Five modern horror flicks for Halloween
A recent study by the University of New Westminster in the U.K. found that watching 90 minutes of a horror movie can burn off up to 113 calories. So what…
2012
Nunavut cabinet minister violated Integrity Act, says report
Nunavut’s integrity commissioner has found cabinet minister Fred Schell violated the Integrity Act in six of nine allegations made earlier this year. Schell is the MLA for South Baffin and…
The turkeys
I was at the farm for the last time this past weekend, with my sister, clearing out the furniture used for staging, emptying the fridge, clearing out 45 years of…
Legally married spouse privileged for pension death benefit
Carrigan v. Carrigan Estate, 2012 ONCA 736 decides who receives the pension death benefit when the member of a pension plan entitled to a deferred pension dies and is survived…
Hurricane Sandy and its impact on New York and New Jersey
Here are some pictures. This hurricane caused great damage. According to one estimate the damage is $50 billion and so far 47 confirmed dead in the area of impact in…
Ontario Shores’ activists win awards from Durham Labour Council
The Durham Labour Council has honoured OPSEU’s campaign for workplace safety at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences with two awards. Local 331 President Yvonne Lewis has won the…
Halloween 2012: Pretty Scary Time
The photo shows the kind of low level Halloween decorations I like. Seems that the holiday has overtaken Christmas when it comes to expenses for store bought goodies. That’s a…
5285…MItt Romney Celebrates Halloween
Every day apparently. WFDS
Green Party Presidential Candidate Arrested in TransCanada Keystone XL Tar Sands Blockade
This is a guest post by Janet MacGillivray, Tar Sands Blockade Legal Coordinator And Strategic Liaison Less than one week before the U.S. election, Green Party Presidential Candidate Dr. Jill…
5284…Happy Hallowe’en/Halloween
Seriously when did they change the spelling of the day? Best part of being Catholic when I was a kid was the fact that November 1st is/was a Holy Day…
Is Canada-China Investment Treaty (FIPA) an attack on Aboriginal Rights?
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 The Canadian government is preparing to ratify the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) possibly as early as tomorrow (November 1st) – an agreement…
China, the Voracious Economic Giant, Steve the Supplicant
Given how fast Stephen Harper is working behind his veil of secrecy to sell out Canada to China, this timely warning from Der Spiegel: “I love nature,” says Huang Nubo,…
5283…Montreal Is Apparently Corrupt
It is on TV and everything. In other news: Water is wet; sky blue and; grass is green. WFDS
Oct. 31: Business as usual…..
The Moncton Times and Transcript for this day isn’t its usual self. Instead, it is more boring and irrelevant than ever. The only thing worth reading in it is a…
New Conservative Bill Seeks New Criminal Penalties for “Mischief,” Not Just Vandalism, Near War Memorials
If only there was a way for the news media to search through this country’s voluminous laws before writing a story. Oh wait, there is. This week Conservative MP David…
Sandy & FEMA: How Obama can ensure his second term, if he moves fast
The gods of politics abhor predictability and delight in upsetting humans’ applecarts. Just when Mitt Romney was doing so well, along came hurricane Sandy, wreaking devastation on the eastern seabord.…
Tory Medal Recipient Back In Slammer!
TORONTO, Ontario, October 30, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Newly honored Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal recipient Linda Gibbons was arrested outside the “Morgentaler Clinic” abortion site on Hillsdale Avenue East in Toronto…
Ask General Kang: How do you celebrate Halloween on your home planet?
Why would you think that we even have the same ridiculous pagan rituals on the great and glorious planet of Neecknaw? I mean, it’s insulting! We’re not some backwards little…
CBS: Deb Matthews’ indifference costing quality jobs in northern Ontario
Health Minister Deb Matthews is often regarded by the media as one of the front runners to replace Dalton McGuinty as Ontario Premier – a surprise given the intense scrutiny…