…
How We Look After the Least Fortunate
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…
Trump to world: ‘I call it tar … it’s not oil … it’s terrible!’ – so where’s the Energy War Room when you need it?
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…
Eye in the sky
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…
On the Sentiment of Rationality
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,…
My latest: words that kill
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…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 6, 2024
#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…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Making a Last Will
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?…
Early experiences in media and performance
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…
A vision for transforming education in the face of climate and ecological breakdown
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.…
Erosion of Public Health
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.…
David Parker, the bad boy of Alberta conservatism, reflects, sort of recants, and promises to be less rude
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…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Basket case cat.
My latest: the ghost of Bill Blair
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…
‘Stop the War’ means ‘Death to the Dictatorship’
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…
Opt-in Polls: Bad Data, Bad Science, and Bad Actors
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…
You – yes, you – can be scammed
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…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 5, 2024
#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:…