Author: Dr.Dawg

…when it comes to finding new ways of punishing women who assert their independence, never fails to meet our expectations. This billboard was too much even for the local right-to-life folks, who are now backing away. Smart move. Besides, there’s…

Once again, journalists have moved in where police “watchdogs” fear to tread. The Toronto Star has now established the identity of the sadistic cop who viciously assaulted a member of the public during the Toronto G20 last year. Identifying him…

Warning: the above video is not to be viewed by the squeamish. Horrific cases of brutality in Indonesia like those shown in the video have led Australia to impose a six-month cattle export ban to that country. That’s a substantial…

‘It has been proved by experience that the value of an open space is increased if special attractions of an architectural, historical, amusement or cultural nature are included…. The Russians have adopted this principle of combining mental and physical recreation…

The Ontario Municipal Board is an unelected quasi-judicial tribunal that has traditionally acted as the developer’s best friend in Ontario. It has run rough-shod over elected city councils, democratically-decided zoning regulations and community associations in its apparently ceaseless quest to…

As widely expected, Justice Robert Maranger committed Canadian citizen Hassan Diab for deportation to France this morning. Less expected, the clearly angry, red-faced prosecutor, Claude LeFrancois, demanded that the committal order be signed on the spot, violently objecting to the…

No, Paul! Ride the other way! Next: “General Benedict Arnold, our revolutionary hero who captured Fort Ticonderoga, who won the Battle of Ridgefield, who relieved Fort Stanwix and was wounded on the field of battle at Saratoga—is nowhere honoured!…

Unbelievably, the UN Security Council is poised to remove senior Taliban officials from its infamous “1267 list“—while Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik’s children are being denied social benefits by the Quebec government because the UN Security Council has not given its…

“Contempt of Parliament.” Oh….

“Harper’s agenda is disastrous for this country and for my generation,” DePape said…. “We have to stop him from wasting billions on fighter jets, military bases, and corporate tax cuts while cutting social programs and destroying the climate. Most…

I supported outright abolition for years; my late partner persuaded me to become at least agnostic on the issue. It was a bit of a surprise for me to hear that Dalton McGuinty was in the abolitionist camp, but that…

At least, I think incompetence is the word—but add a possible dash of ideology, a politically-induced conflation, and a bit of nostalgia to the pot. There’s a legitimate story here, of course: John Baird seems to be at odds with…

I’ve never supported the Clarity Act, and I spoke against it when it was still a Bill. I remain a supporter of self-determination for Quebec, but heck, these days I even have Lorne Gunter in my corner, sort of. And…

In open defiance of the Canadian Charter of Rights, the Quebec government is denying child benefits to the children of Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik. Readers will remember Abdelrazik, illegally marooned in Sudan for six years, tortured there (likely with CSIS…

It’s an ugly emotion, but heck…it’s Conrad Black we’re talking about here, folks….

Vince Li, during a psychotic episode, committed a horrific offence: without warning, he beheaded a passenger on board a Greyhound bus, and partially cannibalized him. Nothing can reduce the enormity of this act. He is now in secure confinement, receiving…

Readers will recall my previous post on the Italian municipal elections. Ora sono tornato a casa, so I was waiting for news, and scant minutes ago Ms Mew rang me up with a line or two of Avanti Popolo. Giuliano…