The Heat Turns Up on The Land Down Under
To most Canadians, Australia is synonymous with “hot.” Well it’s going to get hotter a lot more often for the Aussies. A University of Melbourne study predicts that Australia’s devastating…
July 2013
Twitter: Who Is Real, Who Isn’t?
July 4, 2013 — Tweet timing can differentiate individual, corporate and bot-controlled Twitter accounts independent of the language or content of a tweet, according to research published July 3 in…
Lac-Megantic: the latest victim of government deregulation?
The photos, and the stories, coming out of that Quebec town are truly astonishing. We should pray for the people there, and collectively push for a comprehensive investigation of the…
Rail Tragedy Strikes (Anytown) Canada, Real Strategy Needed
The rail tragedy in Lac Megantic on the weekend reflects a real failure of all stakeholders to plan ahead. If they don’t, expect it in your town next.
6221…Panties And Nazis
Weirdest picture ever. From The Atlantic. WFDS
6220…Was Mike Duffy Invited?
He is the Senator representing Kanata-PEI and I am certain if he was not invited it was a mistake. Invited to what you may ask? The wedding of the year…
Monday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
Two games into the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ regular season, the “experienced team starting quickly” theory is looking fairly solid. But let’s take a look at what’s gone better than expected –…
Are You Psychologically Fit To Be The Next Parliamentary Budget Officer?*
The Globe and Mail reports that those vying to replace Kevin Page, the man who so distinguished himself as our last Parliamentary Budget Officer, are being asked to undergo psychological…
Customs complaints at Ottawa International Airport – What manner of pile? Complaints or something else?
In the three years covering the 45 complaints written of in this Glen MacGregor Ottawa Citizen story (Complaints pile up over airport border guards) about 1.6 million people have flown…
PM maintains ex-chief of staff acted alone
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/07/07/pol-cp-harper-duffy-wright-rcmp-court-docs.html
Bitumen in Toronto: Scenario #1
Toronto’s Yonge Street Subway bisects Toronto from Union Station at Front Street to 15.7 kilometres north at Bishop Avenue, just above Finch Avenue. It is at this northern terminus that…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, July 8, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, July 8, 2013: B.C. Human Rights Tribunal reminds employees to express their accommodation needs Player stabbed, referee…
Energizer Bunny
The Energizer Bunny got arrested. He was charged with battery.
Canada provides least hospital inpatient care
Canada is an extreme outlier in terms of hospital services. We provide hospital inpatient services to fewer patients than any other developed nation. The 34 member “rich nations” club, the…
Building Better Homes for Refugees
Ikea’s charitable arm has used the expertise of the cheap furniture manufacturer to design a better housing unit for refugees with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Hopefully these designs will…
‘Tis A Consummation Devoutly To Be Wish’d*
H/t The Toronto Star * Hamlet – Act 3 Scene 1 – Apologies for the use of literary arcana, but you know what they say: Teachers never retire; they just…
Smuggling drugs into jail an especially heinous form of trafficking
R v Gargas, 2013 ABCA 245 involved in a scheme to smuggle drugs into the Edmonton Remand Centre. An envelope containing 1 gram of morphine, 3 grams of alprazolam, and…
Healthcare Is Next
In today’s Toronto Star, Natalie Mehra and Michael McBane warn that the Harper government is taking aim at Medicare. For the system to work, the prime minister needs to meet…