R. v. Findlater, 2012 ONCA 685 notes that accepting a trial date without comment may be taken as accepting the date is not problematic or at least not significantly problematic:…
With the United States election dominating the news, I thought it was a good time to talk about fairness in policy-making for family caregivers. In my book, The Four Walls…
Word from the hobby shop Thursday is that the USS Skipjack is on the way. In 1/72 scale, this is going to be one big submarine: -srbp-
One of the great times of the year is when local apples start arriving at the markets. My favourite is the Cortland, which doesn’t arrive usually until mid-October. They were…
Economist David MacDonald and Ontario Health Coalition director Natalie Mehra will be among panelists speaking at a public meeting in Kingston October 26 on the privatization of proposed replacement for…
If Al-Jazeera says it is a jihadist group then it probably is: Story BEIRUT—A shadowy jihadi group believed to be linked to Al Qaeda fought alongside rebels who seized a…
From October 9 – 16, the Nobel Women’s Initiative is visiting Canada’s oil sands to get women’s perspectives on the impacts of this huge oil extraction project to the local…
R. v Prokofiew 2012 SCC 49 , released today, deals with, among other things, a judge commenting on the failure of an accused to testify. Section 4 (6) of the…
Background via ABA Journal.
About a year ago, my institution made the campus-wide transition to Google electronic mail. Concurrently, Google’s suite of office applications known as Google Docs also became available, as it comes…
About a year ago I wrote a post on Tim DeChristopher, a brave young activist who was sentenced to two years in prison for disrupting an oil and gas auction.…
Yesterday I watched a nasty old lady beat my swap box to death with her cane. Rosie and I were out for an afternoon walk in the Enchanted Forest. As…
Assorted content to end your week. – Dene Moore reports on Enbridge’s efforts to turn the Northern Gateway pipeline review process into an inquisition against critics. But I’ll point out…
20 years ago Lloyd Bentsen was a VP candidate who destroyed the GOP candidate, Dan Quayle, in a debate on the telly. He didn’t get elected though. Point being. WFDS
He’s the Philly QB who did some time for running a dog fighting ring. ESPN reports that he now has a dog and it has the haters and non forgivers…
I confess to being a bit mystified. When the Supreme Court of Canada interrupted its normal summer hiatus to hear the appeal concerning the riding of Etobicoke-Centre, it appeared to…
He’s doomed.
Klaktron XII was the Hyper-Commander of the United Federation of Incredibly Regular Planets Space Vessel, Cheeznip. His was a storied career. He’d eaten ultrasonic oysters in the Seafood Nebula, and…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, October 12, 2012: New BC Limitation Act to Come Into Effect on June 1, 2013 Lance Armstrong’s…
