Shawnigan Lake faces an uncertain future. While the CVRD and SIA lawyers present their views to the BC Environmental Appeal Board on whether or not up to 5 million tonnes…
First Nations and northern communities have long struggled with Big Telecom’s slow Internet speeds and terrible service. So it’s great to see these communities taking things into their own hands…
..Dear Jezebel: You fail to understand that people of colour are allowed to be pretty effing pissed off that a sketch was created that could be used at the expense…
TORONTO – Ontarians aren’t getting a clear picture of government pay practices from the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, the president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says. “Today’s…
Are CSEC and other government agencies unconstitutionally accessing your data? According to spy chief John Forster, you don’t need to know. Article by Ishmael N. Daro & Tannara Yelland for…
Canada’s large Internet providers received a failing grade when it comes to being transparent about how they protect Canadians’ privacy, according to an expert report by Privacy Coalition members Prof.…
Interesting snippet from the latest Micheal Lewis book entitled Flash, in an article by Joanna Slater: The small selection of pages from Mr. Lewis’s book briefly made public by Amazon…
There are two kinds of electoral reform: proportional representation and ranked ballot voting. PR distributes votes to parties, federally, so they get the same percent seats they got in votes.…
Inspired by this headline: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-defend-use-of-kijiji-data-in-face-of-opposition-ridicule/article17690737/
Don Maroc-Cowichan Conversations Contributor Act one of the Discovery Elementary school drama of misguided, overzealous parents disrupting classroom decorum and taking advantage of school district authorities’ well-meaning efforts at accommodation…
.. it’s now not “if” but when. As reported here, Russian troops are massing at key points along Ukraine’s border. There will be a swift attack, territory will be secured…
Is it conventional crude or tar sands? That is the question. And it’s one with high stakes, to boot. The BP Whiting refinery in Indiana spilled between 470 and 1228…
Clarke v. Johnson, 2014 ONCA 237 clarifies the law on proprietary estoppel and holds it may be used to create a life interest in land: A summary of the principles…
Amid controversy about Enbridge’s spending in Kitimat before a plebiscite on its Northern Gateway oil proposal, the B.C. government introduced legislation on Wednesday that, if passed, will tighten rules for…
Protest, dissent and the destructive terror of war are obviously very distinct forms of expressing opposition and bringing about change. The Obama-Kerry regime support the opposition in Venezuela as a…
NewsToday, page 1, has the story (or a story) on the UN vote against Crimea on the issue of its vote for separation from Ukraine. Well, it has a story.…
Your news links for today: Canada’s metadata collection worries critics – Globe and Mail ISPs Handing Over Data To Spies? Surprisingly, They Don’t Want To Say – Huffington Post Accountability…
