This Wednesday, July 6 TVO, Ontario's public television station, will broadcast "War in the Mind," a Canadian documentary about post-traumatic stress, depression and the rising suicide rate among soldiers and…
Does anyone else find it odd that a free-market-worshipping government can happily leap into the fray to micro-manage a labour market outcome (deciding, for example, that postal workers must get…
Excerpted below is the portion of the Elections Act 1991, SNL 1992, c E-3.1 which essentially makes relevant portions of that Act applicable to public consultation of electors by way…
… about seeing the greatest band in the world over the past 20 years or so - U2!!!! Yup! Heading to the Hippodrome in Montréal this Saturday to see Bono…
What Canadians Need to Know About Canada Canada is a country the world can be proud of. This is despite our numerous shortcomings and mistakes over our 144 years of…
At a glance, a painting by Jackson Pollock (1912 – 1956) can look deceptively accidental: just a quick flick of color on a canvas. A quantitative analysis of Pollock’s streams,…
We hope that all of our readers had a lovely Canada Day long weekend! Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Macomb Co. inmate suing state over…
Was the Gordon Campbell government corrupt? Does it matter? The answer to both questions is a resounding YES! For the purposes of this article I define corruption as “acting against…
Jim Standford has an interesting piece in today's Globe and Mail. He notes that the Harper government justified its imposed settlement on Canada Post by claiming that the economy was…
AllTheDeputiesThatFitCampbellClarksVilleSo.Not everything Auditor General John Doyle will be using to put together his report on the Six Million Dollar RailGate Payoff need come from super secret client-privileged sources.For example, while…
A number of citizens and organizations - including the BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the Clean Energy Foundation - gathered recently in Vancouver at the headquarters of BC Hydro…
In my Southern California childhood, the Fourth of July was a big holiday, right up there with Thanksgiving, not far behind Christimas. We were taught that it celebrated the birth…
To say it's quiet at 8:00 am would be an understatement...
Hello, Teddy here. First, I want to sadly announce that due to problems, our sister blog, Riding by Riding has suffered a complete data loss. Due to the fact the…
Canadian involvement in the war in Libya has been extended. Why? What is Canada's strategic (or even tactical) reason to be in Libya? How does bombing one side in a…
John Hancock proposes boycott of British East India Company tea to Colonial housewives, 1769 (slide 4) I agree tea is lovely but coffee is good too Because, this will hurt…
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Thrice married, born-again evangelical Chinese actress Lü Liping is facing international boycotts and has been banned from the 2011 Golden Horse Awards, considered the Oscars of Chinese cinema, after posting…
The Republicans leaders all over the U.S are getting any new material, and quite frankly I am getting a little sick of proving there ideology wrong, but let's summaries there…
