Growing up, I played the odd video game. I was never a serious gamer, but I did have a fondness for the Zelda series, as well as a great RPG called Might and Magic. (I may be a bit of a sci-fi/fantasy nut.) They were fun, and they made me think just enough but not too...
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A different kind of estate auction
Gerry Beyer over at the Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog posted a little while ago about a new way to solve the age-old question of who gets the stuff when someone dies: auction it off. Not in the usual, sell-everything-and-share-the-profits type of auction, mind...
Reviving the euthanasia debate
The Globe and Mail published an article yesterday about a group from Vancouver called the Farewell Foundation For The Right To Die. They are pushing both British Columbia and the federal government to change the laws surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide,...
Litigation-proofing your estate
Gerry Beyer over at the Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog posted a link the other day to an article by Ashlea Ebeling called “10 ways to lawsuit-proof your estate”. She goes through some very common-sense tips, such as treating siblings equally, keeping track of...
How much is your estate plan worth?
I subscribe to Groupon and WagJag for group buying deals. I’ve gotten some good ones – detailing for my car, gift certificates to some of my favourite restaurants, even video-to-DVD transfer so I can finally watch myself learn how to scuba dive. However, I was more...
Human art
I have blogged before on various ways you can have your body dealt with after death. Here’s a new one: mixed with pigments and turned into art. Wayne Gilbert is an artist who took abandoned cremains and used them to create paintings. The San Antonio Current published...
Court-ordered life?
A few weeks ago, I blogged about Hassan Rasouli, a mechanical engineer in Toronto who fell into a coma after contracting bacterial meningitis during surgery to remove a brain tumour. His wife, Parichehr Salasel, ended up in a long dispute with his doctors, who wanted...
The accidental American
There are many people living in Canada with dual Canadian-American citizenship. In Canada, taxation is based on residency: if you live here, we want your money. In the US, taxation is based on citizenship: if you’re American, they want your money, regardless of...
Court-ordered death
In October 2010, Hassan Rasouli, a mechanical engineer living in Toronto, fell into a coma after contracting bacterial meningitis during surgery to remove a brain tumour. His doctors came to the conclusion that he was in a persistent vegetative state, and recommended...
Everything old should maybe not be new again
I read this article from the Daily Mail a little while ago, about Jeff Conaway, who played Kenickie in Grease. Jeff was found in his home in early May in a coma brought on by a suspected drug overdose. Doctors had informed his family that he had suffered brain death...