Today’s Consumer Price Index provides further evidence of Saskatchewan’s rising cost of living. Among the provinces, Saskatchewan is tied for the second-highest annual inflation rate: 2.0%. Consumer prices decreased in…
Yesterday’s post about a small Quebec town forbidding front yard vegetable gardens sent me thinking about the urban agriculture movement. It certainly is alive and well in Montreal–there will even…
R. v. Punko, 2012 SCC 39 was just released. The case deals with the doctrine of issue estoppel in criminal law. The Court writes: In Mahalingan, this Court had to…
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Assorted content to end your week. – Sid Ryan takes on the Harper/Hudak double-team effort to prevent workers from having any voice in our political direction: (T)here can be little…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, July 20, 2012: Rose Boyko, former judge from Newmarket, honoured by Queen Must the Internet Be Accessible…
You’ve probably seen pictures of London’s BedZED , or Malmo’s Western Harbour redevelopment. Showpiece green
You've probably seen pictures of London's BedZED , or Malmo's Western Harbour redevelopment. Showpiece green developments like those have put urban sustainability in the international spotlight. But all around them…
You’ve probably seen pictures of London’s BedZED , or Malmo’s Western Harbour redevelopment. Showpiece green
It’s been an unusually hot summer, and soaring temperatures have boosted sales of that quintessential summer food, ice cream. But Baskin-Robbins has decided to shut its production facility in Peterborough,…
Last night, a few hours before the Colorado horror, I was on Sun News talking about the Toronto horror. My inquisitor was doubtful, but I suggested that we indeed needed…
I noticed this story yesterday about some fans’ extreme reaction to negative reviews of an upcoming movie. As The Dark Knight Rises hits theatres this week, critics posting negative reviews…
Canada needs sealed video footage of Khadr interviews before he can return: Toews TORONTO – Omar Khadr won’t be coming home to Canada any time soon. The Canadian government has…
The Conservatives have spent a lot of time and energy berating Europe. Stephen Harper, Jim Flaherty and Pierre Polievre have all suggested that the Europeans are inept bumblers. The latest…
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Once again, Star readers come through with their perceptive indictments of the Harper regime’s contempt for both the rule of law and democracy: Re: Ottawa’s misrule of law, Opinion July…
Despite what some believe, Nunavut is not a hopelessly poor Territory that is merely kept alive by Federal money for “liberal guilt” purposes. Note “some 20-25% of Canada’s conventional oil…
I honestly don’t know if this column is true, but if it is, Trudeau’s lucky to have a guy like Butts in his corner. Gerald and I have worked together…
