Melanie Begalka

Wow @TorontoPearson is terrible. Earsplitting alarms giving us all hearing damage right now

Rest in peace @donovanpee photographer, comedian, activist, community leader friend. Someone needs to write his story do something special for him. What a huge loss. @DailyHiveVan @KarmSumal

@sarahblyth @donovanpee @DailyHiveVan @KarmSumal Shit. This one hurts big 💔

@lawandchocolate No need for that at all

I'm now regularly finding that Crowns are estimating bail hearings for MORE than a day. This is out of control.

Camille Piché, a priest with the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, was sentenced to 2 years in custody on Monday. He pleaded guilty in N.W.T. territorial court to indecent assault against a child while working as a priest in Fort Simpson, N.W.T. cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

@pouchbaby I get that everyone is mad at the Berrios decision (me too), but you have to think at the end of the day the biggest failure was hitters who just didn't score any runs. That's not a leadership problem

@JbCasebeer @Harpers Yes, that was me. I know it happens all over Canada though. It’s not a BC specific phenomenon (nor is it a new one!)

Gausman is such a pleasure to watch 😍 #BlueJays

This is very disappointing. You would think they might have learned something the first two times they failed with this strategy. cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

This is really cool

Data for Defenders, a new public database, aims to help public defenders assist indigent clients by making a wide range of social-science resources readily available. michigan.law.umich.edu/news/michigan-…

Lawyers in a case that could set a new precedent in Nunavut argue that mandatory minimum driving prohibitions for people found guilty of impaired driving should not apply Inuit hunters who use vehicles out on the land to harvest cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

Absolutely wrecked and sobbing at this beautiful heartbreaking essay newyorker.com/culture/the-we…

Some useful gems in here:

Territorial Court in NWT cancelled until Sept 29th due to fires and evacuations

My first foray arguing in Federal Court turned out pretty well: B.C. man convicted of attempted murder wins $1K in legal battle with Kent Institution - BC News - Castanet.net vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/bc-…

"We will get through this." The senior administrator of Enterprise says around 80 percent of structures in the hamlet have been levelled by a wildfire. cabinradio.ca/142268/news/en…

Update: Yellowknife will declare a state of local emergency tonight, the city's mayor says, to commandeer resources it needs to defend itself against wildfires. Our live reporting: cabinradio.ca/140833/news/ye…

Thick, heavy smoke rolling into Yellowknife right now. Fires feel very close.

The NWT's chief environmental health officer has issued a public health advisory related to wildfire smoke for all five regions in the territory. cabinradio.ca/138615/news/ye…