Hot Docs 22: CanCon and BrandCon
North America’s largest and most sweeping doc-deluge, the Canadian International Hot Docs Festival, is once again in full swing, and the moment wouldn’t be complete, for me at least, without…
2015
Unreasonable Verdict Appeals Rarely Succeed But Here Is A Case Where One Did…
R. v. Dodd, 2015 ONCA 286: The authority for a court of appeal to determine whether a jury reached an unreasonable verdict is found in s. 686(1)(a)(i) of the Criminal…
No meat on the bone – troubles for WildRump
Having puzzled over polls I’ve started to see some reality in the Alberta election. To best explain, I will take some lines from the Calgary Chamber of Commerce’s rating of…
What We May Never Know About Vancouver’s English Bay Oil Spill
Late Saturday afternoon, Transport Canada officially cleared the Marathassa to leave Canadian waters. As it slowly moves out of the Salish Sea, the bulk carrier leaves angry mayors, a combative…
What We May Never Know About Vancouver’s English Bay Oil Spill
Late Saturday afternoon, Transport Canada officially cleared the Marathassa to leave Canadian waters. As it slowly moves out of the Salish Sea, the bulk carrier leaves angry mayors, a combative…
Greece: The Noose Tightens | Jacobin
Greece: The Noose Tightens | Jacobin. There are only three options remaining for the Syriza government. by Stathis Kouvelakis Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Events in Greece have taken a…
The Face of God – Why It Looks Just Like a Circuit Board!
If there is a Supreme Being out there in the multiverse, it’s probably a “mind-blowingly intelligent super computer.” Many scientists believe the human race is only decades away from being…
One would think…
One would think that the question “How many jobs will be created by the federal budget?” when asked of the bloody finance minister who had just delivered the thing would…
Putin Signs Military Pact with Argentina
Well this is bound to piss off David Cameron. Badboy Vlad Putin has inked a military pact with Argentine president Christina Fernandez backing her country against Britain over the Falkland…
Michael Geist: Music industry lobbyists knew all along about the copyright term extension
Music industry lobby have been pushing the extension in spite of the absence of public consultation on the issue. Article by Michael Geist The government’s unexpected budget decision to extend…
Fractured Land To Make World Premiere at Hot Docs
A film about a B.C. indigenous leader torn between two worlds as his people grapple with the impact of hydraulic fracturing on their territory will premiere at the Hot Docs…
Fractured Land To Make World Premiere at Hot Docs
A film about a B.C. indigenous leader torn between two worlds as his people grapple with the impact of hydraulic fracturing on their territory will premiere at the Hot Docs…
Good News Today: No Rant…
All right, it looks like everything’s a go. Monday I signed off on the copy for the cover of my new novel River Music, and Alessandra Ferrari, Cormorant’s publicity director,…
Self Defence in Homicide
R. v. Makpah, 2015 NUCJ 12: Defence of Person The law respecting the ‘defence of person’ defence, whether it be self-defence and/or defence of other persons, is clear. The Crown…
More Than 10,000 Enroll In Free University Course To Debunk Climate Science Denial
More than 10,000 people from 150 countries have signed up for a free online university course that aims to explain the science of climate science denial and give the public…
More Than 10,000 Enroll In Free University Course To Debunk Climate Science Denial
More than 10,000 people from 150 countries have signed up for a free online university course that aims to explain the science of climate science denial and give the public…
Pope Francis Steps Up Campaign on Climate Change — Conservatives Alarmed
Climate Change concerns have been swept under the rug as much as possible by those despoiling our planet for profit. Resistance has been widespread and gathering credible currency as the…
April 28: a very confused world.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-baltimore-freddie-gray-20150427-htmlstory.html The above is a report from the Los Angeles Times (and other sources) on the rioting in Baltimore. It wasn’t important enough to make today’s Irving press – though…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Your news links for today: The Power of Backroom Lobbying: How the Recording Industry Got Their Copyright Term Extension – Michael Geist Terrorism top security issue, PM’s adviser says –…
Yes They Do. Of Course They Know.
Canada’s Auditor General may not be very good at casting bones and reading entrails at least not when the offal comes from Steve Harper. The AG is complaining that, “The…