Since Premier Redford supports the pipelines and tanker traffic and is content to have the federal government cram them past BC opposition – and bearing in mind that Premier Redford…
There has been quite a bit of angry backlash generated by the racist ad activist Pamela Geller and group succeeded in placing on public transit in San Francisco and New…
Meat recall expanded to 1,500 products over E. coli threat The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Tuesday has now recalled more than 1,500 beef products in Canada from the XL…
… behaviour directed at Québec Anglos? On the evening of September 22, Mr. G., a 17-year old young man was walking with his cousins in St. Léonard, an east-end neighbourhood…
The CRTC announced yesterday that two positions will soon be opening up: Vice-Chairperson, Telecommunications (replacing outgoing vice-chair Len Katz) and Regional Member. In addition to those vacancies, five (out of…
In 2008 the world trembled on the brink of an international financial meltdown. Stock markets sank; banking systems were almost frozen; house prices plummeted; and most people wondered what the…
The ethical, philosophical and societal implications of this are truly mind-boggling. Imagine getting your hands on a functioning, entirely lethal pistol a mere matter of downloading a file and running…
Observing what’s happening in the US as Americans are only six weeks from electing their president, I am struck by a society in complete disarray. A stalled economy, more than…
Now America’s plans for a long-term presence in Afghanistan may be driving Pakistan into Moscow’s arms. Pakistan army chief, Ashfaq Parvez Kiani, is headed to Moscow for talks. The Pakistani…
Glenn Beck, the superstar right wing American talker, told Right-Wing Watch that Mitt Romney is part of God’s plan to something something something. The rawstory.com reports it this way “Conservative…
Being an unapologetic capitalist is not all that it’s cracked up to be. John Hancock, senior counsellor at the World Trade Organization, was sweating profusely as he told his audience…
Pundits may say it’ll be a cakewalk but there’s a lot of credible folks running. Justin may well win – and be a good Leader – but it won’t be…
Sometimes ago Harper was having problems to attend meetings in time or he was having difficulties arriving timely for photo-ops. Lately he has been doing well – must be diapers.…
I admit that I am very far gone down the path of misanthropy. My opinions of society and those who inhabit it are so low that I find it challenging…
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Few could argue that the UN couldn’t be improved. They often are tangled up in their own structures that seem to handcuff them when facing real…
We’re discrete about it, sometimes, but we treat Muslims amongst us differently. We’re suspicious of the way they dress, their religion, their culture and, well, just what they’re really up…
The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is pleased to announce the 7th Annual Ottawa Sisters In Spirit Vigil on October 4th 2012. October 4th is a day when we…
From my Facebook and real world friend Greg Ross WFDS
R. v. Ward, 2012 ONCA 660 gives a useful answer to the question as to how to determine whether a claimant has “a reasonable expectation of privacy”? : How then…
