Trial judges routinely warn jurors to avoid using social media and the internet to research or comment on matters before the court during trials. Nonetheless, news reports of jurors who…
The Wildrose Party Whip gets ready to get the Opposition caucus under control. Alberta politicians may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Danielle Smith, Tom Flanagan, Joe Anglin, Dr. Gilles…
Monday’s Lakeland sawmill tragedy provides evidence that British Columbia’s hospitals are routinely stressed to the breaking point and incapable of responding adequately to a major emergency. Monday’s sawmill fire resulted…
Yes, yes, I want you to rise up in revolt against Stephen Harper’s malignant regime. I want you to stand up – in public – and tell everyone around you…
After school is over you’re playing in the parkDon’t be out too late, don’t let it get too darkThey tell you not to hang around and learn what life’s aboutAnd…
After school is over you're playing in the parkDon't be out too late, don't let it get too darkThey tell you not to hang around and learn what life's aboutAnd…
After school is over you’re playing in the parkDon’t be out too late, don’t let it get too darkThey tell you not to hang around and learn what life’s aboutAnd…
When does life begin? Perhaps this is a question for philosophers, or theologians. Perhaps it is a question for scientists. It is not a question for Parliamentarians. It is not…
Oh. My. Gilead. When I saw those women in red on Parliament Hill today, I thought the Harper Cons were getting ready to re-enact their favourite scene from The Handmaid's…
From Deadspin. Perhaps this is why hockey doesn’t work in the South. “Last month, I got an email from a guy who works Lightning games at the Tampa Bay Times…
I wonder. With the elimination of last year’s Stanley Cup winner, Boston, and runner up, Van, could history have been made tonight? Is this the first time the two finalists…
Probably the biggest reason I left student politics when I was in my early 20s was the feeling of repeating myself over and over. I know I’d really only been…
Just like the title says, to illustrate the ridiculousness of the pro oil-sands lobbying group Ethical Oil and their request to the CRA to investigate Canada’s premier Environmental Protection Group,…
Danielle Smith. I too had her pegged as Premier of all that is Alberta. Then she pulled a Tim Hudak and choked. WFDS
The town is your capital, Ottawa. Y’kin throw Gatineau into the mix too. The reason for the fever is game seven of the Sens series against the New York Rangers.…
Something is happening in Canada that seems, in the context of a majority Harper government, counter-intuitive. Harper continues implementing his right-wing revolution by fiat, and Preston Manning’s “democracy” institute says…
So remember back in May of 2010 how Harper, after his party was re-elected for another term in power, vowed not to reopen the abortion debate? Well guess what, he…
On Friday last week, the Labour Relations Board issued an order insisting that BC teachers complete an extra report card by this Friday. There is a lot to say about…
Below, members of Danielle Smith’s inner circle discuss where Wildrose goes from here:
