More Canadians Give Up Looking for Work
Canada’s labour market stagnated again in June. Employment edged up by only 7,000 as the working-age population grew by 30,000. In response to this job shortage, 17,000 Canadians dropped out…
2012
Right-leaning British magazine rips Stephen Harper
Since coming to power in 2006, the Canadian prime minister “has acquired a reputation for playing fast and loose with the rules.” Harper plays to his social conservative base. He…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, July 06, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, July 06, 2012: VOIR DIRE AND OPENING STATEMENTS: BLOCKBUSTER REPTILE SEMINAR Distracted driving: OK to briefly hold…
Infojustice: TPP negotiators are trying to shut you out
Groups from the StopTheTrap.net coalition are on the ground in San Diego as trade reps discuss the restrictive intellectual property aspects of the TPP—the Internet trap. But TPP negotiators aren’t…
Looking for Democracy
I am sure that like me, many despair over the state of democracy in Canada. Not only is it under continuous assault by a federal government that has repeatedly and…
4845…Has Anyone Seen Three Million Bees?
CBC up there in Northern Alberta tells all that somebody thiefed 150 bee hives from Bill Termeer’s place in Grande Prairie. The point of course is iffen you are in…
Panda Playground
If you need a smile today, here it is: Cute pandas playing on the slide – YouTube. Filed under: Beautiful, Fun Tagged: nature videos
Confidence Men
On July 4th, while the Americans were setting off fire works and putting out forest fires, Jeffrey Simpson reports that Conservative cabinet ministers were crisscrossing the country, making spending announcements:…
Distracted driving: OK to briefly hold cellphone, judge rules in Toronto case
Everyone will now say “I wasn’t making a call — I was just grabbing the phone briefly…”. Of course, if the police see you holding it for three blocks that…
The NL Big Picture: NDP Tops Tories in New Poll, Liberals Showing Signs of Return
It has certainly been an interesting couple of days. On Wednesday I published a blog which argued that for the first time in post-confederation NL history, the upcoming provincial election…
More Hole Spotting #nlpoli
After the shock that evidently settled into the local Tories, the next most obvious thing about Thursday was the complete absence of any official provincial Tory anywhere saying anything about…
EOG Resources: The Gas Corporation That Does It All From Cradle to Grave
EOG Resources.jpg DeSmogBlog, on multiple occasions, has reported that the damage caused by hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" in the unconventional oil and gas industry goes far beyond water contamination, put…
What’s the next dump of grungy news?
There’s more bad news coming about the RCMP, including information on unprofessional conduct in the Surrey Six gangland murder investigation. In a May internal memo, Commissioner Bob Paulson warned that…
Canadian Climate Survey: Temperature Graphs for 55 Cities and Towns Show Warming Trend Across Canada
Over the past month, the Sixth Estate Canadian Climate Survey has put online basic temperature charts showing local climate change in 55 cities and towns across Canada. The purpose of…
Message to Alberta’s doctors: Newton’s Third Law applies to politics too
A couple of Alberta doctors contemplate the state of the Alberta Medical Association’s latest negotiations with the province. Actual Alberta physicians may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: AMA President…
Liberals, clean up this mess
The federal Liberals had better do something quick to clean up the mess from these leadership race debts of Martha Hall Findlay, Hedy Fry, Joe Volpe and Ken Dryden. Or…
Paulie Shows His Hand on Section 319
Well, it's not as if we didn't know this already. When the Conservatives voted to remove Sec. 13 from the Human Rights Act, they justified it in part because of…