How the Conservative Government Dishonours the Military
So Canada is leaving its occupation of Afghanistan. I never liked the mission. I never liked the context. I never liked the propaganda. I never liked the transformation of some…
2014
Tyler Sturrup Appealing Murder Conviction
Late last year Robert Reitmeier was convicted of murder Mark Mariani. A year previously Tyler Sturrup pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison for his participation in the…
ResultSource – Mark Driscoll and Mars Hill NYT Best Seller List – ministries buying their way to the top
Mark Driscoll and Mars Hill church in Seattle have been getting attention again, this time for the choice to use a company called ResultSource to push one of Driscolls books…
The Real Reason the Cons Want to Muzzle Elections Canada
) They are only 25 second ads designed to encourage young Canadians to vote in 2008.But they are the reason the Cons are trying to muzzle the Chief Electoral Officer.Not…
March 12, 2014 was the day that the Canadian government…
March 12, 2014 was the day that the Canadian government officially ended its 12-year occupation of Afghanistan. What a pointless waste of lives, money and resources for a so-called “mission”…
$45000 trip has serious political costs for Redford
TweetAfter spending two months avoiding having to pay the costs of her $45,000 trip to South Africa, Premier Alison Redford called a press conference late yesterday to announce she would…
Nahlah Ayed in Regina for Minifie Lecture at #UofR
She was crunched for time in writing a speech, something she’s not used to doing either, so she wrote a diary of her recent coverage in Ukraine and made it…
Payment of $45,000 travel bill by Alberta Premier raises as many questions as it answers
There will be no more scenes like this aboard Government of Alberta aircraft, thank you very much! Actual Alberta cabinet ministers and cabin crew may not appear exactly as illustrated.…
The Department of Justice Public Consultation on sex work ends Monday March 17th.
The Department of Justice Public Consultation on sex work closes March 17, 2014. Although the questions appear to be stacked, it’s important that people who support decriminalization participate. There’s certainly…
The Department of Justice Public Consultation on sex work ends Monday March 17th.
The Department of Justice Public Consultation on sex work closes March 17, 2014. Although the questions appear to be stacked, it’s important that people who support decriminalization participate. There’s certainly…
Centrist Liberals will decide who becomes the next mayor of Toronto….
Now that Olivia Chow has officially entered the race for Toronto’s next mayor, the stage is set for an epic battle. The field of candidates is crowded, but it will…
Did Calgary Herald Disappear Editorial Re Ezra Levant?
It looked like it might be mildly Ezra-critical: But now, not two hours after it appeared, all you get is a 404 error. Someone send in their army of lawyers?
Oil transport engineers say Enbridge tanker plan unsafe
A group of professional engineers and professors with deep experience in fossil fuel transportation and clean-up systems says the tanker plans associated with the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline are…
Dr. Strangelove Was More Of a Documentary Than We Thought
This is a little bit terrifying, in the context of world destruction. Dr. Strangelove was a great movie in the 60s about a military base commander going crazy and ordering…
U.S. energy called on to help West handle Russia
America should rethink overhauling energy export policy in favour of ‘drill, baby, drill’ simply to flex muscle against Russia over Crimean play. Can boosting U.S. energy exports help declaw the…
The Northern Gateway pipeline to reach a decision mid-June
Enbridge counsel Rick Neufeld is silhouetted against a map of the Northern Gateway pipeline, as he takes part in the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Joint Review Panel hearings in Edmonton…
Chilliwack residents unmask hazardous waste plant flaws
Chilliwack, BC on the banks of the Fraser River (Photo: Straight.com). Read this March 3 article in the Globe and Mail about a notice of application filed with the BC…
More Winter
Might as well, storm blowing out there…
Law Professors Are Not Impressed By The ‘Fair’ Elections Act
Yasmin Dawood is one of 160 professors from across Canada behind an open letter to the government asking for major revisions to the ‘Fair’ Elections Act. Yesterday, she appeared on…