140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, September 16, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines for Monday, September 16, 2013 from Wise Law on Twitter: For Hamilton, Ontario lawyer John Evans, life still a ‘sunshine sketch’ at 75 Class-action…
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Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Dean Baker discusses the strong relationship between union organization and the elimination of poverty: A simple regression shows that a 10 percentage point…
John Kerry: After concluding a deal with Russia over Syria, he headed for Israel
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after speaking to the media at the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Sept.…
A Monday Morning Thought
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A Ticking Time Bomb – Recalls in Healthcare
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Competition to replace Bob Rae in Toronto-Centre is officially on
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Probation order as part of conditional discharge may not require charitable donation
R. v. Choi (J.W.), 2013 MBCA 75: In my opinion, the imposition of a condition in a probation order which forms part of a conditional discharge sentence requiring that an…
Kingdom of Jerusalem
The Kingdom lasted for nearly two hundred years – from 1099 to 1291.
Negotiating from Weakness #nlpoli
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The Strange and Scary History of Stephen Harper
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They’ll hurt me bad; they do it all the time
He’s nervous when he sees her. He doesn’t know what to say, whether she wants him to talk to her or whether she figures he’d be better off crawling in…
The Mats at RiotFest!
After 23 years, I have see them again. I can die now. Good bye.
Charter Polling Misses Mark
For those hoping Quebecers would abandon Marois over her utterly repugnant charter, this is an encouraging headline: Quebec Liberals jump to 7% lead over PQ as backlash grows over values…
The Undiscerning Climate Science Bookshelf
SHELVES in popular book stores can be undiscerning little buggers, as can the book stores themselves. For example, I recently had cause to wander through the tightly-bound and bulging aisles…
Liberals and NDP pick their Toronto-Centre by-election candidates
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Congrats to Chrystia Freeland!
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