Ditching Gas Stoves as Good as Using Drugs for Asthmatics
Having asthma is tough as you may too often feel short of breath, and the solution to many asthma symptoms are prescription drugs. The drugs generally help the body open…
Wise Law’s Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of July 27, 2026
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of July 27, 2026
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 27, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:Voice Is Not Enough: Co-Creating the Future of Child-Inclusive Mediation Google Hit With…
Let’s go back to the future Danielle Smith promised us: ‘No one should ever have to pay out of pocket to see a family doctor’
“Hi, I’m Danielle Smith, and I believe no one should ever have to pay out of pocket to see a family doctor.” So said Alberta’s premier in a 30-second pre-election…
Promising, troubling, and terrifying
MIT Technology Review’s annual list of ten breakthrough technologies includes innovations that appear entirely beneficial, but others carry the potential for serious harm.
The Ancient One – AKA Kennewick Man
Knute “Mossback” Berger is a Seattle-based writer and commentator whose videos appear on Western Washington’s PBS station, KCTS-TV. His focus is the Pacific Northwest, and although some stories are rooted…
Electric Vehicles – Trends and Insights
Because Carney’s Liberal government is working to promote fossil-fuel production. Canadians should not expect it to encourage sales of affordable electric vehicles—or the transition away from gasoline. That is unfortunate.
How Another Film Triggered Fragile MAGA Men Into Manufactured Rage
Elon Musk, aka the MAGA SpaceNazi, was so triggered by Christopher Nolan’s recent film, The Odyssey (or more accurately the casting in it), that he huffily screamed on Xitter that…
An Undeniably Abusive Relationship
It should be clear to most Canadians by now that we are in a pernicious, abusive relationship with the United States. And as often occurs in such relationships, we go…
Suivez le français
Canadians might follow the French, if the country were not so dedicated to the burning of fossil fuels.
Wildfires, the Commonwealth Games, and this week’s Sunday Funday
Today's Wildfire Update Lots of posts tonight about the fires in Spain and France View on Threads View on Threads The Tour de France Stage 21 in Paris has been…
Will humans stay in control?
Technical capability is advancing faster than public understanding, democratic oversight, or agreement about who should bear the risks. The danger is not science itself. It is the willingness to deploy…
Saturday Photo: Falling Water
This is not the first time that I've posted this photo, but I like it a lot on summer days. The fountain is a nearby park, and seeing and hearing…
Today’s News about bridges and airports and Trump blathering again, plus updates on wildfires and on the Commonwealth Games
To finish off the week, here's a collection of posts about the news. I must admit, I'm tired, so very very tired, of writing about Trump and about Canada's problems…
Was the separation petition ‘too big to rig’? Elections Alberta thinks so – many Albertans will not be so sure
“Too big to rig,” proclaimed yesterday’s Canadian Press headline, carrying more than a little water for Jeffrey Rath, house legalist of the separatist Alberta Prosperity Project, who spoke the words.…
Are you kidding? This week’s news roundup of preposterous news – more tariffs, invading Iran, crashing the economy. Plus today’s wildfires update
More damned tariffs?So on Thursday this happened: Trump’s Tariff Pivot: ‘Forced Labor’ Duties Hit 60 Nations as Global Levy Expires The clock just ran out on Trump’s temporary 10% global…
You Want to Live in a Dense Neighbourhood
Living densely is a good thing, more specifically being surrounded by density is a good thing. Where we live can have a huge impact on our collective well being and…
Planned changes to Ottawa’s Canada Health Transfer could slash more than $50B from public health care over a decade
Planned changes to Ottawa’s Canada Health Transfer in the 2028-2029 fiscal year will likely result cuts of more than $50 billion for health care in Canada’s provinces and territories over…
Thursday Survey: some good comments about the news stories of this week, plus today’s wildfire update
First, about those damned tariffs but.... but.... I thought it was about the wind, and how it was carrying the smoke over the *gasp* border. So, Chrystia Freeland told the…
Curtailing CEO pay
A typical casual worker at American McDonald's may average 20 hours a week at $14 an hour. The person would have to labour for more than fourteen centuries to equal…