Fisheries minister responds to salmon farm concerns…sort of
A month ago, I suggested my Times-Colonist readers send notes to Minster Gail Shea regarding DFO’s lack of response to the $26 M, 1,200 page, 75 recommendation Cohen Commission Report.…
January 2014
West Virginian Communities Still In Need After Coal Chemical Spill
This is a guest post by Jesse Coleman, cross-posted from Greenpeace USA blogs. On January 9th, Freedom Industries, a company that stores chemicals for the coal industry, spilled 7,500 gallons…
Can We Stop Treating Women Like Meat? Now? Maybe? Please?
Women-as-sex-meat, 2014 edition begins now. The #FacePalm is appropriate. It’s nothing new, but when can media just stop. Maybe when it’s no longer profitable? We need a revolution in media…
Stephen Harper’s Bloated Junket and the Obscene Photo Op
Well there he was on day three of his bloated junket, praying at the Western Wall.Looking like he was having a private moment with his Godzilla.While the wailing throngs reached…
Ford Nation Probably Thinks This Is Their Idol’s Best Video Performance Yet
You decide. The video was taken early this morning. Recommend this Post
Bombed At Steak Queen: Mayor Falls Off Ford Wagon!
Last night, apparently: When is Ford not at steak queen?— m&m (@mmerwar) January 21, 2014 And the inevitable video:And an interior shot of Steak Queen Looks pretty similar. If this…
In Push For Nuclear Power, Climate Change Concerns Overlooked
Three years ago the world was reminded of the dangers nuclear energy poses when catastrophe struck Japan at the Fukishima power plant. Since then the gravity of the disaster has…
“I stand with Neil”: Prominent Canadians backing Young on Tar Sands
Author Michael Ondaatje, actress Neve Campbell and rocker Gord Downie are all standing with Neil Young by The Canadian Press More than 20 notable Canadians have penned a letter to…
Rob Ford, wasted again? Plus, a question for 14 Division
The issue isn’t whether Ford would be (a) stoned/drunk in public or (b) mocking minorities in public. That stuff is a given. He’s done it before, he’ll do it again.…
Exit interview: Liberal Party of Canada president Mike Crawley
When Mike Crawley won the presidency of the Liberal Party of Canada in January 2012, defeating Sheila Copps, Alexandra Mendes and Ron Hartling at the party’s biennial convention in Ottawa,…
Criminal fraud grounded in non-disclosure
R. v. Gour, 2014 ONCA 51 We disagree. Based on R. v. Theroux, 2 S.C.R. 5 and R. v. Zlatic, 2 S.C.R. 29, which held that the words “other fraudulent…
Wind Becomes Largest Source of Energy in Spain
Spain makes use of a plethora of energy sources and they are leaders in Europe when it comes to utilizing solar and wind energy. Energy policy is always under debate…
Canada taken to court over approval of GMO farmed salmon
Comparison between fast-growing Aquabounty farmed salmon and regular farmed salmon (Aquabounty) Read this Jan 20 story from sustainablepulse.com on a legal challenge led by law firm Ecojustice and several Canadian…
Queen’s picture in Nunavut Court
A wee dated,,,
How to Spot a Good Journalist
It’s getting harder and harder, what with constant corporate media concentration, and corporatist convergence of messaging from right wing governments and their informal corporate media PR departments. But everyone once…
Canadian tax dollars spent on CPC MPs re-election photo-ops in Israel
Dear #cdnpoli: Canadian tax dollars are being spent on CPC MPs relection photo-ops in Israel — are you OK with that?
Problematic sources of recent real wage growth
The past 18 months have seen real wages increase in Canada. (Yes, I double-checked.) Indeed, real wages have gone through two distinct phases of growth since the financial crisis hit…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, January 21, 2014: Rights Group Assails Inaction on Syria Are There Non-Economic Reasons to Go to Law…
Jan. 21: Stephen Harper: national embarrassment….and fool..
The only news story in Section A is that four people were wounded in a knife attack at Fredricton. The other, big story isn’t a story at all. It’s simply…
Assessment of Credibility
R. v. D.T., 2014 ONCA 44: Appellate courts must give a very high degree of deference to trial judges’ credibility determinations. As Bastarache and Abella JJ. explained in R. v.…