LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday December 6, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Dec…
2016
December 6, 1989
Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968), civil engineering student Hélène Colgan (born 1966), mechanical engineering student Nathalie Croteau (born 1966), mechanical engineering student Barbara Daigneault (born 1967), mechanical engineering student Anne-Marie Edward…
This week’s column: the Trudeau honeymoon isn’t over. Not by a long shot. Here’s why.
Do journalistic conventions rewire our brains? It’s a serious question. In the fun new sci-fi movie ‘Arrival,’ the plot posits the theory that language changes the way we think, and…
on a language adventure with mango languages
We are going to Egypt! We’re super excited about it. It’s someplace we’ve always wanted to go. In fact, it’s the only country that Allan has always wanted to see.…
Survey says: someone was paid a quarter of a million dollars to do this
Look, this “democratic reform” file has been a fiasco from the start. From four vague lines in the Liberal Party platform (promising bold change but not saying what the bold…
In the steps of the Hair or of Trump?
There could be as many as 14 contenders for the upcoming Conservative leadership contest on-stage in Moncton tonight. Which candidates will take their cue from the Hair (Stephen Harper) and…
The Alt Right Of The North
Ezra Levant wants to be the Steve Bannon of Canadian politics. It was Levant who organized the rally which Chris Alexander recently addressed in Edmonton. And it is Levant who…
Remembering the Legacy of the Montreal Massacre
I had just finished my last post, about Donald Trump's plans to all but eliminate gun controls in the United States.When I suddenly remembered that tonight fourteen beams of light…
Donald Trump’s Merry Gun Christmas
It's going to a bleak holiday season for millions of Americans who still can't quite believe that Donald Trump is their president.Just like we Canadians can't believe that's really Santa.But…
Fourteen reasons
…why we still need effective gun safety laws. 27 years ago. Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968), civil engineering student Hélène Colgan (born 1966), mechanical engineering student Nathalie Croteau (born 1966), mechanical…
Policy and sausages #nlpoli
People like to think the world we live in is run by some sort of magically rational process and the folks in charge are all much smarter than the rest…
They can still feel shame! Conservative leaders duck and cover in wake of Saturday’s disgraceful display
PHOTOS: Chris Alexander, at the moment the chant of “lock her up” began from the right-wing mob at the Alberta Legislature Saturday. Does this look to you like a man…
Pipeline politics leads to strange bedfellows in Alberta and BC
Fresh from winning the approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is off to British Columbia to pitch the benefits of the pipeline. On pipelines…
Information Bulletin: City continues snow mitigation, adds more trucks to fleet
City of Vancouver Information Bulletin December 5, 2016 City continues snow mitigation, adds more trucks to fleet City of Vancouver crews continue to respond to snowfall. The City takes snow…
Muslim Women Threatened in Edmonton
So, this happened on November 8 (hmmm, what else happened on that day?): Police seek public’s assistance to identify LRT hate crime suspect For Immediate Release:05-Dec-2016 @ 3:15 PMMRU #:16R0131…
Information Bulletin: City continues snow mitigation, adds more trucks to fleet
City of Vancouver Information Bulletin December 5, 2016 City continues snow mitigation, adds more trucks to fleet City of Vancouver crews continue to respond to snowfall. The City takes snow…
Come To Standing Rock!
Inspired by veterans at the site I wrote this song tonight. My gift. Feel free to add, subtract, change, whatever it takes to make this a great song. We have…
Letter to the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry Re: Overall Benefit Permits to Destroy Species at Risk Habitat in the Proposed Maley Drive Extension Corridor
The following is a copy of a letter submitted to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry in response to a posting on the Environmental Registry for comments on ER…
Mydemocracy.ca is an interestingly worded survey, to say the least.
In brief.. I took this because I’m interested in electoral reform. I took this because its the tool the government is going to use to gauge user response. I encourage…