Libloggers Ascendant: Danielle Takacs For LPC Nominee
I should note that Danielle Takacs is running for the Liberal Party of Canada nomination up in Brant. Danielle used to blog at galloping around the golden horseshoe before deciding…
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140 Law – Leading Legal Headlines for Friday, August 1, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, August 1, 2014: A shout-out to our good friend, John S., now of Wise Law’s growing Cobourg…
Fracking Is Making California’s Drought Worse, Say Activists
California is in the middle of an epic water shortage, with nearly 80% of the state experiencing “extreme or exceptional” drought conditions. Check out this animated map to get a…
Inquiring minds want to know.
The American penny dreadful National Enquirer must have been named before Fowler’s Modern English Usage encouraged people to say ‘inquire’ for asking and ‘enquire’ for an investigation. Or maybe not.…
Harper, Trudeau and Mulcair – Soft on Terrorism
Let’s begin with the definition of “terrorism.” Merriam-Webster offers up a fairly standard definition: “the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of…
Harper blasted for pushing Kinder Morgan’s $5.4B oil pipeline
In a strongly worded letter, Lower Nicola Indian Band Chief Aaron L. Sam blasts Stephen Harper for pushing Kinder Morgan’s $5.4-billion oil pipeline, ignoring climate change. The post Harper blasted…
Another tired dog and sway-backed pony show #nlpoli
Temporary premier Tom Marshall and natural resources minister Derrick Dalley released a 40-odd page document on Thursday. It’s was supposed to be a report of a committee of senior public…
Never mind Alison Redford: Finance Minister Doug Horner, unfortunately, needs to resign
Ed Stelmach, Alison Redford and Doug Horner together on the stage on the night of Ms. Redford’s election as PC Party leader in October 2011. Below: Mr. Horner, Ms. Redford…
Rob Anders courts the truck vote
Oh Rob Anders, don’t you ever change: “It’s a place with more trucks, and it certainly wouldn’t have elected someone like Naheed Nenshi, or other liberals pretending to be Conservatives…
Is Stephen Harper’s War on Marijuana Going Up in Smoke?
He has made the Great War on Marijuana the main weapon in his assault on Justin Trudeau.Making it sound like Trudeau's plans to legalize weed would corrupt Canada's youth and…
In Friday’s Sun: a thousand points of light. Stay the course. Persian Gulf.
Capricious, unstructured and even dangerous: That’s what American political thinker Walter Lippmann once wrote about the public’s views on foreign policy. “The unhappy truth,” he wrote in 1955, “is that…
Here’s to Andrew Currie, OpenMedia’s Daily Digital Hero
Here at OpenMedia so much of what we do depends on you, our community. Whether it’s speaking up in “>crowdsourcing the future of online free expression, or standing up against
Amicus not substitute for defence counsel
R. v. Al-Enzi, 2014 ONCA 569: The traditional role of amicus was to assist the court, typically by making submissions on points of law. Only indirectly did the traditional amicus…
Calgary Herald: What do roaming rates really cost?
This is a big step forward and validation of what Canadians have been saying for years! The CRTC have just ruled that telecom giant Rogers discriminates against affordable indie providers…
Italy in period of stagnation – Istat – English – ANSA.it
Italy in period of stagnation – Istat – English – ANSA.it. (ANSA) – Rome, July 31 – Italy’s recovery from its longest postwar recession is turning out to be harder…
Youth unemployment reaches record high – English – ANSA.it
Youth unemployment reaches record high – English – ANSA.it. (ANSA) – Rome, July 31 – Unemployment among young Italians climbed last month to 43.7%, a level not seen in 37…
Companies Illegally Dumped Toxic Fracking Chemicals in Dawson Creek Water Treatment Systems At Least Twice, Officials Report
Although city officials from Dawson’s Creek won’t disclose the names of the companies involved, they are confirming that fracking waste has been illegally dumped into the city’s water treatment system…
SaskPower To Uninstall Smart Meters Due To Safety Issues
Imagine this happening in BC! The BCNDP Opposition had raised concerns about safety and the overall approach taken by BC Hydro under direction of the BC Liberals. Now this… REGINA…
Documents: Cheniere Fuels ALEC’s New Push for Fracked Gas Exports
Today, legislative and lobbyist members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) voted on model legislation promoting both exports of gas obtained via hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and vehicles powered by…