Feb.7: Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today..
…at first, it looks like a burial. Today’s headline, front page, of the Moncton Times and Transcript is “N.B. has huge shale gas potential: Lapierre.” But a substantial part, including…
February 2013
Is Duffy Toast?
This story has been kicking around for a few days. Former CTV News Conservative party apologist turned Harper senator, Mike Duffy, seems to be in a great deal of hot…
Big Or Small, Ezra Smears ‘Em All
Intervention, observation ou réponse de l’intimé / Intervention, comment or answer by respondentDate reçu / Date Arrived: 2013-02-06Numéro de processus public / Public Process Number: 2013-19Numéro d’intervention / Intervention Number:…
Frackademics: Shale Institute’s Jacobi hired to do seismic study for DEC
New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation has chosen Robert Jacobi, a University at Buffalo geologist with ties to the natural gas industry, to study the link between fracking and earthquakes,…
NL MHA Report Card
With the Muskrat Falls debate dying a slow but certain death and law school turning out to be a bit labor intensive, I have been slacking on the blog lately…
Digital media challenge offers $100,000 for critical work on democracy
A new digital media challenge is looking for creative work that addresses the need to improve democracy in the United States. And as it is with American democracy in practice,…
Underwater “wheelchair” for a gold-fish
Interesting story. To read the story click here.
Eyewitness identification is notoriously unreliable and calls for considerable caution
R. v. Jack, 2013 ONCA 80 is a strong case released today on the frailties of eyewitness identification evidence: The dangers inherent in eyewitness identification evidence and the risk of…
Words that make me crazy
Or, otherwise known as: For the love of God, irregardless isn’t a word! I spend a lot of my time writing, reading and editing. Many non-words are in common use…
In court identification supported by prior out of court identification
R. v. Johnson, 2013 ONCA 73 holds that when a witness identifies the accused as the offender in court and testifies that he remembers identifying the same person in an…
EG Radio February 7 2012: Liveable Ottawa | Shell oil rig Alaskan disaster
Download: earthgauge-podcast-feb7-2013.mp3 This week on Earthgauge Radio, we’re talking about the Shell drilling rig that ran aground near Alaska’s Kodiak Island at the end of December and we discuss the…
The most important "choice" – the neighborhood school
This week two school boards are wrestling with decisions about school closures – Kootenay Columbia, and Port Alberni. In Kootenay Columbia, the decision was made that the Board would no…
When The Rich Eat the Poor
You might think that Ethiopia is a country that would take its food supply very, very seriously. We’re regularly greeted by appeals for donations to help relieve starvation in the…
As mon chum Denis said…
…this one is indeed breaking news. (And let’s not forget who appointed him to the Senate in the first place.)
Onward | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
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Learning from history
“In a move reminiscent of former prime minister Paul Martin’s 2004 decision to strike the Gomery commission into the federal Liberals’ sponsorship scandal that happened on Jean Chrétien’s watch…”
Why Dairy Farmers Should Support Martha Hall Findlay, or Perish
It seems the Conservatives are prepared to ease up on supply management, according to this report from the Globe. In order to secure new markets for Canada’s pork and beef…
Could this be a moment where the LHINs turnaround public perception?
Labour has long remained skeptical about the value of the Local Health Integration Networks. From the start the perception was the LHINs would be used to distance government from unpopular…
BC Election Laws Spell Trouble For Freedom of Speech!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-BC Division -Policy Notes has delved into the BC Election Laws somewhat and issued this heads up that should be of broad…