Royal Bank of Canada v. Samson Management & Solutions Ltd., 2013 ONCA 313 makes clear that common law guarantee defences can be ousted by sufficiently clear bank language: Parties are…
This year Ontario is adding $1.3 billion to fund health care for 2013-14, but most of that increase will have come from dedicated sources amounting to almost a billion dollars.…
Independent biologist Alexandra Morton has been busy during the BC election campaign, traveling the province to raise the issue of protecting wild salmon from fish farms and viruses. Here, as…
The right care at the right place at the right time. It’s a reasonable goal for the health system, but frequently Ontarians are faced with difficult decisions because they can…
There’s nothing Steve Harper likes better than to bask in the glory of a celebrity. He gets his nose so far up their bums that sometimes you wonder how they’ll…
The Guardian news outlet is running a series this week on the small Alaskan town of Newtok that is slowly being wiped off the map as the waters rise around…
National business journalists and columnists have bought into Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s demeaning view that folks in the Atlantic region are backward and have a defeatist attitude. Framed in disrespectful…
The more I think about the plan to charge high fees to visit Montreal’s Jardin botanique, the more annoyed I get. When we first came here eons ago, it was…
I knew that little headline would get your attention! And it’s true. Being the guy (currently) most likely to become Premier if (theoretically) there is an election, Hudak could have…
“It doesn’t take a weather vane to see which way the wind is blowing.”
Telus are refusing to comment on reports that it is in talks to acquire independent provider Mobilicity. This would mean that the already dismal state of competition in our cell…
Note to Peter Penashue: In retrospect dya think that resigning was a good idea? Something to think about when the results start pouring in and you get crushed by Yvonne…
Important question…but, first, lets look at a story the editorial elves at the Moncton TandT didn’t notice. An American government air-testing station, one that sets the standard for the world,…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, May 13, 2013: “Copyright troll Righthaven finally, completely dead” RCMP confirms it’s looking into Senate expense claims…
This is a man who made lemons out of lemonade. When the broadsheet The Toronto Telegram bit the dust in 1970 Peter Worthington helped found The Toronto Sun which quickly…
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Michael Harris tears into the Cons for their latest set of Senate abuses: It is time once more to throw up on your…
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Late last month I wrote a post entitled More On The Online Community Experience, a followup to an earlier one in which I discussed the importance I place on the…
Everyone knows Mark Twain’s famous maxim: “Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.” In Paul Godfrey’s case, it is actually true: he does buy ink…
