Russian oligarch and leader of the Wagner private military company Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died in a plane crash on August 23. Photo by Mikhail Mettsel/TASS. “A dead man walking” was…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 27, 2008 via Wise Law Blog: A Tale of Three Judges: The Need for Family Law Reform in Ontario https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2008/05/tale-of-three-judges-need-for-family.html – Garry J.…
He cannot win his Greenbelt argument and he doesn’t know when to shut up. Every time the Ontario premier opens his mouth in public, he sticks a foot in his…
After 28 years as a key contributor at the Georgia Straight, Charlie Smith moved to Pancouver, a new arts and culture media outlet that aims to “shed light on how…
‘Excess’ gas prices represent the extraction from the pockets of consumers to oil shareholders. And no, it has nothing to do with a carbon tax in Canada. The post EU:…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Donald Trump will surrender at the Fulton County jail on Thursday evening, with a bond agreement already agreed on #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://tinyurl.com/4x3v3ys4 – Garry J. Wise,…
Dalhousie University academic and food distribution and policy researcher Sylvain Charlebois, also known as the Food Professor. Photo courtesy The Food Professor/X. I think I may have broken Sylvain “The…
While a flurry of columns, articles and editorials continue to rail against the Doug Ford cabal theft of Greenbelt lands, I thought that a couple of editorial cartoons might be…
An estimated 24,000 jobs and $33-billion in investments are at risk because of the Alberta Government’s seven-month moratorium on renewable energy development, the Pembina Institute said this morning. Pembina Institute…
The conventional wisdom is that Justin Trudeau is in the twilight of his political career. Michael Harris doesn’t believe it. He writes: The way most pollsters and pundits and all…
Having a Last Will is still important, even if you are young. There is no better way to provide for your family and your future. You can create a Last…
I’ve been thinking about the concern with kids not going to school for reasons beyond the rampant illnesses caused by letting a highly-infectious virus run wild. The Fortune article suggests…
In the time-honoured tradition of sleazy politics, Ryan Amato, who, until the turfing, was chief of staff to the Ontario housing minister, got turfed out the back door at Queen’s…
On Aug. 18, Alberta Health Services President and CEO Mauro Chies sent a memorandum to the province-wide public health care agency’s senior managers telling them that the highest ranking woman…
A recent essay in The New York Times prompts me once again to write about a favourite topic of mine, namely citizens’ assemblies. The essay, by Adam Grant, was entitled…
Last month the far-right in Canada had multiple situations that included bitter infighting. Notably much of it surrounded accusations by Ezra Levant that Diagolon founder Jeremy Mackenzie is a "fed".Antisemite…
Last month the far-right in Canada had multiple situations that included bitter infighting. Notably much of it surrounded accusations by Ezra Levant that Diagolon founder Jeremy Mackenzie is a "fed".Antisemite…
Last month the far-right in Canada had multiple situations that included bitter infighting. Notably much of it surrounded accusations by Ezra Levant that Diagolon founder Jeremy Mackenzie is a “fed”.…
