Ottawa loses legal battle over immigration backlog About 900 applicants under the federal skilled workers’ program sued Immigration Minister Jason Kenney for violating the pledge to assess and finalize decisions…
I remember. In Quebec, the phrase has always captured a sense of grievance, which goes back to the Plains of Abraham. But, stamped on the bottom of Quebec license plates,…
From resolute Forest Products: MONTREAL, June 15, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ – Resolute Forest Products (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) today announced that it will indefinitely idle the Mersey newsprint mill located…
R v Gardipy, 2012 SKCA 58 is a recent Saskatchewan decision with a helpful summary of the reliability indicia for the principled approach to the hearsay rule: Sean’s statement clearly…
My grandfather, Opa, would be celebrating his 104th birthday today if he hadn’t been killed by an irrational fear of surgery. He died in a hospital in Hollywood, Florida, as…
Psychically tired, I can think of little to add to this Star editorial on Bill C-38. The rest is really up to us, isn’t it? Recommend this Post
A ‘criminal’s’ mug shot — King was more than just words People of faith perform corporal works of mercy. Remember that next time someone suggests otherwise — people of faith…
They called themselves the Disney Gang, despite the fact that two-fifths of their members were clearly aficionados of the Popeye milieu. In fact, Chester “Popeye” Doyle was their leader; he…
…so blogging will probably be light. Will be meeting up with a few like-minded folk on Sunday afternoon for beers. And, since majority rule in Canada is boring, we’ll be…
There’s something about this frivolous and vexatious thing that caught people’s attention right from the start. Under the provincial Conservatives’ new secrecy laws, a cabinet minister can refuse to disclose…
The Sixth Estate Patronage List has received another regular update to mark former Harper minister Chuck Strahl’s appointment to the Security Intelligence Review Committee, which reviews espionage activities by the…
Sounds like a robbery gone bad: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/touch/story.html?id=6786020 Three employees of an armoured vehicle company were shot and killed at the University of Alberta early Friday morning, Edmonton police confirm. A…
B.C. spends $1.7M on ads in teachers’ dispute, CTV BC, June 14, 2012 “The B.C. government’s ad campaign defending their position in the teachers’ dispute has cost more than $1.7…
Coming soon to a political website near you: Alberta Diary’s new look. Below: Author David Climenhaga. (Alberta bloggers may not be exactly as illustrated … any more.) Alberta Diary started…
Coming soon to a political website near you: Alberta Diary’s new look. Below: Author David Climenhaga. (Alberta bloggers may not be exactly as illustrated … any more.) Alberta Diary started…
Dr. T. Douglas KINSELLA, CM, BA, MD, FACP, FRCPC. Like some men, and as was the practice in some families, my brothers and I did not hug my father a…
CBC reports that Parks Canada employees are being muzzled by the feds – not permitted to criticize the agency or the federal government. Employees have received letters of warning to…
… I’ve not stopped blogging! I’ve just been really swamped and having my intellectual batteries recharged. Frankly, I’ll admit they were feeling flat, but I got some really juicy posts…
