Necessity
R. v. Murray, 2010 ABQB 784 involved an impaired driving charge. A group of angry men were threatening and the accused, though impaired, claimed he had to drive away. The…
2012
CBC – Doc Zone – Episode – Sext Up Kids
Saw this documentary on CBC the other day and it was scary. Kids are overly sexualized and even hyper-sexualized from a young age and it is having hugely negative consequences.…
CBC – Doc Zone – Episode – Sext Up Kids
Saw this documentary on CBC the other day and it was scary. Kids are overly sexualized and even hyper-sexualized from a young age and it is having hugely negative consequences.…
CBC – Doc Zone – Episode – Sext Up Kids
Saw this documentary on CBC the other day and it was scary. Kids are overly sexualized and even hyper-sexualized from a young age and it is having hugely negative consequences.…
Complexities of Affirmative Action
When I first heard about the court case in the USA Supreme Court of a Texan who claims that she was denied access to the further education of choice because…
We won.
Because of you, we’ve been heard loud and clear – and Bell’s takeover has been stopped. Read more about the CRTC’s decision in our Press Release.
Another Sanctimonious Rightwinger Explodes in Flames
You might have seen him on Real Time with Bill Maher or the Colbert Report. He’s Dinesh D’souza, radical rightwing pundit, president of an Evangelical college and the guy behind…
Immigrant Basher Kelly Block Still Big In Saskatoon
…in spite or, or perhaps because of, her rank immigrant bashing. As noted in my comments: “We’re holding our annual Small Business Week Luncheon this Friday, Oct. 19. This year’s…
Operation Maple Video: Placing staff and patients at risk
Would you want to work here? Would you want to be a patient here? Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences has been on our radar in recent weeks and…
Fight The Right in the Charlatan
I don’t recall saying that Trudeau was the only solution. But he’s a great, great guy. Anyway, here I am back in The Charlatan – thirty years after I was…
Could it be that Katz sank arena deal because he wants to unload the Oilers?
So the arena deal is dead, at least in its present form. Good riddance to bad rubbish. Daryl Katz has shown that he is not a man the city should…
Video Shows Plight of Marineland Orca
This is Kiska, a killer whale at Ontario’s Marineland. The video shows the whale swimming alone, a trail of blood coming from her tail. Her former trainer says Kiska has…
Media fails to give an honest account
http://edocs.lib.sfu.ca/cgi-bin/Cartoons?CartoonID=2239 Yesterday, the Liberal government claimed its diligent examination of TransLink had resulted in $139 million in annual savings. As I noted, the claim was easily determined to be false.…
Parliamentary Cyber-Hacker Attacked Quebec Government
Who was Javier Doyon-Tremblay working for when he used a computer inside the House of Commons to launch cyber attacks on the Quebec government? The RCMP says the man, who…
Debate 2 Obama & Romney: The role of the moderator and questions for CNN
Romney, Crowler, Obama The furor over the intervention by moderator Candy Crowler in the second presidential debate has not died down, nor will it before November 6. The Republicans are…
“Call Me Maybe” follow-up is a Major Second song…
I heard Carly Rae Jepsen’s new song Curiosity on the radio yesterday, and was fascinated that it’s a Major Second song. By which I mean the song undergoes a key…
Billy Graham Gets His Tits Caught in the Romney Wringer
Evangelist Billy Graham must have thought he was doing Mitt Romney a big favour, inviting the Republican candidate to join him in prayer. That seems to have backfired – on…
Must Read – Greg Palast Outs Romney’s Vulture Perfidy or Why Mitt Romney Really Won’t Release His Tax Returns
Veteran investigative journo Greg Palast has the goods on Mitt Romney and why the Republican candidate doesn’t want anyone looking at his tax returns. “Oh, it’s one of the creepiest…
Person’s Day: When Women Got Recognition in Canada
One of the shocking things about life in the 21st century is how we quickly forget the fights of the past. Today is Person’s Day, the anniversary of the British…