Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of November 24, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 24, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Rogers clients complain of customer service nightmare, spending hours on hold to resolve…
Institutional neutrality or institutionalized silencing?
Pro-Palestine encampment at U of T’s King’s College Circle in 2024. Photo by Can Pac Swire/Flickr. The partial ceasefire in Gaza offers an opportunity to reflect on how universities have…
Winnipeggers say “HANDS OFF VENEZUELA!”
The United States has been meddling in Venezuelan affairs since the election of Hugo Chávez in 1999. Despite American backed coup attempts, assassination plots, and economic sanctions, the people of…
Cringe as they may be, don’t assume Canada’s radical far right is going to fail, warns high-profile social media commentator
On her Instagram account, Rachel Gilmore describes herself as “your least favourite person’s least favourite journalist.” Judging from the reactions her aggressively progressive commentary gets on the various social media…
On Reforming Capitalism
These are the conventional definitions of capitalism. Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their use for the purpose of obtaining…
It’s Time For Canada To Get A Gripen
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (MBS) visited the Trump White House last week and went home with a deal to buy American F-35 fighter jets. In…
Sunday Funday: Good Cartoons, Canada stuff, US stumbles, Funny comments and posts; TrumpWatch, Animal Crackers
Here are some good cartoons that I enjoyed Here's some good stuff about Canada Elizabeth May lays it DOWN! Elizabeth May is our old school common sense voice of reason…
The Electrification of the Logistics System will change the use of Oil and other Fossil Fuels
If you have ever traveled the Quebec City-Windsor corridor, you are well aware that Highway 401 in Ontario and Autoroute 20 in Quebec play pivotal roles in Canada’s transportation network.…
Saturday Photo: Flowers in Winter
My big jade plant doesn't bloom every year, but when it does, it is lovely. So nice to have flowers when it is icy outside.
Russia-Ukraine War update: the world is hoping that Ukraine can still fight on
Didn't we always think it would come to this?To his everlasting shame, Trump is turning tail and getting ready to pull America out of supporting Ukraine in the war with…
Musical interlude
Deftones - Infinite Source
Ashton’s promise—an idea whose time has come?
As a long time member of the NDP I watch the current leadership race with... The post Ashton’s promise—an idea whose time has come? first appeared on Views from the…
Alberta moves to make quackery great again while protecting egregiously unprofessional behaviour
Rest assured, Alberta’s Bill 13, the so-called Regulated Professions Neutrality Act, has little to do with protecting freedom of expression. Despite Premier Danielle Smith’s claim during a news conference announcing…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Lane Brown examines how key elements of cognitive ability may be degrading - including due to constant exposure to personalities selected for their vociferous…
Time To Rip Off The Band-aid
I don't know about you, but I am growing tired of seeing an obese bully kicking sand in our collective faces. My national pride demands a real response. To mix…
NDP Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Rob Ashton
Source: candidate website The third leadership candidate has now gotten back to me. Rob Ashton represents the labour wing of the NDP. I was particularly interested in hearing from Ashton…
The stupid, it burns!
I try not to pay attention all the time to the crazy stuff happening in the US, but some days..... Well, you missed that the US tried to invade Mexico…
Bill 9 and Smith’s Justification For Invoking S33
Over at the Government of Alberta website, we have the government's propaganda piece trying to justify using S33 to stomp all over the rights of transgender Albertans, their parents, and…
The Extended Modern Synthesis
On Cognitive Bandwidth, Evolution, and the One-World World The other day, I experienced what it feels like to think with extended cog...