Catching up with the news: "Maîtres Chez Nous", wildfire update, and some good news stories
I think we have a new slogan to add to "Elbows Up". And this one comes with a fist - Maîtres Chez Nous. It happened on Monday, during Prime Minister…
Putting truth and respect before reconciliation
Former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Photo by Bumble Dee/Shutterstock. Sean Carleton and Niigaan Sinclair, Indigenous studies professors and editors of the new book, Truth Before Reconcili...
Restoring old relationships before it’s too late
Friends and family can drift apart for all sorts of reasons—pride, misunderstandings, embarrassment, or simply the passage of time. But when a relationship once mattered, it may still be worth…
Count on it, UCP red tape will make it easier to lose your health care
Where the hell is Dale Nally now that we actually need him? For those of you who missed the memo, Mr. Nally is the “minister of red tape reduction” in…
UPDATED: Keep Calm And Carry On
That's the advice of Justin Ling as as the deadline for Trump's new set of punitive tariffs fast approaches, and that strikes me as eminently wise, for any number of…
Wise Law’s Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of August 17, 2026
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of August 17, 2026
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 17, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:Louise Arbour reflects on new role as Governor General during Quebec City visit…
Common assessment tools for the homeless-serving sector
I was recently asked to assist the Calgary Homeless Foundation in developing a new common assessment tool. Here’s my ‘top 10’ overview of the work:
Transparent citizens, opaque state
Transparency should be a tool for holding the powerful and our institutions accountable. When directed downwards, transparency is a tool of control, writes Daniel Horen Greenford. Image by Electronic Frontier…
Conservative Desperation?
So, the last week have been quite a whirlwind of activity from conservative circles in Canada, and much of it looks concerningly desperate:1. MP Dean Allison is creating a "panel"…
Sunday Funday: Cartoon Cavalcade, Interesting posts, Funny posts, Getting Old(er), Carney Hat-Trick, TrumpWatch, Animal Crackers
This week's Cartoon CavalcadeAbout the Canada-US tariff negotiations: About Trump's catering truck:About the Kennedy CentreAbout the Iran WarAbout ICE Gestapo's new glovesAbout Mid-Terms fear-mongeringInteresting posts A fascinating chart ...
The context missing from the CMHR Nakba debate
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. Photo by Ken Lund/Flickr. For a response to this article, scroll down to read a perspective from Judith Dueck, a Winnipeg writer…
About those oaths and Charles Mountbatten-Windsor
The debate persists. Why are Canadians, citizens of a democracy, required to swear oaths of... The post About those oaths and Charles Mountbatten-Windsor first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Saturday Photo: Cosmos, the Star Flower of the Perseids
This week the self-seeding cosmos have begun to bloom. Of course, there are places which have had them for weeks, but they were all started inside and some, like the…
Preston Manning, 84, turns up with yet another ‘assembly’ to polish Alberta’s tarnished separation referendum
Oh for crying out loud! Preston Manning, 84, the superannuated Godfather of the Canadian right, has teamed up with another tiresome has-been from conservative Western Canadian politics to try to…
More comments: what Canadians are saying about the trade negotiations, Americans, Pete Hoekstra, and Poilievre. Plus a wildfire update
About the trade deal negotiations View on Threads Wesley Wark writes Get a trade deal, get ready to give away our sovereignty? Or, what’s with the leaks? ...As always with…
Carney’s CEO summit could put public assets on the table
Mark Carney in Davos. Photo courtesy the World Economic Forum/Flickr. As Mark Carney prepares to welcome the world’s most powerful investors to Toronto, opposition to the prime minister...
Musical interlude
Barney Bentall - I'm Shattered
Dig Coal? Catch Up.
Addressing Mike Dunn (who digs coal), as he rants on Carla Beck‘s NDP page: Mike Dunn (in quotations) “However the data centers pretty much ensure that coal will be in…
The Tide Is Turning
Throughout these past many months, I have been a frequent critic of Mark Carney's policy of appeasement toward the Americans. Concession after concession, as I have written in this blog,…