(Reuters) - Security forces shot dead 16 protesters at several demonstrations across Syria on Friday demanding the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, a main activists' group coordinating protests said.The deaths…
All sorts of media are repeating the mantra 'where were the police during the Vancouver riot?' It seems they stood aside (to a degree) when property was being trashed. But…
Fifty-eight years ago a rookie teen-aged defenceman died after a vicious hit from behind launched him head first into the boards. Just hours late his heartsick mother said: "It's murder…
R v Salmon, 2011 ONSC 3654: http://bit.ly/kIh9m6 On a balance of probabilities, it is more likely than not that Constable W and one or more police officers fabricated evidence to…
Summer time is swimming time!
The real problem? The Blackberry PlayBook's screen is too small -- and this was the way to the future for Blackberry. I'm still going to stay with Blackberry for a…
A reader asked what duty a lawyer has to check out a potential expert. Good question. A lawyer who uses an expert must not knowingly put forward someone who is…
The key to this case seems to be whether or not a PhD from Pacific Western can be considered, in good faith, to be a legitimate degree. The State of…
Seriously this is absurd. A lost hockey game leads to rioting -- it's enough to make you weep...
http://natpo.st/mLDeSNBy James MortonImagine a nation with rampant, open prostitution. A significant number of the poorest prostitutes come from aboriginal backgrounds, often with drug and alcohol addiction. A constant undercurrent of…
Of course, the Federal government's legal position the there is no constitutional right to prostitution does not forbid legislative reform. Certainly Justice Minister Rob Nicholson is a very sensible and…
The Court of Appeal just dismissed Richard Wills' claim for a new trial.Readers will remember the Wills case was a case from Newmarket in 2007. It led to Mr. Wills,…
Duca Financial Services Credit Union Ltd. v. Bozzo, 2011 ONCA 455 is a good source for the law as relates the creation of a trust and when a trust, apparently properly created, is…
Just before midnight Tuesday, Canada Post issued a release saying it has locked out employees after 12 days of "increasingly costly and damaging" rotating strikes by the Canadian Union of…
http://bit.ly/meV37O Kirk Makin in the Globe does a good job setting out the case presented to the Court of Appeal today in the prostitution appeal. His article says: "Up to…
