Arrests begin on Burnaby Mountain in Kinder Morgan standoff
One of the first arrests made on Burnaby Mountain (Photo: Brad Hornick/facebook) Read this Nov. 20 story from CBC.ca reporting on the first round of arrests at Burnaby Mountain since…
2014
Nov. 20: It isn’t just money…
There’s a news story that’s been big across Canada, but which seems to have been invisible to the eagle eyes of the Irving editors. It’s the story about a Canadian…
Put Your Money Where My Mouth Is…
Nation, back in late 2012 a few of us Alberta political blogger-types threw together a taco eating contest for charity, which we dubbed "#ablegcares". Through the pledges we collected from…
Put Your Money Where My Mouth Is…
Nation, back in late 2012 a few of us Alberta political blogger-types threw together a taco eating contest for charity, which we dubbed “#ablegcares”. Through the pledges we collected from…
Put Your Money Where My Mouth Is…
Nation, back in late 2012 a few of us Alberta political blogger-types threw together a taco eating contest for charity, which we dubbed "#ablegcares". Through the pledges we collected from…
Privacy rights continue even in information or items lawfully seized by the State
Wakeling v. United States of America, 2014 SCC 72: The highly intrusive nature of electronic surveillance and the statutory limits on the disclosure of its fruits suggest a heightened reasonable…
The Royal Canadian Rent-a-Navy
Protecteur Being Towed Home Mr. Harper. It’s probably not a brilliant idea to get into Vlad Putin’s face when you’ve left Canada with as navy so neglected that it can’t…
Breaking: Police begin removing protesters at Burnaby Mountain
BY STAFF REPORTER, THE Reports are coming in that police have begun removing protesters from Burnaby Mountain. The #KinderMorgan Twitter hashtag has a number of people saying arrests have been…
5 people who used extreme empathy to change the world
English economist and social reformer Beatrice Webb is one of the five “empathy heroes” who changed the world by taking compassion to the extreme. The post 5 people who used…
Put Your Money Where My Mouth Is…
Nation, back in late 2012 a few of us Alberta political blogger-types threw together a taco eating contest for charity, which we dubbed “#ablegcares”. Through the pledges we collected from…
Must Be A Form Of Tough Love
For a government that frequently and loudly proclaims its veneration of our military, the Harper regime has a strange way of showing the love: Veterans Affairs Canada has returned $1.13…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, November 20, 2014
Your news links for today: Open and Equal Access for a 21st century Internet: An Open Letter to Government – Angelus Novus The Growth of the Network Media Economy in…
You May Know a Man By the Company He Keeps
There’s much to be learned by exploring the type of persons our prime minister seeks out; the gaggle of fixers, hustlers, punks, pocket liners, bullies and reprobates who surround him.…
Mike Nichols, RIP
As my Calgary high co-conspirators Lee G. Hill and Dan Nearing would tell you, The Graduate was always my favourite. RIP, a great visionary.
Why Does Stephen Harper, His Government And Every Single Member of The Conservative Party Of Canada INSIST ON STEALING Billions From Canada’s Veterans??
Every single member of the Conservative Party of Canada should hang their heads in SHAME for stealing from Canada’s military Veterans!!!
New column day
Here, on how the City of Regina has learned a painful lesson about the Saskatchewan Party’s habit of accepting credit but not responsibility on P3 projects. For further reading…– Emma…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – George Monbiot comments on the far more important values we’re endangering in the name of constant financial and material growth: To try…
Yesterday’s Man — Again
http://news.nationalpost.com/ There is a lot of florid rhetoric coming from supporters of the Keystone Pipeline these days — both north and south of the border. But, Tom Walkom writes, Keystone…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, November 20, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, November 20, 2014: Garry Wise’s Post Today @SlawTips; Apple Broke My IPad (But Now They Fixed It,…
Frustrated nursing staff quit CarePartners as OPSEU charges unfair labour practices
Continuity of care is important to the delivery of home care. Each time a caregiver changes there is a necessary rebuilding of relationships. If caregivers are continually turning over, it…