Unwarranted Lawful Access
The new federal government is seeking to give law enforcement new investigative powers without judicial oversight.
Sunday Funday: funny posts, some interesting stuff, more Trump Watch, and Animal Crackers (with a goofy camel, too)
I usually save most of my funny clips and posts for Saturday night, to make a funny post for people to read on Sunday. Tonight everyone is doing hot takes…
Here’s something you don’t hear me say very often
Trump made the right move.
Saturday Photo: Up, Up and Away… Flying Buttresses
This is l'église St-Pierre in Chartres, but down the hill from the cathedral. The church was built in the 12th century, even before the cathedral. I find it amazing that…
Saturday Photo: Up, Up and Away… Flying Buttresses
This is l'église St-Pierre in Chartres, but down the hill from the cathedral. The church was built in the 12th century, even before the cathedral. I find it amazing that…
What is it like in Israel right now? Mark Berlin tells us.
What’s it like living in Israel, right now? When this writer was there last month, there were lots of sirens and alerts, but not much in the way of anxiety.…
Why We Can’t Wake Up: Climate Collapse and the Architecture of the Human Mind
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often…
Why We Can’t Wake Up: Climate Collapse and the Architecture of the Human Mind
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often…
The funny side of the news
I'm seeing some funny posts tonight about recent news stories so I wanted to share. It looks like the G7 may have had an uninvited guest: View on Threads View…
As it was, is now, and ever shall be: Alberta Government communications return to the Premier’s Office
Before we all get our knickers in a twist, let us remember that once upon a time all Alberta Government communications and public engagement operations came under the Executive Council,…
Musical interlude
CamelPhat & Rhodes - Healing
Overview of Pro-Monarchy Voices in Canada
Last month's opening of Parliament by the King was about sending a message. Well, sending a couple messages. It was about sending a message to Trump that Canada had a…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Damian Carrington reports on a new warning from scientists that we're on pace to exhaust humanity's carbon budget in the next two years, while…
With hat in hand
As seen on the street
Legal News Post of the Day: June 20, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Mother-daughter lawyers say it 'means everything' to be called to the Ontario bar together #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/y214xrz5Kd - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from December 22, 2016
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from December 22, 2016 via Wise Law Blog: Wise Law Blog: Post #3500 - On Milestones, Law Blogging, the Marketing Classes and Vulgar Talking Yams…
Today’s News: Cons step on a rake in Alberta; Updates on Jerome Powell, Trump’s decline, Los Angeles, and ICE Gestapo, plus America #KneesUp
Just a few updates today -- Canadian unity 🇨🇦💪🏻 https://t.co/Jb8ZqG0zR4— Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 (@LauraBabcock) June 18, 2025 How NOT to win Alberta hearts and mindsTalk about stepping on a rake!…
The postal workers’ strike is a fight for the whole working class
CUPW members on the picket line, November 2024. Photo courtesy CUPW-STTP/Facebook. In an unprecedented move in the history of collective bargaining at the federal level in Canada, Minister of Jo...
Unleashing the economy on the environment
Reading about the Liberals’ One Canadian Economy Act, or Bill C-5, and the rush to... The post Unleashing the economy on the environment first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Legal News Post of the Day: June 19, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: U.S. Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender kids #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/Bmw5S7q1GC - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…