Office Etiquette 101 – How to treat your co-worker
So, you want to be an office rat do you? You know, there are better ways to suck up to your boss other than throwing a colleague under the bus.…
July 2012
CBC stars flock to Calgary for Stampede season by Bruce Dowbiggin
Columnist says for the CBC, the Calgary Stampede represents a delicate melding of its constituent cultures.
CBC stars flock to Calgary for Stampede season by Bruce Dowbiggin
Columnist says for the CBC, the Calgary Stampede represents a delicate melding of its constituent cultures.
It’s time to amplify our voice against the TPP’s Internet Trap
Right in this moment, lobbyists are pushing through the closure of the open Internet. As you read this, they are setting a trap of restrictions that will criminalize daily uses…
Entrevue exclusive avec Justin Trudeau : d’hier à demain
Le Journal de St-Michel a rencontré Justin Trudeau, le député fédéral du compté de Papineau, pour discuter de plusieurs sujets d’actualité. L’année 2011-2012 a été chargée pour le député, qui…
Hospitals could face higher municipal taxes
Ontario municipalities may have a legitimate beef with the way hospitals pay taxes, but the timing couldn’t be worse. All levels of government appear to be scrambling to make ends…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jim Stanford discusses how Canadian right-wing parties are picking up on the most extreme anti-labour stances of the U.S. Republicans. But I…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, July 5, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, July 05, 2012: Exempting Storage Media from Canada’s Private Copying Levies Officer’s sexy texts didn’t cross entrapment…
SFH has fans around the world
This young man was snapped at USMC Camp Pendleton, celebrating July 4 near San Diego with 15,000 Marines, all SFH fans! In an unrelated matter, SFH looks forward to the…
4839…Toronto, NYC or LA: Best Place To Live Is…
If you are Steve Nash, the greatest Canadian basketball player ever, it is Los Angeles. He turned down 36 million from both the Toronto Raptors and the New York Knickerbockers…
4838…Julian Fantino Gets New Gig
Allen Wood of The Toronto Star brings us the news that “Former Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino has been chosen as the government’s point man for foreign aid spending and…
Too Smart To Stick Around
Pundits of all political stripes were expecting Stephen Harper to shuffle his cabinet this summer. Bev Oda left the cabinet yesterday and Julian Fantino replaced her. The shuffle was a…
What Republican Texas Said About Harper’s Crime Bill C-10
In this video, the CBC News reported from Texas where even tough-on-crime Republicans told Canada not to follow America’s failed path of mandatory sentences and massive prison expansion, which cost…
Summer TV watch list
The hottest season is usually when television fizzles. Summer's frequently a dumping ground for the big four networks, although some of the greatest series of all time had a summertime…
The Glacial Pace Of Change At The TDSB
Regarded by some as a master of platitudes, Toronto District School Board Director Chris Spence says that things are getting better. As outlined in The Star’s investigative series, the board,…
Harper’s Crime Bill C-10: Breaking Down The Cost
The Harper government’s flagship tough on crime omnibus legislation will cost Canadian taxpayers at least $15-billion to implement. Bill C-10 is a suite of crime legislation that will radically stir…
A quote of the day
It’s early but I’ll go with this one from Dean Del Mastro to his local paper yesterday: Del Mastro has repeatedly said he doesn’t understand why Elections Canada didn’t talk…
I’m not the only one…
… who thinks that the CPC talent pool must be pretty thin if Fantino is the best replacement for Oda that Harper can come up with. NDP MP Charlie Angus…
Hard At Work?
If your intention is to show Mayor Ford working hard for the tax payers, its not a good idea to take a shot of him with a bottle of McIlhenny’s…
Umm.. this is ministerial accountability, Globe and Mail?
There was an editorial in the Globe and Mail yesterday, saying basically while it was overdue, Bev Oda deciding to leave as a Minister was a sgin that Harper holds…