On Ezra’s Dustup This Week And Ethics In Journalism
Okay, Ezra won a battle this week with Alberta's NDP government. They tried to toss him from press events held by the government, and he made enough of a stink…
2016
Feb. 18: Wow! They did it.
The Irving press actually has TWO headlines about Dennis Oland. The first one is the banner headline lead story in Section A telling us he was denied bail, and is…
On Ezra’s Dustup This Week And Ethics In Journalism
Okay, Ezra won a battle this week with Alberta's NDP government. They tried to toss him from press events held by the government, and he made enough of a stink…
Journalists – a Pack of Freebooters
In case you're not familiar with it, a "freebooter" is a pirate or a lawless adventurer. It's a term that seems fitting to describe those who sail the high seas…
Who Is Not a Christian? Donald Trump. Says Who? Pope Francis.
Ya wanna be the president of the United States? Ya betta be a Christian. Sorry Bernie. Every president of them United States of America has proclaimed himself Christian, even if…
Stalin returns (and he is Putin)
Sometimes the perversity of people seems to know no bounds. A fine example of this is illustrated in a recent article in Foreign Policy which discusses the rehabilitation of Stalin…
Poor Little Rich Boys..
San Francisco tech worker: ‘I don’t want to see homeless riff-raff’ ‘ Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco @juliacarriew Wednesday 17 February 2016 22.27 GMT Last modified on Thursday…
Throwback Thursday: the Hot Nasties
Ras Pierre Schenk and Winkie Nuclear Age Smith of the Hot Nasties at Bishop Carroll High, Calgary, Alberta, June 1979.
I need an adjournment!!!
Let's say you have a trial coming up and you realize you're not able to do the trial when scheduled – maybe you need a witness who is away or…
A new year update on Kinder Morgan
Thursday, February 18, 2016 Staff Counsel Eugene Kung provides us with a short new year update on the Kinder Morgan file. It has been a whirlwind start to 2...
Discretionary Orders and Review
Popack v. Lipszyc, 2016 ONCA 135: The order under appeal is discretionary. Virtually all discretionary orders involve the balancing of competing interests. In most cases, the existence of a discr...
Melanie Mark and Jodie Wickens Drum In At Swearing In Ceremony
Now this is a special swearing in ceremony. BC NDP leader John Horgan ushers in newly elected MLA’s Melanie Mark and Jodie Wickens. Ms Wickens, the first aboriginal woman elected…
The Whole Neighbourhood is Getting Spruced Up for Our Arrival
Libya's neighbours are getting prepared for a Western invasion of their failed state next door. A few days ago Canada's defmin, Harjit Sajjan, let slip that Canada has been in…
I Think This is What Made the Guillotine So Popular
San Francisco has changed. The once beautiful, laid back people place has been overrun with the wealthy of Silicon Valley who even have their own armada of commuter buses that…
In the sunny spot.
We changed the sheet covering the futon couch to brighten up the nap spot. This rather succesfully is copied over from a photo grabbed because this one won’t stay in…
Will Sanders’ rise be felt in Canada?
Co-written with Derrick O’Keefe and originally published at Ricochet. Even if he’s really only offering a pragmatic form of social democracy, Sanders has created a political space in the mainstream…
New column day
Here, pointing out that the Global Transportation Hub land flipping scandal highlights Brad Wall's consistent willingness to hand out free money to business cronies - contrasted against his fight to…
Why are we risking Canada’s blood supply – again?
The tainted blood scandal was the worst public health disaster in Canadian history. In the 1980s and 1990s, more than 30,000 Canadians became infected with HIV and Hepatitis C. This…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and Nick Powdthavee discuss how the rise of an exclusive class of the rich increases stress and decreases well-being for…
On threshold questions
Althia Raj is predictably dispensing Lib talking points about the potential outcomes of the NDP's leadership review. So to set the record straight, let's examine what the numbers actually mean.There's…