Kari Levitt Honoured
Kari Polanyi Levitt, one of own, has been given the Order of Canada. Congratulations to Kari. Richly deserved.
2014
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jessica McDiarmid reports on the hazardous materials being shipped by rail across North America – and it’s particularly sad that Canadians can…
Two questions about last night’s by-elections
Question one: watching last night’s results, did Stephen Harper think once or twice about resigning, and finally going to make some real money somewhere? Probably. Question two: if he goes,…
Dear SCotUS: You Blew It
When you ruled that Hobby Lobby could implement its ownership’s personal religious beliefs as policy imposed upon the company’s employees, you really opened up the door to a world of…
Dangerous jungle cat
Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, Grass
Happy Canada Day
I was originally going to take the day off from blogging, but then, after reading the editorial in today’s Star along with some letters reflecting what people would wish for…
Happy Canada Day
O Canada, I have not forgotten you, and as I kneel in my canoe, beholding this vision of a bookcase, I pray that I remain in your vast, polar, North…
Conservative Adscam Costing Taxpayers Millions
“Marketing is what you do when your product is no good.” ― Edwin H. Land Bruce Cheadle of the Canadian Press, recently wrote a piece on the Conservative Canada Action…
Canada’s Veterans On Canada Day
http://www.cbc.ca As we celebrate our good fortune today, we would do well
Court Upholds Small Towns’ Right to Ban Fracking
The New York Court of Appeals has ruled that local communities have the right to ban the environmentally-harmful practice of fracking by oil and gas companies. The post Court Upholds…
O’ Canada, O’ Canada, Oh God!
Happy Canada Day. Canada is 147 years young and we still need to grow, develop, mature and grasp the reins of nationhood. There is so much to admire in Canada.…
Rob Ford’s Hideous and Hollow Apology
It was of course a monstrous sight. Rob Ford telling the world, and I mean the world, I'm so sorry I've acted like a brutish bully, and I'm even more…
Hate-Motivated Vandalism in London
There is a suspicion that this guy might just be someone we recently wrote about here. We aren’t entirely certain, but if any of our readers want to let us…
Commemoration Day, 2014 #nlpoli
Tread softly here! Go reverently and slow! You let your soul go down upon its knees And with bowed head, and heart abased strive hard To grasp the future gain…
Sexual purpose or intent not necessary element of sexual assault
R. v. Johnstone, 2014 ONCA 504: I do not view the trial judge’s failure to give such a specific direction as constituting an error. The trial judge properly instructed the…
Hiatus
Apologies- I guess I should have given notice on the blog first- I seem to have received a flurry of messages confused why I disabled the site: I am on
The West’s Alternative
The two byelections tonight in Alberta — one in southern Alberta and the other in northern Alberta — have made it clear just who is the alternative to the Conservatives…
Happy Canada Day from the prime minister of Canada and the premier of Alberta, channeled by Perfesser Dave
Oooooh! Happy Canada Day, Canadians. Enjoy yourselves. Prime Minister Steve Harper and Premier Dave Hancock wish they could be here with you and Perfesser Dave. Below: Mr. Hancock and Mr.…
Wikipedia’s Entry On Momentum
Political momentum is nothing like the momentum of physics. In the world of Newton and Einstein appearances don't cause forces, whereas in politics, appearances are forces.Stephen Harper became Leader of…
Wikipedia’s Entry On Momentum
Political momentum is nothing like the momentum of physics. In the world of Newton and Einstein appearances don’t cause forces, whereas in politics, appearances are forces. Stephen Harper became Leader…