By Matthew Burrows, July 12, 2012 Straight.com Mayor Gregor Robertson may downplay the value of city-owned golf courses such as Langara for their green space and biodiversity—and dream of housing…
…. you should know better than to get into a Twitter mud-slinging match just because Ezra thinks it’s a good idea to bash former newspaper editors! I thought you were…
Then Lord Tubby would certainly get one, with crossed swords, oak leaf clusters and bar.But they don’t.People who renounce their Canadian citizenship to accept foreign honours should automatically be stripped…
Here is a good example. Tetra Pak heir arrested after wife found dead in London. Eva Rausing and husband Hans Kristian Rausing Couple abused drugs while giving millions to anti-addiction…
Military truck purchase cancelled due to cost concerns The federal government has slammed the brakes on a multimillion-dollar program to replace the military’s aging trucks. … Companies had until 2…
Symbolic statements can speak volumes. This week in Ottawa Canadian scientists staged a funeral march to mourn the “death of evidence” caused by the Harper government’s slashing of research programs.…
Finally, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark has taken a public position on the Northern Gateway pipeline! Enbridge, the company behind the condemned pipeline through her province “has some pretty important…
Kate Puxley is a visual artist whose work has drawn attention to the Harper government’s damaging policies toward art and culture as well as our relationship with animals and the…
Here, expanding on a previous blog post as to how the Etobicoke Centre appeal heard by the Supreme Court this week may affect future Canadian elections. For more, see the…
Got up to cabin with daughter and her fellow camp counselor, both on one-day furloughs, around 10:30. Roxy, who is dumb as a post, acting weird. Neighbour down the way…
(Education) v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright), 2012 SCC 37 was just released. Basically the Court holds that a teacher copying for students is not thereby excluded from the…
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’tis today, the anniversary of William of Orange winning the Battle of the Boyne. It was back in 1690, the year after the Toronto Maple Leafs won their last Stanley…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ed Broadbent discusses the connection between unions, democracy and equality: In democratic societies, there are two principal arenas of non-violent conflict over…
Five years ago it was Pam Anderson. Right now it is Justin Bieber. Five years from now it will be Andrew Wiggins. WFDS
Sandoz may find that demand for its intravenous drugs may not be what it once was. This winter the multi-national drug company was pressured by the U.S. Food and Drug…
Two posts, quite a distance apart touch on the same basic political (science) issue: the role of the local, get-out-the-vote effort in any political campaign. In a post at the…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, July 12, 2012: Canada’s Privacy Commissioner issues policy position on online behavioural advertising The Mystery of John…
anthony-watts.jpg Last week, the leading climate skeptic blogger Anthony Watts criticized my writing based upon my age and looks—and other, er, observations: For the record, it is now official; Chris…
