Going, going, gone
Every day I read how somebody is changing my country. No peacekeeping? the illegal war on Iran was “worth it”? Sustainability is unsustainable? Speed trumps democracy and the legal and…
The circle of life
Street quitarist sings about garbage pickup schedule
Wise Law’s Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of August 10, 2026
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More On The Democrats
In my previous post, I wrote about the need for the Democratic Party establishment to lose its fear of embracing progressive policies that actually help people. Afterwards, I came across…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of August 10, 2026
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 10, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:OSAP changes are in effect. Here’s how students are being impacted Antisemitism on…
St. Albert Public Library Board has estimated cost of UCP book ban at $100,000 in 2027
ST. ALBERT, Alberta – The St. Albert Public Library Board has estimated it will cost about $100,000 next year to comply with the United Conservative Party Government’s unprecedented library censorship…
Trump’s irrationality
Tom Nichols is a staff writer at The Atlantic and a contributor to the Atlantic Daily newsletter. He is a professor emeritus of national-security affairs at the U.S. Naval War…
Wildfires and the choices behind them
The feedback dynamics involved are precisely what climate scientists have long warned about: hotter and drier conditions created by a warming climate make forests more combustible, while burning forests release…
Using The Criminal Code To Fix Things
Crime is a social construct, and our approach to it is primarily geared around protecting assets rather than people or society as a whole.
Today’s wildfires update, plus Sunday Funday
Wildfires UpdateThe situation Saturday in BC View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads From Saturday evening View on Threads View on Threads Yukon update: View…
Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2026
Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace is held annually to mark the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. This year’s observance was sponsored by the Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba,…
Owning up
Oil and gas is a very lucrative business, and very generous to Alberta and to... The post Owning up first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Whiplash: Vik Handa enters and exits the Ontario Liberal leadership race, clearing the path for the awesome Navdeep Bains! ;-)
Whiplash: Vik Handa enters and exits the Ontario Liberal leadership race, clearing the path for the awesome Navdeep Bains! ;-) by Matthew GuerinRead below to find out why I am…
Saturday Photo: Eight-thirty, Aug. 6, Parc Outremont
Summer twilight: magic time. Although I must add that the kitchen is full of fruit flies from the nectarines I left on the counter. The advantages and disadvantages of the…
UPDATED: Inspiring Terror In America: The "S" Word
And that word would be socialism.Particularly in America, socialism seems to evoke an extreme response among those who prefer not to think like human beings but rather react, in Pavlovian…
Saturday Cartoons, plus Canadians as hobbits, some Trump v Canada, and another Wildfires Update
This week's Cartoon Collection "Canadians are like hobbits" So says Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief emeritus Matt Winkler. Well, we've been called worse... View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
Poilievre’s Plummeting Polling
The CPC is polling just a hair below 30%, and Pierre Poilievre's "favourability" as next PM is now tied with "Undecided" at 18%. Add to that, another CPC MP just…
Forget the elbows already
It’s time to stop talking elbows and start the overdue discussion on the Canada we want and what it will take to take back our future. I have never much…
Today’s News: Carney working, Trump flailing, Covid stories, Wildfires update
So Trump called Canadians "nasty" but Carney didn't rise to the bait. View on Threads In fact, it sounds like Carney has decided the time is right to push Trump…
