“Criminal Code 163 (2) Every one commits an offence who knowingly, without lawful justification or excuse,…(d) advertises or publishes an advertisement of any means, instructions, medicine, drug or article intended…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Justin Trudeau has it seems a habit of telling the truth and speaking sensibly about marijuana, legalize it. He has smoked pot, ho hum. That is not…
The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada urges the Harper government to reject Verizon’s bid to become Canada’s fourth largest telecoms carrier and, instead, establish a telecommunications Crown Corporation.…
Earlier today., I posted a brief piece on how, despite my reservations about Justin Trudeau’s leadership capacity, I found his openness and honesty refreshing when it came to pot. The…
On CKNW’s August 22 afternoon news, Marcella Bernardo reported this about Verizon, the American cell provider that may offer service in Canada, “Last year’s revenues of 116 billion dollars were…
I came upon this excerpt of a much longer poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning on Owen’s blog this morning in his Daily Literary Quote section. … Earth’s crammed with heaven,…
A while back, I saw a blog post angrily asking why everyone referred to Bradley Manning as a man when it is “known” that he is trans. The answer is…
The following letter to the editor of the Sudbury Star was published in the Star on August 21, 2013 as, “Feds should pursue stronger EA on Ring of Fire“. You…
Shekhdar v. K & M Engineering and Consulting Corporation, 2013 ONCA 521: On the trial judge’s finding, the agreement of April 25, 2001 governed the working relationship between the appellant…
It’s an interesting moral dilemma to have a judge decide a child has access to a father when the only contact the mother and father had was a sexual assault…
The Fraser Institute released The Cost of Raising Children report today. I’m not going to link to it because I don’t want to promote it, nor do I want anyone…
New video filmed in Bayou Corne, Louisiana by the Assumption Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness shows the latest “slough in” at an ongoing sinkhole sucking in whole trees. The toxic…
Not the one you were hoping for though. It's her dad, Frank Stronach, topless. Mr. Stronach is now 80 and running for Grand Puba in Austria. Apparently this topless thing…
Not the one you were hoping for though. It's her dad, Frank Stronach, topless. Mr. Stronach is now 80 and running for Grand Puba in Austria. Apparently this topless thing…
Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto, to arm-wrestle Hulk Hogan. Ford will take on 14-time pro wrestling champion Hulk Hogan on Friday at Toronto’s Fan Expo.Lucky Torontonians as their mayor keeps…
Great weather, lovely people, good conversation: the last two weeks have been great. The TV wasn’t on once, nor was the radio, and I only went on line to make…
I’m very close to finishing the book Survivor – Auschwitz, The Death March and My Fight for Freedom by Sam Pivnik and some two-thirds of the way through I was…
The CIA’s recent public admission that it masterminded the 1953 military coup against Iran’s democratically elected government reminded me once again of the fickle U.S. support for democracy in the…
As Kingston’s Providence Care prepares to shed nearly a fifth of its workforce and close beds at the former Kingston Psychiatric Hospital, there have been a number of media stories…
