Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of November 17, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 17, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Ontario recruiter sues OpenAI, alleging unsafe product design drove him to mental health…
‘We need a mass program of deshittification’: Avi Lewis on rebuilding Canada’s public services
Filmmaker, broadcaster, and activist Avi Lewis is running for NDP leader, campaigning on public ownership, stronger public services, and economic sovereignty. Photo courtesy Avi Lewis/X. Avi Lew...
Ontario faces high cost and high-risk nuclear future
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station seen from Rouge Beach Park in Scarborough. Photo by JasonParis/Flickr. Carefully buried on the Friday of Halloween, and overshadowed by the build-up for the ...
Saskatchewan Roughriders Win!
I usually don't do a post on Sunday nights, but today was so great I just had to put this one together. Earlier today our son said that after the…
Desperate to hide what they’ve become, UCP goes to court to stop MLAs from calling themselves ‘progressive conservatives’
All the words of our magnificent English language have meanings, and those words and their meanings belong to all of us who speak and write in English. Which is to…
Tropical forests forever
Good things are happening at this year’s UN Climate Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil. These... The post Tropical forests forever first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
The Time Element Of Fermi’s Paradox
Interstellar travellers would have to check on Earth thousands of times to have a hope of dropping by in our era -- and if they arrived today, they probably wouldn't…
Sunday Funday: TrumpWorld is falling apart, Canada is OK, Winter is coming, Random funny stuff, TrumpWatch, and Animal Crackers
Here is my usual Sunday collection of random pieces plus some funny stuff. Enjoy!TrumpWorld is falling apart Rogan and Musk decide Trump's "assassination attempt" in Butler PA in July was…
Eating on the road: Lounge and plane food from my summer vacation — part two
After five amazing and relaxing nights in the Maldives, and some great meals I will review separately, it was back into the air for the next leg of my journey…
One Republic
I went to the Central Branch of RPL tonight for a Bike Regina podcast recording. While there I picked up a pile of CDs including One Republic The Collection. Hearing…
The monster in the Oval Office – and his victims
She begins: “Weeks before my seventeenth birthday, I was walking toward the Mar-a-Lago spa, on my way to work, when a car slowed behind me. I wish I could say…
Are Mark Carney and Danielle Smith playing Grey Cup football footsie about that bitumen pipeline scheme?
Is it just me, or are Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney suddenly acting like a couple of kids from rival high schools who’ve noticed they…
Musical interlude
Grum feat. Natalie Shay - Stay
So this is happening
https://octopusbooks.ca/events/3862420251202?fbclid=IwdGRjcAOEbWNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeI5foZGD-a0XCKLdkam2D4_jDXFx5xkeOBf2p1Tb-J_S405JxJCGQDkg0t4k_aem_xZQKyn8mwPkN6yisgcxWDw
Alberta Bound?
Whether your answer is "yes" or '"no" to the title question will likely depend upon your political sensibilities, values, and capacity for discernment. The following ad, from a group called…
Today’s News: Opinions about Carney’s Major Projects from the At Issue panel and other Canadians, plus other projects and a good Carney interview
Prime Minister Carney announced another group of Major Projects today - here's a gift link to the Globe and Mail Project Map page. And here's what the CBC At Issue…
Canada’s latest defence daydream
Army reservists during routine training. Photo courtesy Canadian Armed Forces. Talk of war is in the air—at least among senior defence officials. Brigadier-General Brendan Cook, the Royal Canadi...