Canadians have come together from across the political spectrum to denounce Bill C-13, which would give a range of authorities access to the private lives of Canadians without a warrant…
Speaking out against rape culture can create some serious backlash, which reflects our culture of rape. At UBC the dean of the business school muses about firing all the students…
* SAN DIEGO, MARCH 3, 2014 – An aggressively-priced carbon tax in California, with revenue returned to the public, would actually grow the state’s economy and increase jobs, according to…
Australia is somewhat ahead of the global average for climate change temperature rise. The country just passed the 1C mark. There’s obviously plenty more heat on the way in the…
Part of Jimmy Kimmel’s interview of Rob Ford: A lot of people on twitter were saying that Jimmy Kimmel, a comedian, asked the questions Peter Mansbridge wouldn’t, that it was…
Record-breaking heat waves and droughts, flooding and the Polar Vortex have pummeled most of the Earth in recent years and, we’re told, this is a glimpse of even more extreme…
One of several dark stains on the honour of Japan was its practice, during WWII, of impressing foreign women, mainly Korean, into sex slavery to serve Japanese soldiers. They were…
Your news links for today: Will Rogers Be the Next Wireless Carrier to Leave the CWTA? – iPhone in Canada Frustrated Cities Take High-Speed Internet Into Their Own Hands –…
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Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, March 5, 2014: Marijuana TV ad makes history in U.S. The Most Bizarre Lawyer Commercial Professional engineering…
March is women’s history month (in the US). I’m making a series of posts about women I think are pretty important. It may be your mum, or your grandmother, or…
During summer heat air conditioners are used extensively and this can increased energy consumption can be crippling. Black outs occur in the summer thanks to people cooling their homes and…
Back in 2008, myself and a couple of young Liberals launched “Edspedia.ca“, a mock website to poke fun at some eyebrow raising travel expenses by members of the Ed Stelmach…
If the separatist Parti Quebecois government calls an election “soon, soon” – and if, as many expect, they win a majority government – strap on your seat belts. We are…
This is disgraceful. Canada’s foreign affairs seem to be in the hands of the Three Stooges. Recent events in Jerusalem, Kyiv and Hollywood appear to be making the point. First…
From political proposals to street protests, unpaid internships have been making news in Canada. Rightfully so, as there is a litany of problems with unpaid internships. For individuals, unpaid internships…
The report from Elections Canada on irregularities in the 2011 election is due at the end of the month. Lawrence Martin foresees three possible scenarios unfolding: One is that Elections…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Brian and Karen Foster question why steadily improving productivity has led to increasing stratification rather than better lives for a large number of…
Turns out Stand With Ezra, the site Ezra uses to raise funds for the most recent defmation suit against him,which was allegedly set up by “friends and allies of Ezra…
Not being a regular moviegoer, much preferring the tightly-scripted fare offered on cable that is adult in the best sense of the word, I only know from media reports that…
