Wise Law’s Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of October 5, 2026
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of October 5, 2026
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 5, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:Saskatoon man sentenced to house arrest for inciting hatred against Jewish people News…
Danielle Smith knows nothing about those separatist ‘negotiations’ in D.C.? So what good is her ‘Top Secret’ security clearance?
Early last May, news media reported that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith had been granted “Top Secret” security clearance. Really? A report The Globe and Mail Saturday with new details about…
Who is Carney’s industrial policy really for?
The Montney Play in British Columbia contains an estimated 447 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, just under half of Canada’s total natural gas resources. Photo courtesy Tourmaline. Alm...
Unregulated pregnancy centres cause lasting harms—we need transparency
An example of an unregulated crisis pregnancy centre in Minnesota. Photo by Brianne/Flickr. Should organizations serving pregnant people be allowed to use disinformation and pressure to prevent ...
David Brooks, a traditional conservative now a staff writer at The Atlantic
David Brooks’s opinion piece in The Atlantic begins with a question that many people have been asking for a considerable time.
The Death of John Beattie and the Waste of a Life Devoted to Hate
I started this blog in November of 2007, not long after I turned 31.This month I will be celebrating my 50th birthday.I think when you get to a certain age…
Trump’s Success In Alberta and Quebec
Halloween 2026’s scariest moment will be coming to terms with the reality of Canada’s disparate separatist movements, and to what extent they serve American interests at the expense of Canada’s…
Sunday Funday: Sports, Interesting posts, Funny Posts, Getting Old(er), Carney Hat Trick, TrumpWatch, Animal Crackers
Yes, its been one of those weeks, and the rest of October will likely be worse. So lets all enjoy a few funny posts and some random stuff:Speaking of Sports…
It’s time to send Danielle Smith and the UCP a resounding message they’ll never forget: Yes to Canada! No to the Nine!
Quite naturally, most of the focus by the groups hurriedly formed to support a remain-in-Canada vote in the separation referendum that has been aided, abetted and forced on Albertans by…
In the 1960s’, Montreal was richer…
Albertans can learn a lot from Quebec’s flirtations with Sovereignty. In 1960, Montreal was at the centre of Canadian Society. Montreal was at the heart of Canadian Logistics. Montreal arguably…
Saturday Photo: Resilient Beauty
Saw these flowers this week. Growing between paving stones on a busy street can't be easy, but nevertheless they have succeeded. A lesson for us all when it seems the…
Honest Conservative is an Oxymoron in Canada
Way back in the 90s, Preston Manning admonished Reform party candidates as follows: "Don't tell voters what you really believe, get yourself elected first" (this is a paraphrase). That has…
Wrapping up the week by waiting for the next one
This week seemed like one of those "Waiting for Godot" weeks -- everyone is waiting for the Quebec election on Monday, the Nobel Peace Prize announcement next Friday, the Alberta…
Teddy Doze-evelt
TIME magazine published the full transcript of its interview with Donald Trump. It makes a strong case for more effective constitutional and political means of removing a president who is…
Some Friday Funnies, plus Trade War Dispatches, Canadian News, and Signs of the Apocalypse
Friday FunniesI was today years old when I saw this great cartoon from August 26. And it reportedly ended cartoonist Sue Dewar's career at the Toronto Sun, as described by…
Ottawa designates Alberta’s latest bitumen pipeline to the Salish Sea a project of national interest
Hallelujah! Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Canadian government has designated Alberta’s next bitumen pipeline to the Salish Sea a project of national interest, big smiles all ’round – including, of…
Photo Versions – Same Scene, Different Day, Time, Lighting and Sky
This is a series of photos taken from outside our cabin at Killarney Lodge on Lake of Two Rivers in Algonquin Provincial Park. The photos of the same scene (approximately)…
Truth and Reconciliation – it’s a journey, not a destination
Kent Monkman The Scream The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is Canada's most important National Day. I don't know if younger people can realize how much our relationships between…
Rob the poor, give to the rich
A paper published by the Rand Corporation in 2023 had a fundamental conclusion that U.S. economic growth since the mid-1970s has been distributed far less evenly than in the postwar…