LEVELS of the potent greenhouse gas methane have been recorded at more than three times their normal background levels at coal seam gas fields in Australia, raising questions about the…
Friedmann v. MacGarvie, 2012 BCCA 445 is a source for the proposition that sexual harassment constitutes sexual discrimination: One way to demonstrate in a discrimination case that ...
I was sent a copy of The Adventures of Baylard Bear by Lucinda Sue Crosby and while the story has its cute moments it has some huge problems. Since I…
Two OPSEU advocates from Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences received recognition last night in Port Hope for their health and safety work. Norma Gunn received a standing ovation…
For some I've wondered about the reasons why many parts of the Montreal community were so gung-ho for building two new super-hospitals. The story goes back nearly two decades, with…
Beaujolais Nouveau is a wildly overpriced wine that has a wildly over-hyped debut for each year's edition. What makes it different from most other wines is its very, very short…
Just Wondering . . . .- The Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party consists of seven men. There are more than a billion people, don't you think they could have…
Is this robot really sad? Or is it just celebrating the technological singularity it its own quiet way? I don’t want to project onto this robot. Maybe he’s programmed to…
The New York Times has an opinion piece today arguing that rebuilding along the New York and New Jersey shoreline in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy is not a good…
I'll put together another #skndpldr roundup later today. But for now, I'll point out that the campaign's debate schedule starts tomorrow night in Regina (live-streamed here) - and discuss briefly…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, November 16, 2012: 120 lawsuits from car crash is too much: After 24 years, Ontario court restricts…
As expected, the McGuinty government has made a long series of concession demands at the OPSEU "OPS" negotiations, where OPSEU is bargaining on behalf of 36,000 provincial civil servants. Here…
I strongly support Israel, and Israelis. I always have. I don’t support the current leadership of CJPAC, who have effectively become a communications/lobby arm of the Conservative Party of Canada…
Wednesday was not a typical day for Calgary Grits. While leadership candidates must all fly into town, knowing the party’s weighted-by-riding leadership system makes a vote there far more valuable…
Come to Saskatchewan, and see our Wall. (- This wall is in Ottawa.) That’s the apparent pitch, awkwardly spoken by Regina’s former mayor, Pat Fiacco. Now Fiacco is the head…
For those of you who don’t know, retired Harper Cabinet minister Stockwell Day now has two jobs: political “counseling” and journalism. Mr. Day has taken a position as occasional contributing…
First Glen Murray was making them, now Kathleen Wynne. Anyone else using them? I’m curious.
All politicians can be bullies. But Stephen Harper has perfected the art. In fact, Michael Harris writes, he's been so good at it that Harper's band of bullying deserves its…
We’ll be raising more funds for Pussy Riot’s defence fund – so show your support for free speech, political Ottawa!
That the corporate world is ruled by only one imperative, to maximize profits, is self-evident. That it almost always gets its way, no matter what the environmental and social costs,…
