Causing a disturbance
R. v. Kukemueller, 2014 ONCA 295: The Criminal Code, s. 175(1)(a) provides that everyone commits an offence who “not being in a dwelling-house, causes a disturbance in or near a…
2014
SFH, mid-scream – plus, This Ain’t Ford Fest on Saturday!
From left: Bjorn Von Flapjack III, Royal Niblet, Ras Winkie Smith at CUP fundraiser – at which (we’re told) $700 came from donated merch. This Saturday: come see us and…
Go, Joe, go
I don’t care if he’s orange, blue, red or green. He’s a friend and I’d vote for him if I could. If you’re in Trinity-Spadina, you should, too. .
April 22: Lots of comments…
…and I will answer them. But I’m running (behind) on a frantic schedule. I had no idea this is what retirement would be like. _____________________________________________________________I guess Ukraine is no longer…
If You Love Canada … Read This
I don’t usually use this space to promote posts at other blogs, but at iPolitics Michael Harris has an excellent column that summarizes what Harper is doing to Canada. http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/04/20/harper-sees-role-as-protector-of-the-richest-few/…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Duncan Cameron writes that Canada needs a new political direction rather than just a new government – and offers some worthwhile suggestions…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, April 22, 2014, Happy Earth Day!: Cheerios maker General Mills scraps plan to bar consumers from suing…
Ontario election: believe it, don’t believe it
Yesterday’s Ontario Newswatch report comes in for some particularly categorical, on-the-record condemnation from the Ontario NDP, here. Two things: one, what else would you expect him to say? (viz., “Yes,…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Your news links for today: A More Connected Canada – The Agenda Rogers Communications Inc racks up near $40-million tab paying CEOs in 2013 – Financial Post Rogers executive team…
Transition From Knowing About Earth Day to Acting to Help the Earth
Today is Earth Day which is a day that calls people to be conscious of the environment and find ways to help or protect nature. It’s a great intuitive that…
How Ontario public sector health care funding lags behind
The Ontario public sector spends less than almost all other provinces on health care. And it’s falling further behind. Over the most recent four years per capita spending increased 9.7%…
How’s He Doing?
This week marks the first anniversary of Justin Trudeau’s ascension. Lawrence Martin writes that the Harperites are filling the air with polls. They have tried to make hay in the…
The return of the F-35 Lightning.
We thought the aircraft deal was dead. After months free of hype for the purchase of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning (II), we thought the civil servants, the military and…
The End
Son One, who is smarter than me, spoke to me at length about this morning on the way in (in a vehicle, yes). It got me so depressed, I went…
Manners, bloody manners
I was in a local grocery store not long ago, standing mid-aisle and peering at shelves of canned products, trying to find the ones I wanted for my cart. As…
Herb Gray, former MP and deputy prime minister, dies at 82
Long-serving Ontario MP died in an Ottawa hospital Monday, Liberal Party says It is sad – I remembering meeting Herb Gray in Halifax a lifetime ago. He was a quietly…
Occupy Vancouver Will Meet Again at 6:15pm on May 1
Whatever that looks like! It’s Earth Day. Let’s honour our ecology by rebooting Occupy Vancouver on May Day! At first, I put out a call to see who wants to…
The Rise and Fall of the Porky Action Plan
Uh oh. Hold the bacon. It looks as if the Cons have finally realized that their Porky Action Plan ads are NOT as popular as they had hoped.And although they…
Four days late and a few dollars short #nlpoli
Premier-in-waiting Frank Coleman did speak to the Telegram on Monday evening about the controversy that has been raging all weekend over his views on abortion and what that might mean…