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Taliban gun attack, explosions rock Kabul Afghan security forces were battling with Taliban gunmen near the U.S. embassy in Kabul on Tuesday after insurgents launched an unprecedented, multi-pronged attack on…
Taliban gun attack, explosions rock Kabul Afghan security forces were battling with Taliban gunmen near the U.S. embassy in Kabul on Tuesday after insurgents launched an unprecedented, multi-pronged attack on…
Further to Jim’s excellent critique of the Ontario Conservative platform’s graphs, I am similarly struck by the Liberal platform’s lone graph. “Cutting Ontario’s Taxes on New Business Investment in Half”…
Criticize cops involved in the G20 debacle? We can now expect to be arrested and face criminal prosecution. Forget a civil defamation suit—two members of the Ontario Provincial Police, aided…
R. v. Drabinsky, 2011 ONCA 582, released a few moments ago, focuses on questions of fact. The Court, dismissing the conviction appeals, notes that “this court has jurisdiction to review…
Ahem. A little mood music, maestro David: And now, the sordid story: In his short political career, Bob Dechert has risen through the ranks of the Harper government to assume…
The horror continues. Here are two items that bring the American psyche post-9/11 into instant, ugly focus. At the GOP debate tonight, the crowd loudly cheered a suggestion that society…
http://www.ontariocourts.on.ca/decisions/2011/2011ONCA0582.htm
Yes, we all had a good snicker at last week's Decima poll which showed the Liberals 11 points up in Ontario. But lo and behold, a double dose of polls…
Yesterday, Brian Topp was asked for his views on the Harper Government's plan to increase the number House seats for Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, while the number of seats…
This short post is intended to help you participate in the Massive Open Online Course, of MOOC. It won't cover everything, but it should be enough to get you started.…
62% of all western Canadian farmers who grow wheat have voted to retain the Canadian Wheat Board as a "single-desk" to buy farmers' wheat and market it to the world.…
Landmark Civil Rights Act Made Racism Slightly Less Overt (Season 1: Ep 3 on IFC)
One of the obvious questions facing Saskatchewan voters in the lead up to this fall's election is that of how much credit (if any) Brad Wall and his government should…
My opposition to the death penalty is absolute. I have always opposed capital punishment, but reading Helen Prejean's Dead Man Walking moved me from an opposition with certain conditional exceptions…
You know how everybody has distinct preferences when it comes to buying bananas? For example, my homeless friend Dave X likes his bananas “lightly freckled.” I prefer mine still tinged…
via photography.nationalgeographic.com Filed under: Miscellany
So if the wait times increase, the crowding gets worse and the fares go up will we inevitably see more people driving -- which will make the roads worse and…
The Edmonton Journal and Calgary Herald have published the results of a joint-Environics poll gauging support for Progressive Conservative leadership candidates among 800 card-carrying party members: Province-wide Gary Mar: 31%…
I wrote earlier this month about the growing call from certain monied sectors for an increase in their personal taxation rates, arguing that they are not paying their fair share…
Heaven help Hamilton on this one. Another round of Pan Am chicken.No sooner did it seem we call Red Hat owner Bob Young's bluff and offer to do a renovation…