The cluster bomb curse
The United States recently took a step towards civilizing war, if war can be in any way termed civilized. Last Friday the US Defence Department made history by destroying the…
Twelve commandments for seniors
Not sure where this originated from but reader Erik Andersen sent it along.
The new abnormal
As climate disasters become more common, motivations to address underlying causes will decline as the general public accepts them as normal. Add the normal inclination to diminish gradually deteriorating situations…
Musings on Sourdough Starters
For many, many years, I owned and maintained my own, private zoo.* I fed and watered the creatures in it, occasionally neglected them, moved them from place to place, and…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Heidi Ledford discusses new research which is helping to identify genetic risk factors for long COVID – though the fact that new COVID-19…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 12, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Chow to officially become Toronto mayor, vows to bring change #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/yc8f6ew6 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Just A Victim Of Circumstances?
Fate can be cruel. It is not unheard of to be going about, minding one’s own business, when a person of unknown provenance accosts you and demands a photo with…
On the function of Social media
With the recent and continued controversy over Bill C-18 and the growing spat between the federal government and the world’s social media giants, it’s important to explore what social media…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What is an Executor?
What is an Executor? An Executor is the person who’s the legal representative of your Estate. After you die, your Executor is responsible for taking all of the assets and…
Governments are to blame for the Winnipeg landfill blockade
Protesters at the Brady Road landfill south of Winnipeg. Photo by Anne-Charlotte Carignan/SRC. The City of Winnipeg is poised to secure an injunction enabling police to remove the families and…
Ottawa blinks on Bill C-18 as Postmedia-Nordstar merger talks mercifully break off
Before a sudden about-face over the weekend, Canada’s media seemed to be imploding. Photo from 123RF. What a difference a week makes on the Canadian media rollercoaster. The last time…
Time to Move Away from Suburbia
Generic car focussed housing development. The future is 15 minutes away and it’s high time we get there. With the climate crisis in full swing we need to rethink unsustainable…
"They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival in an Indian Residential School" by Bev Sellars
{This article originally appeared in the July edition of the Anahim-Nimpo Lake Messenger . It was submitted in June 2023.}There is one book that everybody in the Cariboo-Chilcotin should read:…
"They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival in an Indian Residential School" by Bev Sellars
{This article originally appeared in the July edition of the Anahim-Nimpo Lake Messenger . It was submitted in June 2023.}There is one book that everybody in the Cariboo-Chilcotin should read:…
"They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival in an Indian Residential School" by Bev Sellars
{This article originally appeared in the Anahim-Nimpo Lake Messenger in July 2023}. There is one book that everybody in the Cariboo-Chilcotin should read: Bev Sellars’s They Called Me Number One:…
What Do We Tell the Kids?
A couple weeks ago, Obama, interviewed by Hasan Minaj, explained his thoughts on climate change (at 5:37 and 10:25, and 15:29): “If you’re not stressed about climate change at a…
Protecting Provincial Powers.
The other day, I mentioned that Oliver Mowat, Ontario’s premier for much of our country’s formative years back at the end of the 19th Century, fought with prime minister John…
UCP to loosen reins on unions … charitably
Alberta’s UCP government likes to keep a tight rein on labour unions. One of the first pieces of legislation brought in after their election in 2019 was the infamous Bill…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats with friends.
Protecting the protected, abusing the abused
Amanda Follett Hosgood, northern BC reporter for The Tyee, has done a thorough job of detailing the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal examination of RCMP conduct after a staff member of…