RCMP prefers to conceal embarrassing information
Four months ago, the Northern Insights article What’s the next dump of grungy news? included this: “In a May internal memo, Commissioner Bob Paulson warned that several salacious incidents were…
2012
An Open Letter to Canadians: ‘We’re not in Kansas anymore’
The other night, I saw a great documentary on the exploitative economics known as globalization. I really must recommend you watch it, I’ve made it available down below and it’s…
Conference Board of Canada: Economic Benefits of Tar Sands Hinge On Climate Inaction
Conference Board of Canada: Economic Benefits of Tar Sands Hinge On Climate Inaction (via Desmogblog) By 2035 operators in Alberta’s tar sands expect to produce 5 million barrels of the…
Climate Silence No More As Sandy Rips Through the East Coast
There’s a question I often pose to my undergrad students after discussing the many implications of climate change: “Do you think we’ll be able to change before it’s too late,…
Video: Justice Cohen Gets Tough on Fish Farms – Inquiry Report Released
Watch video from today’s press conference on the release of the long-awaited final report from the Cohen Commission into disappearing sockeye. Justice Bruce Cohen focused much of his attention on…
Happy Halloween/Blessed Samhain…..
‘Tis that day again, little goblins all ramped up on sugar, fog in the air… Trick or Treat? With the news of the storm called Sandy, it is hard to…
Justice Cohen Gets Tough on Fish Farms – Inquiry Report Released
Video from the press conference on the release of the final report from the Cohen Commission into disappearing sockeye. Justice Bruce Cohen highlighted several key recommendations to protect wild salmon…
Rush to Ratify: FIPA May Violate Constitutional Protection of First Nations Rights
The Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) may be ratified as soon as tomorrow, November 1. This despite a massive demonstration of Canadian opposition to the investment trade…
ConCalls: Moving #RoboCon Along
It’s a national disgrace that 18 months after the criminal phonecalls that ruined the 2011 election, there have been 0 people charged with the fraud of misdirecting voters to fake…
Where there’s smoke…
… there’s, uh, more smoke… Jeez, it’s getting smoky in here… So, I’m reading Steve Berman’s latest blog post on Five Questions Collingwood Should Ask About Ed Houghton, thinking eventually…
5286…La Belle Le Prediction Tres Right On
Or may be it was just an observation. I don’t know if you recall but when this cover came out 37 months ago the whole of Quebec was beside itself…
Zero to Hero
Nation, by now most of you are no doubt aware of the story of Edmonton high school teacher Lynden Dorval, who was fired for violating the “no zeroes” policy set…
Canada’s ‘October Surprise’
Vrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom. In no time at all Canada’s financial situation has quickly worsened. Naturally, though, everything is going according to plan: Flaherty says falling revenues won’t derail deficit plan Yea, who…
New polls show Obama has the momentum
IF you’re a supporter of President Obama and want him re-elected, these new polling numbers will make you smile. Markos over at Daily Kos is clearly pleased, and he should…
Pumpkins for 2012
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Plea negotiations are generally privileged
R. v. Zarinchang, 2010 ONCA 286 holds: We pause to note that plea negotiations are generally privileged in the sense that the information disclosed will not be used against the…
No one does scary better than this guy!
Yikes! It’s Jason!!!! (5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Hurricane Sandy and the Twitter Troll
On Tuesday night, as New Yorkers struggled to cope with the fury of Hurricane Sandy.A Twitter account with the handle ComfortablySmug tried to cause even more fear.By sending out a…