The good, the bad and the really ugly sides of soccer.
This month, two-thirds of the world is enraptured watching the World Cup. The other third of the world is complaining about how much they hate soccer. Being a good Canadian,…
June 2014
Heather Zichal, Former Obama Energy Aide, Named to Board of Fracked Gas Exports Giant Cheniere
Heather Zichal, former Obama White House Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, may soon walk out of the government-industry revolving door to become a member of…
Iran has a huge PR problem
To say that that Americans and Israelis don’t like Iran would hardly be news. But to say that just about every other country in the world doesn’t like Iran either…
Work-Life Balance and Mental Health
By- Seyada Mahmoud It has been reported that 58% of Canadians report “overload” as a result of the pressures associated with work, home and family, friends, physical health, volunteer and…
Postmedia Gets Away With Running Unmarked Oil Advertorials
Paid advertisements for the oil industry have run unlabelled as editorial content on the websites of the Vancouver Sun and Regina Leader-Post — yet Canada’s ad regulator has decided not…
Perfectionist, Workaholic and Control Freak…uh I mean Work Life Balance: By Michael Yen
Entering into the legal profession from an entirely different profession has been great for me in terms of perspective. This is especially relevant considering the topic of “work life balance”.…
Montreal Fringe: Hue Man & The Dysmorphia Diet
Hue Man: He Volution An exploration of socially constructed male gender roles through puppetry and video art, Hue Man: He Volution is an interesting concept that doesn’t quite work. The…
Montreal Fringe: God as Drag Queen, Big Gay Weddings, and Peeing on Stage for Poverty
God Is A Scottish Drag Queen II Where this God is concerned, nothing is sacred. Essentially an hour of stand-up performed by Mike Delamont in character as a Scottish incarnation…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, June 20, 2014
Your news links for today: Government of censors cyberbullying docs – Toronto Star Three Quarters Disapprove of Bill C-13 – The Forum Poll Majority of Canadians oppose cyberbullying bill: Poll…
Olivia Chow is the Best Choice for a Bike-Friendly Mayor of Toronto
On October 27th of this year, Toronto will have the opportunity to elect a new Mayor who will commit to improving transportation in our city. For those who want a…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Rick Salutin discusses how corruption has become endemic in the global economy as an inevitable consequence of me-first values: You wouldn’t have those…
This how I cure headaches
Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, upside-down
Sense of humour in Court of Appeal
R. v. Pelech, A.J. No. 430: The Jeep was brought to a stop. Immediately, the respondent emerged from the driver’s seat of the Jeep and approached the police car declaring:…
SOS and Fromm Associate Arrested
We first heard the name Chris Edmunds in relation to the April 2013 march held in London by the Southern Ontario “Skinheads” as well as his attendance at a memorial…
Political Eh-conomy Radio: Updating the Global Slump with David McNally
Today I’m happy to present another in a series of feature interviews with outstanding Canadian political economists. In this segment my guest is David McNally — noted academic, activist and…
Sequel to Canada’s Good Banks or Terminator 2: Judgement day
Julian Assange of Wikileaks fame, has just released the draft text of a secret, fifty country deal, to deregulate the banking industry. Dubbed the Trade in Services Agreement or TISA,…
140 Law – Leading Legal Headlines for Friday, June 20, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, June 20, 2014: War of lawsuits embroils billionaire philanthropist, business brothers, Toronto cops and disbarred lawyer Ottawa…
Ottawa’s taxi system is bush league…
… in what is supposed to be a big league city. A few examples… No empty cabs at 6 pm in the Market last Saturday. 6 pm. The Market. Really?…
Guest Post: The Mound Of Sound
Yesterday, inspired by a link sent to me by The Mound of Sound, I wrote a post on some of the dire implications of the surveillance state and the preparations…