Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, May 17, 2013: Supreme Court to rule on case of mom charged with abandonment who left newborn baby in Walmart toilet Florida teen won’t be criminally charged over exploding water bottle she called a science project fail
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The Henchman’s Curse
Two of Stephen Harper’s senate appointments have been shoved out of the Conservative caucus. The Senate was their reward for doing the Prime Minister’s dirty work. But one of life’s axioms is that what goes around comes around. Patrick Brazeau helped Stephen Harper kill the Kelowna Accord. It was Brazeau,
Continue readingBuckdog: ‘DuffyGate’ now expands to include political interference in SunNewsNetwork application to CRTC …..
“You know people at the CRTC, This is an important decision on Sun Media. They (CRTC) have to play with the team and support Sun Media’s request.”CTV .Sen. Mike Duffy attempted to influence the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission’s upcoming decision involving the right-leaning Sun News Network, a source has
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The Rob Ford crack video
…no one’s got it, yet. But there’s a few million people who’d like to see it, following this (who broke the story) and this (who sat on the story, for weeks) and this (who wish they’d had the story) and this (who, like the rest of the world, think we
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ten indredibly true facts about Queen Victoria
Yay, it’s almost Victoria Day — one of my favourite holidays, mostly because it’s so necessary. For those of you who don’t live in Canada, in many provinces we celebrate the birthday of Queen Victoria, Regina Atroxica, who was born … Continue reading →
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Rob Ford and Mike Duffy
Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto, is alleged to appear in a video of him smoking crack. Mike Duffy, former Conservative Senator, is now just another failed Senator, sitting as an independent. Ladies and Gentlemen, Conservatism has gone horribly wrong in Canada. What else connects these two awful men besides their
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: On phone polling vs internet panels
An interesting article from the CBC talking with the BC Liberals internal pollster, who predicted a Liberal Majority with 48 seats, and was off by only 2 (and by 2 more – they eneded up with 50, pending any recounts). Why was his polling better then every other public domain
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Two Ontario Polls
Abacus has the Hudak Tories and Wynne’s OLP at 34% apiece with NDP at 25%; Innovative Research–who, you ask?–has Wynne up 7 points 37% to 30% for PCPO with NDP at 25%. Oh. And there will be no strike at the Elsie. Have a nice, relaxing, Ontario-Election-free summer.
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: Interactive! – What happened in BC
Teddy here with an interesting experiment, an interactive blog post, where you, the reader, are encouraged to participate. How this will work is I will start with a short post detailing my own theory as to what happened in BC. Readers will weigh in, in the comments section, and at
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The NAPE Poll Income #nlpoli
As it turns out, Harris-Decima used household income not individual income for weighting the poll they did for NAPE. Keith Dunne, NAPE’s communications co-ordinator tweeted the correct information on Thursday morning. Your humble e-scribbler thought it was individual income and therefore concluded – wrongly – that there was a skew
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford and the Crack Cocaine Video
He has been drunk as a skunk in public.He has given women and children the finger.He is a crass, vulgar bigot, and the worst Mayor Toronto has ever known.Now let Rob Ford explain this one. A cellphone video that appears to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine is being shopped around Toronto
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Mike Duffy and the Dark Heart of the Scandal
Well he's finally been kicked out of Con caucus.Senator Mike Duffy has resigned from the Conservative caucus and will sit as an Independent amid controversy over his living and travel expense claims.Even as the scandals keep on coming.Sen. Mike Duffy attempted to influence the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission’s upcoming
Continue readingAlberta Diary: CBC journalist Charles Rusnell: slaying Alberta’s Tory dragon, one scandal at a time …
Your blogger with CBC investigative reporter Charles Rusnell. Below: Edmonton-Manning MLA Peter Sandhu; Mr. Sandhu with Alison Redford in a Tory Party photo grabbed from the Daveberta.ca blog. The photo-bomber is Calgary-Fort MLA Wayne Cao. You’d think it would be easy to run a petroleum-soaked, cash-rich jurisdiction like Alberta, but
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: SenAntor Tossed Under the Bus
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/05/16/pol-senator-mike-duffy-steps-aside.html
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Duffy Out of Conservative Caucus. He Wants to Do the Right Thing.
Mike Duffy has departed the Conservative caucus. “…the Prime Minister’s Office appears to have been blindsided by Duffy’s claims that he had arranged his own loan with Royal Bank of Canada to cover the repayment. “There are a growing number of questions about Mr. Duffy’s conduct that don’t have answers.
Continue readingCathie from Canada: A Canadian Brownie
After reading Dawg’s excellent piece about the man who was appointed by the Harper Cons as Librarian and Archivist of Canada, all I can say is, “Heck of a job, Danny!”
Continue readingBetterParks for Vancouver: NDP’s loss not Greens’ fault, says candidate
By Sandra Thomas, Staff writerMay 16, 2013 1:49 PM Vancouver Courier Stuart Mackinnon: “This was about the NDP not getting their vote out, that’s what did them in at the end.” Photograph by: Dan Toulgoet , Vancouver Courier B.C. Green Party candidate for Vancouver-Fraserview Stuart Mackinnon doesn’t believe his
Continue readingBetterParks for Vancouver: Another successful campaign
The ballots have been counted, the signs have been collected and the dust is starting to settle. Thank you to my incredible team of Ann and Byron, to my friend Susan and my colleagues Joanne and Donald who came out to help. Thanks to the Killarney Service students who helped
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6006…Rob Ford Is A Crackhead?
My goodness. Toronto Star has just moved a story that backs up an earlier story from gawker.com that claims that there is a video out there showing hizzonner smoking crack. The Toronto Star claims to have seen said video. Hope you enjoyed your stay on the front pages Senator Mike
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