In the post below about Afshin Javid, one of the questions commenters are asking is why women who experienced inappropriate sexual contact by this former Vancouver Christian Fellowship staff member…
The latest opinion poll from Angus Reid Public Opinion shows that a new paradigm in BC politics has held and even increased in the last three months, most notably with…
Warren Buffett Barack Obama.png On January 23, Bloomberg News reported Warren Buffett's Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), owned by his lucrative holding company Berkshire Hathaway, stands to benefit greatly…
In a move they surely hope will force their workers to walk off the job the Fordites have delivered an ultimatum in the form of a totally unacceptable (cough) offer…
This week’s Friday Film Pick is a fantastic new NFB documentary opening in theatres across Canada (rest of the world: you’ll have to probably wait a little). Pink Ribbons Inc…
Initially, Heritage Minister James Moore said he would like to see more warning on the website regarding the show’s content while stressing that Sun is “in the business of going…
The story which follows is drawn from a charge laid in an American court a week or so ago. One of the themes of this blog is that the rule…
“For the second time in year, a Toronto playwright has felt the chilling reach of the federal Conservatives…” Wouldn’t it be great if the Opposition parties would get their collective…
Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, a Stephen Harper, who earlier in the week said that he thought that capital murderers should be have access to a rope in case they wanted to…
According to The National Chicken Council, quoted in Wednesday’s Globe And Mail, over 1.25 billion chicken wings will be devoured on Sunday. The occasion is the Super Bowl. Through in…
Sorry guys, I’m not writing about A, B, C or DD…this is about Tim Hortons and the new sizes for their coffee cups. If you’re a Timmies customer you’ve probably…
R. v. B.W., 2012 NSCA 13 deals with the appropriate remedy where a trial judge has misapprehended the evidence. The Court holds that where there is evidence that could reasonably…
The Norwegian salmon farming industry got a lesson in the old adage, “be careful what you wish for” this week when it learned of industry critic Don Staniford’s next job.…
Reader Lorne Finlayson provided this to us a year ago. However, he didn’t indicate when the change would take place. Is the time growing close? Being in either a realistic,…
openmedia_logo.jpg Big Telecom company responds after being caught restricting access to online services February 3, 2012 – In what pro-Internet group OpenMedia.ca is calling a victory for Internet openness, Rogers…
A naturopath recently told me I should eat nut butters. I hate peanut butter. Even the smell of it makes me gag. One time my mother married someone who loved…
Sometimes I feel bad calling conservatives names and pointing out their rank hypocrisy, greed and utter self-absorption. Then I see something like this. Here’ GOP presidential wannabe Rick Santorum lecturing…
After spending the week talking about Liberal leadership on this blog, a brief look at what else is making news. 1. The Harper government has made noise about pension reform,…
Source: We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives. “We misspoke ourselves. Let us…
