No, The SCC Won’t Rule Along The Lines Alberta Wants
I've seen a few people arguing that the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) is obliged to rule in favour of the Provinces like Alberta (the ones that want to use…
The Divine Spark In a Caregiver’s Heart
This is a blog post that I wrote some years ago but I think it still holds true. I thought of it because the birds are nesting outside my window.…
Today’s News: Carney’s anniversary, Canada Strong Fund, Iran War update, Funny responses to the WHCA dinner, and some Canada Good News. Plus a quip
Carney's anniversary Its been a year since Carney was elected, so he is doing interviews and here's a good one: TL,DW (too long, didn't watch): Its a good interview covering…
What got into Rick Wilson when he said he saw someone die ‘right in front of me’ at supervised consumption site?
What the heck got into Rick Wilson last week? Last Tuesday, Alberta’s minister of mental health and addiction, was responding to a question in the Legislature about an allegation of…
Lightheaded
Lightheaded cat sees dots and circles.
Real Time Street Level Vehicle Exhaust Emission Monitoring
A team of researchers have used the NYC traffic congestion charge as a place to test out some of their hypothesis. Spoiler: the city got better and air quality improved.…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of April 27, 2026
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 27, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:Trump Administration to Begin Refunding $166 Billion in Tariffs Manitoba municipality has no…
Surgical services minister says Alberta plans to set up a ‘voucher’ system for patients awaiting surgery
On April 21, “Hospital and Surgical Health Services Minister” Matt Jones got up on his hind legs in the Alberta Legislature and spoke the following words: “We’re looking at developing…
Southern Poverty Law Center tries to avoid angering MAGA but still gets targeted [ThreeWayFight]
Matthew N Lyons For decades the Southern Poverty Law Center was a mixed bag. On the plus side, it produced valuable research reports about the far right and brought lawsuits…
Bears And Ad Hominems
It has been said that wounded bears can be particularly dangerous. They can lash out and put others in peril. Their rage often knows no bounds.Something similar unfolded in the…
Disinformation For Profit
A medical student in India needing to pay his tuition asked Google’s Gemini for help making additional money and turned the responses into a lucrative fake AI-generated MAGA influencer he…
Sunday Funday: Catching up with the news about Iran and Ukraine, plus lots of fun posts, Getting Old(er), NSFW, Carney Hat Trick, TrumpWatch, and Animal Crackers
We had quite a year this week. Sunny and warm, then windy, then a foot of snow! Anyway, it looks like its all over now - we might actually get…
Carrie Tait named ‘Journalist of the Year’ by National Newspaper Award judges for scoops about UCP corruption scandal
On Friday, Globe and Mail journalist Carrie Tait and four of her colleagues received a National Newspaper Award for their work exposing dodgy health-care contracts tied to Alberta’s United Conservative…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Rita Bhowmick writes about the importance of care services both in keeping people healthy and ensuring equitable work opportunities. And Steven Lewis examines the…
Parking the cat
A large cat with wheels looking for a parking spot
Noted in passing: Maritimer and Arlene Dickinson on Poilievre; Andrew Coyne and IFLOZ on America; Black Cloud Six, Philippe Lagassé, and Shankar Narayan on Canadian defense
I have said for years the secret of Trump's appeal is that his followers worship him as The Golden Calf - because he has no philosophy of his own, he…
Musical interlude
Metric - Tremolo
Thoughts on Education
This is not intended to be a comprehensive treatise on education but some thoughts on certain aspects of the education system. It is written within the context of the Ontario…
Public grocery stores—a good idea, or not?
Government-run grocery stores have become an item among progressives lately. Inspired perhaps by the new... The post Public grocery stores—a good idea, or not? first appeared on Views from the…