Hi! My Name is Sandy, This is Your Wake-Up Call!
At the end of a U.S. election campaign that has ignored climate change and global warming, Mother Nature has weighed in with a persuasive argument. Sandy’s wake-up call couldn’t have…
October 2012
Quo Vadis, Mr. Hudak?
With Ontario’s Liberals in disarray, Martin Regg Cohn speculates in this morning’s Toronto Star about what the province would look like under Tim Hudak: Hudak still clings to panaceas: Unspecified…
This
This is the Globe’s front page this morning? This is a big story the morning after Sandy hit? With a graph? And a big turn inside? This is Globe “unlimited”?…
Calgary-bound
Got to Vancouver’s airport at 5:30 for a flight to Calgary and more interview. Folks were gathered around TVs, quiet, watching Sandy coverage, shaking their heads. Reminded me of walking…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, October 30, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, October 30, 2012: Sandy brings vicious winds, rain to Ontario, Quebec Could Manitoba’s Model on Work Stoppages…
In today’s Sun: women rule
VANCOUVER — The conclusion to the interminable U.S. election campaign is within sight. After a myriad number of primaries and debates — and after the expenditure of in excess of…
Hey! Students who wailed away…
…on my bus this morning and on Twitter about schools needing to be closed today! Listen up. Legit reasons to close schools: Power outage Water outage Major snowstorm / freezing…
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This is the Globe’s front page this morning? This is a big story the morning after Sandy hit? With a graph? And a big turn inside? This is Globe “unlimited”?…
An adjournment sought merely for delay is properly refused
R. v. Phung, 2012 ONCA 720 is a good source for the principle that an adjournment sought merely for delay is properly refused: In our view, the trial judge did…
Tales Of Ice-Bound Wonderlands
It’s TED Talk Tuesday on 350orbust: Diving under the Antarctic ice to get close to the much-feared leopard seal, photographer Paul Nicklen found an extraordinary new friend. Share his hilarious,…
Dominus Vobiscum
After the disastrous Papacy of Benedict XVI, all the secret societies decided to go a different way with the new pontiff. The Freemasons were keen to start putting their new…
Getting ready for the onslaught #nlpoli
Some things to bear in mind as the provincial government starts its latest information offensive on Muskrat Falls: These aren’t “final” numbers. Whether it’s a government phrase or a media…
Opportunities For Blogging At Ontario Liberal Leadership Convention?
Are there going to be any? I’m told that the big do will be held at Maple Leaf Gardens, the site of so many glorious victories these last years. One…
Conservative MPs: Climate Change Not Relevant to Environment Canada’s Mandate
An extraordinary exchange took place in the House of Commons environment committee a few days ago. It was so extraordinary that it made the news, but only just. A little…
The Big Storm and My American Nightmare
It's been a living nightmare. The dirtiest election I've ever seen.An election corrupted by Big Money, two billion dollars worth of attack ads, and more Big Lies than you can…
Both the BC NDP and the BC Liberal’s Support Shale Gas Fracking!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Fracking is the latest profit making bonanza for the already too rich and powerful oil and gas corporations and they seem to have our politicians by…
Undemocratic impulses? Who ya gonna call? Not Jimmy Carter!
When it comes to ensuring the integrity of foreign elections, take it from Alberta Diary, Jimmy Carter is outstanding in the field. Below: Alberta MP Linda Duncan and Ukrainian President…
Canada Has Lost it’s Democracy
I can't even start to translate what is going on in our supposed "democracy" except to say that I don't see it as a democracy at all anymore. We have…