In this open letter to President Barack Obama and US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, European parliamentarians demand the immediate release of Bradley Manning. The post European Parliamentarians Ask President…
For those who want to read them, here are two decisions related to Brad Cabana’s recent Muskrat Falls case. The first is the decision on his application to have the…
I went out for a short time and it was raining like this. It feels like monsoon has arrived in the Maritimes.
I can see another role for the initiative process–as a next stop for decisions made about electoral reform or other subjects bruited in a Citizens’ Assembly. Going directly from an…
Via Elections Ontario: As of July 29, preliminary figures indicated that the following numbers of electors have cast their ballots for the upcoming provincial by-elections: 6430 electors in the Electoral…
Just another spill
Last week marked the third anniversary of the largest inland oil spill in US history. On July 25th, 2010 a 41-year old Enbridge pipeline in Michigan tore open spewing over…
The above image is a self-portrait of Billy “Guero” Sell, hunger striker who died at Corcoran state prison on July 22, 2013. CDCR attempted to cover this up, not even…
big3_appeal.png Big Telecom is using legal action against the government and an expensive PR campaign to prevent startup Canadian wireless providers from operating on a level playing field July 30,…
Oberon Press just sent me the page proofs for my new short story collection: Desire Lines: Stories of Love and Geography. So correcting them is the task for today. Yay!
Thanks to the Hamilton Tigercats for this amazing SharkNado spoof of the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ mascot Gainer the Gopher. – Hat tip to John Gormley
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Frank Graves comments on the fundamental political choices we’re facing in determining whether to continue operating based on corporatist orthodoxy – and…
He is very angry. Someone called him fat and he lost it.:) Warning: He uses very strong language.;)
A week later and my news clippings are still filled with news about Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s sensible talk about marijuana legalization – and they say it’s hard for an…
Paul Wells offers a note of warning for the Libs in recruiting Chrystia Freeland as a candidate. But I see a greater problem for Freeland herself in pursuing the role.…
R. v. Boston, 2013 ONCA 498 deals with the complexities of burdens of proof in a blended voir dire. Even though all the evidence is heard at once it is…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, July 30, 2013: Pet Custody Cases Across the Pond Streetcar shooting: Toronto police officer suspended Why a…
Monocle recently took a look at some of the world’s best urban farming projects. Monocle’s favourite cities combine small-scale neighbourhoods with green spaces, but not all cities were built with…
