Just one of the many reasons for loving where we live
Over Spring Break my friends, Louis and Darcy and I, made a trek half-way up the Lynn Headwaters trail in North Vancouver. This is a fairly easy hike of about…
March 2012
Anti-Gay Protest In Ontario
A crowd of about 200 appeared in Queen’s Park, Ontario yesterday, protesting provincial legislation that will help eliminate anti-gay bullying in schools. This rally also marked the unveiling of some…
Budget: CBC takes a 10 per cent cut by Jordan Press
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s annual funding from the federal government will be cut by $115 million over the next three years, a blow that could lead to job losses or…
Legislative history and statutory interpretation
Abdula v. Canadian Solar Inc., 2012 ONCA 211 deals with the very limited use to which legislative history can be put in statutory interpretation: It is important to note the extent to…
March 30: Budget..buzz.buzz..no more pennies..buzz–efficiency…buzz..
The news services are doing their usual incoherent job of presenting the news on the federal and provincial budgets. Their “news” is mostly quotations from politicians speaking the their usual…
Say No! to Enbridge, a little Donnybrook coming to a Canadian West Coast near you
Here’s something I was requested to share on Facebook, and i’m happy to do so…it’s a great symbol for the expressed unity of First Nations people and everyone else opposed…
Harper getting serious about squashing environmental groups. $8M worth of serious.
This is beyond bold. Harper setting aside $8 million to fight environmental groups is appalling of course and a sign that Harper’s totalitarian approach to governance is just beginning. A…
My Morning (Bus) Ride.
FareBoxForMeEveryTime OtherwiseIMightForgetVille A little under the weather this moring. And the weather still a little lousy. So I left the bike behind and caught the bus. And. As I was…
Abortion clinic’s landlord turns the tables on anti-abortion activists
This is the way you do it. But his tormentors crossed the line last fall when a big group showed up at his daughter’s middle school on the first day…
CBC sees government funding slashed by $115-million by Carys Mills, James Adams & Kate Taylor
CBC/Radio-Canada Hubert Lacroix says that while a 10-per-cent cut may amount to a little more than $100-million, the figure will swell with severance pay and other costs of cutbacks.
Deadly Bacteria Found In Gulf Coast Tar Balls
tar balls.jpg Since the very first tar balls began rolling onshore along the Gulf of Mexico following 2010’s Deepwater Horizon oilrig explosion and subsequent underwater oil geyser, the oil industry…
Demise Of The Penny Will See An Increase In Most Prices As Everything Gets ‘Rounded Up’
At the moment in Canada, pricing of any item or service allows the seller to divide the dollar price into 100 individual units of currency known as a ‘penny’ or…
"Bradford Spring": George Galloway rises again
This guy must have nine lives. BRADFORD – Britain’s mainstream parties were reeling Friday after firebrand George Galloway, a fierce critic of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, won a…
No stand alone claim for malice
Hinds v. Group 4 Security, 2012 ONCA 207 is a malicious prosecution case. In order to succeed on such a claim there must be evidence of causation. Mere malice does not suffice —…
More guns, less crime?
I'm not sure how accurate the report of MP Garry Breitkreuz's is. He may have been misinterpreted. And of course carrying a concealed weapon in Canada (especially a gun) is…
This is what feminism is
Recently, I was seated next to an acquaintance at a fundraising dinner, and somehow the conversation turned to feminism. His point: Men, not women, are the gender discriminated against in…
Jobs plan, jobs plan, anyone got a jobs plan?
Or know what a jobs plan is, exactly? We’ll save that one for another day. But with both the Ontario Liberals and Federal Conservatives releasing budgets this week, it offered…
Friday morning Robocon blogging
Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand appeared before the Procedure and House Affairs Committee yesterday and gave us a whole new set of numbers to talk about. Elections Canada has…
Ocean view #9
Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: art, ocean, painting, seascape, water
Alberta Votes Day 5: This time, when we say "It’s time", it really is time
A collection of random nuggets from the first week on the campaign trail… 1. The leader’s debate has been set for 6:30 mountain time on Thursday, April 12th. Unless of…