The Problem with Asymptomatic Cases
“The World Health Organization (WHO) weekly update on the global Covid-19 pandemic found that in the last four weeks, there was an 80% rise in infections.” This article, published yesterday,…
Competition Bureau action against Meta would confirm that the fix is in
Photo by Dima Solomin/Unsplash With Meta already blocking news in Canada, hope is slipping away that Google might still be brought onside with the Online News Act, which one critic…
Better Solar Helps Bitter Hops
Agrivoltaic setups aren’t new to regular readers of this site as we’ve seen many times that certain crops benefit from the shade solar panels provide; and, the solar panels benefit…
Artificial intelligence will not make police body-worn cameras more effective
A Minneapolis Police Department officer wears a body camera while responding to a call on October 25, 2019. Photo by Tony Webster/Flickr. Earlier this month, the Ann Arbor Police Department…
Tagging Team Nate.
It was fun meeting with my local Nathanial Erskine-Smith committee (otherwise known as Team Nate) organizers earlier in last week. I did tell them I write this blog, so it…
More patients for healthcare facilities that prominently display Jim Pattison’s name
In the 2021 election campaign, federal Liberals promised to stop thermal coal exports by 2030. Weeks later, Trudeau repeated the pledge at COP26. As usual, hollow promises are worthless and…
Premier and feisty reporters spar over details of UCP plan to freeze new renewable electricity generation projects
What was supposed to be a scripted jeremiad by Danielle Smith attacking the federal government’s proposed clean-electricity regulations yesterday turned into a verbal sparring match with some feisty reporters over…
A Winnipeg Vigil for Palestine
On August 12, 2023, supporters of Palestinian liberation in Winnipeg held a vigil across from the Israeli Folklorama Pavilion to raise awareness of the suffering of Palestinians under Israeli occupation.
Cultural Differences of ASD
I was once introduced to a new colleague who made very direct, sustained eye contact, and I thought to myself as I spoke with him: he’s on track to be…
Bill C-18: Unpacking Canada’s Media Madness & Mess
Lies. I saw this today on a Liberal MP’s Facebook page (irony noted): I’m a digital media expert, and I will tell you that the Liberal government will sink into…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Arianna Johnson reports on new research showing how COVID-19 can continue to affect organ function long after the lungs have healed. Philip Finkelstein…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 14, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Gay couple from Toronto wins lawsuit in Italy after son’s birth photo used in anti-surrogacy campaign #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/4aa22zdd – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
To Remember Is To Have Real Power
I realize that on the surface, the troubles we face in Ontario are likely of little more than passing interest to those living in other jurisdictions. However, wherever citizens live,…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—the Israel lobby’s useful idiot
“The Kennedy Promise.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. The long nightmare of oppression of Palestinians is not a tangential issue. It is a black and white issue of a settler-colonial state…
Earthquake Protection Using Ancient Techniques
Currently earthquakes cause buildings to collapse and are therefore quite deadly, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Already there are modern high tech solutions that many earthquake prone…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of August 14, 2023
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of August 14, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 14, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: ‘This is an embarrassment’: Three years after Tories scrapped a new Halton…
Correcting Mandel: Why arming Ukraine is the road to peace
Street art in support of Ukraine on the side of a pub in Belfast, March 1, 2022. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. The following article is a response to “Myths and…
Today’s News: Rescuing Maui Pets
I was going to do a post about Poilievre and his stumbles tonight, but then I saw posts about rescues of animals in Hawaii — and they are so much…
How is it possible basic communications work for Alberta’s renewables freeze announcement wasn’t done?
Between them, the Alberta Ministry of Energy and Minerals and the Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas employ at least a dozen qualified communications professionals easily earning more than a…