Ontario Election: GSAs, Greens and Catholic Schools
The issue of gay-straight alliances in Catholic schools in Ontario has heated up again, this time in the Toronto Catholic District School Board, which voted this week to place denominational…
September 2011
what determines health?
it might surprise you. find out here. video & free book download by good people. http://ow.ly/6jMId Filed under: Miscellany
kenney’s canada: paralyzed woman to lose independence if caregivers are deported
Just another story of more undeserving immigrants trying to sneak into the promised land. This one is a particularly sneaky ploy. Here's how you do it.First, emigrate to Canada, a…
Grand Riverkeepers call Joint Review Panel Report “victory” for Labradorians
From the Grand Riverkeepers news release: HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, LABRADOR, NL – “The Review Panel’s report reflects what we have been saying all along,” said Clarice Blake Rudkowski, president…
"Tough on Crime" Stumping is the Socialism of Fools
When former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher met Conrad Black for the first time, he chewed her ear off about crime, with typical "hang 'em high" rhetoric. She knew she…
Political Hostage Taking
In this morning's New York Times, Paul Krugman again has the modern Republican Party in his sights. I say "modern" because, traditionally, Republicans have been noted for sober common sense.…
OpenMedia.ca will bring Canadian voices to Ottawa (again)
OpenMedia.ca will be meeting with Industry Minister Christian Paradis via teleconference on September 8, 2011, and we want to know what you would like discussed. Please fill out our survey…
Our liberal media XXVXX: CBC shills for the tar sands again.
Whenever I read or hear another right-winger whine about the CBC or the 'liberal media', I laugh out loud. Witness CBC's Mark Gollom's propaganda on behalf of Alykhan Velshi and…
First class of the year this morning
Wow -- back to school again! Where did the summer go???
The Toronto Police Board and Bill Blair
It is somewhat heartening that the Toronto police board, which has traditionally enjoyed harmonious relations with the Toronto Police, is showing a bit of spine.As reported in today's Star, the…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for September 2, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Poetic lawyer pleads case with verse - Ottawa Citizen -http://goo.gl/7OG08Teacher Allowed to Sue Software Company for Sending Her Explicit Photos…
“We Are All Downstream”: Tar Sands Protests Go Global
Yesterday, 144 protesters were taken away in police vans from the front of the White House, bringing the total number of people arrested for peacefully expressing their opposition to the…
impact of rising tuition (and the liberal provincial govt) on ontario families
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released the results of a study on the impact of rising tuition fees in Ontario. The study shows that in 1990, a middle-income…
Dept. of no surprise here: Five NASCAR drivers turn down invitation to White House
It's not as if NASCAR is a southern whites-only affair but it speaks volumes when five crackers snub Obama. It's his policies they don't like. Honest."President Barack Obama will honor…
20 Tips in 20 Days for First-year Students: #20- Get help adjusting if you need it
In the final post of our 20-part video tip series for first year students, fourth-year psychology student Aleka Maclellan discusses campus resources for those having difficulty adjusting to life at…
Stiff Upper, and So Forth
“I have London on the line, sir.” “What do they want?” “They’re asking about the penguins.” “The penguins?” “Yes, remember, penguins is the codeword . . .” “For what?!” “You…
CAW Backs Merger Talk
Interesting development on the "not a chance in hell" merger idea, as the CAW President weighs in: The president of the Canadian Autoworkers Union has written to NDP MPs to…
Libby Davies for NDP Leader
Yes, just, yes.Pick out the most left-leaning NDP leader you can think of, and Libby Davies is still farther left. She makes Andrea Horwath look like Mike Harris (or does…
Capitalism Is Killing The Advance Of Healthcare
The scientific advances of the last century - and even of that last ten years - have been dizzying. The ability to turn ordinary skin cells into stem cells that…