A Forgotten Rob Ford: The Machine Maker
I greatly appreciate the efforts of many of Toronto's better writers and activists to push back against the ghastly effort to recast Rob Ford as some kind of civic champion.…
2016
A Forgotten Rob Ford: The Machine Maker
I greatly appreciate the efforts of many of Toronto's better writers and activists to push back against the ghastly effort to recast Rob Ford as some kind of civic champion.…
BC’s intended major LNG partner
Petronas LNG Decision a 'Watershed Moment' for Trudeau Liberals, Say Critics, Mychaylo Prystupa, The Tyee, March 10, 2016...On Wednesday, a letter signed by 130 Canadian and international scientists urged the…
Can BC Ferry Services be trusted?
Coastal communities have reasons to distrust the provincial ferry service and its political masters. One issue is discrimination, because people on saltwater pay onerous fares while inland ferry users enjoy…
Hot Nasties to reunite next month in Calgary!
Save the date – Friday, April 15! Location TBA!
March 28: there’s distasteful–and there’s disgusting.
de Adder, who does cartoons for the editorial page of the Irving press, is a fine artist. He is weaker as a political cartoonist. And, in today's cartoon, he is…
The Ghomeshi Verdict: We Deserve Better
“Violence against women is not about the behavior of the women.”–Gillian Hnatiw, lawyer for Lucy DeCoutere By his own admission Jian Ghomeshi likes rough sex. The legal question is whether…
Rupert Everett’s ‘Judas Kiss’ impresses at Mirvish Theatre in Toronto
Rupert Everett and Charlie Rowe.I had the chance to see 'The Judas Kiss' by playwright David Hare now on stage at Toronto's Mirvish Theatre on Good Friday night.Opening on March…
Rupert Everett’s ‘Judas Kiss’ impresses at Mirvish Theatre in Toronto
Rupert Everett and Charlie Rowe.I had the chance to see 'The Judas Kiss' by playwright David Hare now on stage at Toronto's Mirvish Theatre on Good Friday night. Opening on…
Adjournment of a civil trial
Turbo Logistics Canada Inc. v. HSBC Bank Canada, 2016 ONCA 222: The applicable principles are well understood. They were expressed by this court in Khimji v. Dhanani (2004), 69 O.R.…
ASSESSING THE QUALITY AND SAFETY OF NURSING HOMES
4 Tips for Finding Quality Nursing Home CareGuest Post by Andrew EganNursing homes or assisted living facilities can help take care of ailing family members or loved ones. At their…
Who is going to be a terrorist?
The New York Times, here, attempts to answer that question, and comes up short, I think. I have made a few attempts at doing likewise – as here – and I always find myself…
Hedges and The Rings of Sorrow
It's one of the most amazing things to see in nature. Two bald eagles lock talons and then spiral to Earth in free fall, releasing each other to fly away…
Running on Empty in the Ganges Basin
Most Canadians live either on or in close proximity to water be it a lake, a river, or an ocean. The availability of water charted the course of our settlement.…
What Will They Find When They Open the Bloated Corpse of the Grand Old Party
The GOP, the party of Abraham Lincoln, lies on its deathbed afflicted with a dangerous case of the Creeping Damp, also known as rectovesical trumposis. The prognosis does not look…
The Recapture of Palmyra and the Lion of Al-Lat
It seems like the war in Syria has been going on forever. More than 250,000 people have been killed.And hundreds of thousands of others have been forced to flee their…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Tom Parkin points out that the Trudeau Liberals are falling far short of their promises to fund infrastructure even while tripling their planned deficit.…
A Reasonable Doubt?
A post wherein I get a little grumpy and swear-y about it all. What does reasonable doubt look like? Is there really, REALLY, a reasonable doubt that Jian attacked the…
A Reasonable Doubt?
A post wherein I get a little grumpy and swear-y about it all. What does reasonable doubt look like? Is there really, REALLY, a reasonable doubt that Jian attacked the…