LA Bans Puppy Mills; Pet Stores to Sell Only Rescued Animals
LA joins quite a few other cities in North America to ban the sale of animals from puppy mills. Puppy mills are horrible breeding facilities focused on profit at the…
2012
New CRTC chief Blais aims to ‘gain the trust’ of consumers by Rita Trichur
The new CRTC Chairman says he is on a mission to “rebuild” the trust of Canadians by renewing its focus on consumers, creators and citizens
Canada Should Have Open Skies For Atlantic Canada
Hundreds of planes fly over Atlantic Canada each day. Number of jobs that generates? Pretty close to zero (there is some air traffic control). Why not let these airlines stopover…
Harper undoing Bennet’s ‘conservative’ legacy by Val Werier
Columnist says that in a bizarre twist of history, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper is dismantling institutions, such as the CBC, initiated some 80 years ago by another Conservative prime…
Newt Gingrich defends Mourdock, says women need to “get over it”
Again, it never ceases to amaze me how much men like to talk about abortion, and limiting – or, eliminating – women’s access to it. And there’s no shortage of…
Sask NDP Leadership Candidate Erin Weir Welcomes Brad Wall’s Childish Attack Ad
Saskatchewan’s Right wing Premier, Brad Wall, is obviously getting worried that NDP leadership candidates are getting more press than he is … hence the launch of a Sask Party attack…
Campaign Yoda
There is no campaign try. There is only campaign do. Arrived in Van last night, and talked politics late into the night with Bjorn and Babs. They gave me Yoda,…
"Sandy will be an historic storm" – The Weather Network
Sandy will be an historic storm – as of Sunday evening, this is a virtual guarantee as all forecast models are in strong agreement, predicting the worst case scenario of…
The Self-Inflicted Wound #nlpoli
When did the companies involved in the Hebron project sanction it? Anyone? Don’t google it. When did ExxonMobil and all those companies give the project team the green-light to start…
140Law: Legal Headlines for Monday, October 29, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, October 29, 2012: I quit….no, wait a minute: The murky law of resignation – Lawyers Weekly Technology…
Beyond the President Chávez Electoral Victory
To understand the opportunities and constraints which the government faces, it is essential to outline not only the positive strengths of the government but the complex and difficult structural features…
Meteorologist At A Loss For Expletives To Describe What Hurricane Sandy Could Do
“If you think mitigated climate change is expensive, try unmitigated climate change.” Dr. Richard Gammon The “Frankenstorm” combination of Hurricane Sandy, super-storm conditions, and climate change is starting to pummel…
Duty of Crown Counsel
Crown Counsel owes an overarching duty to achieve justice by exercising their power fairly. The classic statement was set out by the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Boucher,…
Sandy looks serious…
It looks like a seriously big storm: New York this morning Story NEW YORK, N.Y. – Hurricane Sandy grounded thousands of flights in the U.S. northeast Monday and upended travel…
Not Their Finest Hour
After the Supreme Court’s historic ruling on Etobicoke Centre last week, some commentators applauded the decision as a reaffirmation of Canadians’ right to vote. But Michael Harris points to the…
Video dating
“So is it on?” Voice from off-camera: “Let me check.” “Yep, you’re good.” “Okay, so you might not guess this from looking at me, but I’m actually a real sensitive…
No spectacle of division, not a whit
Vaughn Palmer is pleased with the BC Liberals. His weekend column in the Sun offered this: “…the Whistler convention struck me as a relatively happy affair. “The public sessions —…
The Tory War On Brains
The cancellation of the long form census has already degraded the nation’s primary knowledge product: OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cancellation of the long-form census has started to take…
The Power of Weakness and the World’s Relationship with America
This past week, I had the enormous privilege of being invited to Washington, DC to attend the Academy of Achievement summit. This event – of which I knew nothing before…