Bolivia says Washington put pressure on European allies to deny overflight approval to a plane transporting Bolivian president Evo Morales. The interception of the flight plan of the Bolivian head…
…whose members include Stephen Lewis, Michele Landsberg and Bernie Farber, and whose mandate includes more than just Israel 24/7 (includes, for example,Hungarian, Slovak and Czech nationals of Roma heritage). Good…
How many Canadian feminist blogs do you know about? Politics, Re-Spun didn’t make it into the Spring 2012 landscape of Canadian feminist blogs. But that’s understandable, considering the scope of…
We’ve had some great feedback from our community about the recent move by Big Telecom to challenge the CRTC Code of Conduct for cell phones in Canada. Here’s our own…
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Today’s job numbers are remarkably similar to last month’s figures. Total employment as well as employment in most sectors and industries was virtually unchanged. Stagnation is bad news given our…
There have been power outages twice in two days because emergency systms have been tripped on the high tension electric power transmission lines coming south from James Bay. The culprit…
There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news: the Hot Nasties’ ‘Tribbles’ has been played by the Palma Violets at the biggest and best rock ‘n roll festival…
Heavily inspired by Larry H. and Saskboy! and this story. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/07/04/pol-duffy-conservative-expenses.html
Another day, another chance for us to talk about the Conservatives and the ever deepening hole they continue to dig for themselves. When it came out that the RCMP was…
Today’s letter from from a Jim Cougle of Fredericton is a gem. “Savoie columns showed courage” Damn right. Savoie’s column showed enormous courage in the face of the Irvings ‘…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here is an update from a previous post about the ‘Horganator’ providing a little sharped edged humour and entertainment in the BC legislature yesterday. Horgan had delighted…
Coke and Pepsi are still both deadly if you consume them regularly and in sufficient amounts. Yet Coke has got a leg up on Pepsi recently by reducing its product’s…
… hope Sen fans give you an honourable reception when you return to the Scotiabank Place, er, Corel Centre, errrr, Canadian Tire Centre… or whatever they are calling that place…
It is probably the most anti-democratic news out of Queen’s Park since Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty quit and prorogued the Legislature last year. It was bad enough that Premier Kathleen…
Conservative Refugee Reforms Put Party At Odds With Jewish Group Posted: 07/05/2013 5:44 am EDT | Updated: 07/05/2013 10:43 am EDT Huffington Post This is a blast from the past-…
The Duffy Deal: Up go the numbers The latest news from the RCMP is interesting – the number of people in the know about the Wrigh/Duffy agreement regarding his expenses…
… The would prevent Alfredsson from ever leaving Ottawa! Seriously, while I would feel a little sorry for some of my buds who will be utterly gutted if their hero…
When your name is tarnished by a series of scandals and the public starts viewing you as a bunch of entitled ne’er–do–wells, there’s only one thing left to do: rebrand…
Canadian National Railway Co. v. McKercher LLP, 2013 SCC 39 was released this morning. It is an extremely important decision dealing with when a law firm is unable to act,…
