CVRD Director Loren Duncan explains CVRD Salaries and Increases Loren Duncan is a seasoned veteran of the CVRD Board Table who has been there through the changeover that followed the…
We have a bit of a political mystery in Saskatchewan today. Recently, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall stated very clearly that he had changed his mind on the Canadian Senate. Rather…
Needless to say, it’s great news (as well as a pleasant surprise) that Regina will get a referendum on a proposed P3 wastewater treatment plant. And kudos to Regina Water…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Duncan Cameron discusses how the G20 is dancing around the problem of corporate tax evasion. The Economist issues a call to action…
Last evening I wrote a very brief post with a link to pictures depicting the violence that ensued in St. Petersburg, Russia recently at a small gay pride gathering. I…
The idealized version of the American suburb has spread around the world and can be found in nearly every country. The banality of the spread has been ignored by artists,…
A few years ago, we were treated to a new low in Canada when the RCMP had to raid the offices of the Conservative Party of Canada in relation to…
You can read the full decision by the UARB (pdf) but here are some points to note. Right off the bat, you will see in the full report that Nova…
…at least for now. I’ve written about Robert McCorkell (or McCorkill) a few times. He was a Canadian chemist with White Nationalist leanings, and when he died he bequeathed $1,000,000…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, July 23, 2013: Did lawyer try to run down judge he’d targeted in blog posts? Top state…
Travelling around the world building linkages and creating cooperation in the world-wide research effort to cure multiple sclerosis was an eye-opener in terms of understanding charity. In North America, we…
Now that Jason Kenney has left his position as Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Bernie makes some suggestions to his successor, Chris Alexander: Refugees – Remove Hungary and Mexico…
For those who view economics as a morality play, Detroit’s bankruptcy is another example of an economic sinner in the hands of an angry god. For those who view economics…
Mainstream Canada v. Staniford, 2013 BCCA 341 holds: In order for the defence of fair comment to succeed, it is necessary for the comment to have a factual foundation or…
Poet, writer, and activist Eve Ensler’s passionate TED talk entitled “Suddenly, my body”. Breathtaking. *
There are so many ways that Ed Martin, his crew at Nalcor, and the provincial Conservatives and all their supporters have screwed themselves and local ratepayers it is getting harder…
Well for one glorious but very brief moment Stephen Harper must have thought he was getting a break.Must have thought that Canadians would be too busy talking about the royal…
Last night, I was killing a few minutes scanning my twitter feed and lo and behold I find the Toronto Sun’s Lorrie Goldstein taking a shot at some bureaucrats for…
Last night, I was killing a few minutes scanning my twitter feed and lo and behold I find the Toronto Sun's Lorrie Goldstein taking a shot at some bureaucrats for…
