140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, November 21, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, November 21, 2014: Crowdsourcing Comes to the Booming World of ‘Litigation Finance’ Sick Kids breaks silence about…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, November 21, 2014: Crowdsourcing Comes to the Booming World of ‘Litigation Finance’ Sick Kids breaks silence about…
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan has gone to court challenging Kinder Morgan’s efforts to proceed contrary to Burnaby’s bylaws. If the court upholds the by-laws then Kinder…
http://markcoakley.wordpress.com/ There has been nary a word from the Conservative Party since Michael Sona’s sentencing. What are we to make of that? Michael den Tandt writes: Keep in mind, key…
I’ve been challenged to post five pictures in five days by Julian (@saskajules). Jean-Antoine Houdon’s (not HODOR as I muttered under my breath as I read the tag) “La Frileuse/Winter”.…
American conservatives, like some Canadian conservatives, are apparently unaware that the country is changing under their feet.Obama’s move is a masterstroke, and the following paragraphs demonstrate why: “Republicans are in…
Hi everyone. Sorry I’ve been remiss in posting here. It’s been a busy three months. Yesterday marked week 13, day one at FCS. In that time period I’ve learned all…
Today will likely be the biggest Ontario Health Coalition demonstration at Queen’s Park since 2008. Across Ontario seniors groups, union activists and family members frustrated with their own access to…
We at CCL Canada have been working hard to set up a live webcasting of the Sunday lineup at our second annual conference and lobbying days in Ottawa this weekend,…
Mason Homes Limited v. Woodford, 2014 ONCA 816: We are of the view that the respondents’ failure to plead the Act was not a bar to its consideration by the…
In the aftermath of the SARS crisis of 2003, the government created the Public Health Agency of Canada, and the position of Chief Public Health Officer to strengthen this country's…
The CNCA brief also referred to a systematic pattern of Indigenous and human rights abuses that have accompanied increased Canadian mining activity. It cited a report presented to the IACHR…
People are looking back a century to the start of the First World War so, on the political side, it’s interesting to take a trip back and see what things…
He rules by fear. He tries to muzzle his opponents. He is terrorizing the civil service, and politicizing the police.So when the Privacy Commissioner warns that Stephen Harper is trying…
Kinder Morgan contractors delivering construction materials to Burnaby Mountain (Salix O’Connell/facebook) Kinder Morgan contractors began rolling work trucks with construction equipment up Burnaby Mountain at approximately 10 PM on Thursday.…
Are the wheels falling off the Wildrose bus, which may or may not look exactly as illustrated any more? Below: Beleaguered Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith, Taber-Warner-Cardston MLA Gary Bikman and…
Open letter signed by 215 University of British Columbia faculty members asks university to divest from destructive fossil fuel companies within five years. The post UBC Must Divest From Fossil…
This Associated Press report from the Houston Chronicle, lays it out about as well as it could be said. The world still isn’t close to preventing what leaders call a…
Forget the eye glasses, the arm band, the watch, the ring. What I want is a smartphone in a narrow stick about 18" long, and I want the controls to…
Forget the eye glasses, the arm band, the watch, the ring. What I want is a smartphone in a narrow stick about 18″ long, and I want the controls to…