Geting the Hell out of There: When the Wild Fire Roars
There have been power outages twice in two days because emergency systms have been tripped on the high tension electric power transmission lines coming south from James Bay. The culprit…
Hot Nasties at Glastonbury!
There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news: the Hot Nasties’ ‘Tribbles’ has been played by the Palma Violets at the biggest and best rock ‘n roll festival…
SenANTor given $90,000 after party balks
Heavily inspired by Larry H. and Saskboy! and this story. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/07/04/pol-duffy-conservative-expenses.html
The Devil is in the Details
Another day, another chance for us to talk about the Conservatives and the ever deepening hole they continue to dig for themselves. When it came out that the RCMP was…
July 5: Letter to the Editor: Tears and Laughter.
Today’s letter from from a Jim Cougle of Fredericton is a gem. “Savoie columns showed courage” Damn right. Savoie’s column showed enormous courage in the face of the Irvings ‘…
Nine Defeated BC Liberal Candidates Awarded Political Jobs. So Far.
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here is an update from a previous post about the ‘Horganator’ providing a little sharped edged humour and entertainment in the BC legislature yesterday. Horgan had delighted…
One State Can Make a (Sweet) Difference
Coke and Pepsi are still both deadly if you consume them regularly and in sufficient amounts. Yet Coke has got a leg up on Pepsi recently by reducing its product’s…
B-Bye, Alfie….
… hope Sen fans give you an honourable reception when you return to the Scotiabank Place, er, Corel Centre, errrr, Canadian Tire Centre… or whatever they are calling that place…
Wynne’s Whigs deny democracy.
It is probably the most anti-democratic news out of Queen’s Park since Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty quit and prorogued the Legislature last year. It was bad enough that Premier Kathleen…
Immigration, Reformed
Conservative Refugee Reforms Put Party At Odds With Jewish Group Posted: 07/05/2013 5:44 am EDT | Updated: 07/05/2013 10:43 am EDT Huffington Post This is a blast from the past-…
Senator Duffy: The Tory Big 5 who knew
The Duffy Deal: Up go the numbers The latest news from the RCMP is interesting – the number of people in the know about the Wrigh/Duffy agreement regarding his expenses…
Federal government has legislation drafted…
… The would prevent Alfredsson from ever leaving Ottawa! Seriously, while I would feel a little sorry for some of my buds who will be utterly gutted if their hero…
BARF ALERT!!! Conservatives billing themselves as ‘Canada’s founding party’ …
When your name is tarnished by a series of scandals and the public starts viewing you as a bunch of entitled ne’er–do–wells, there’s only one thing left to do: rebrand…
Can a law firm accept a retainer to act against a current client on a matter unrelated to the client’s existing files? More specifically, can a firm bring a lawsuit against a current client on behalf of another client? If not, what remedies are available
Canadian National Railway Co. v. McKercher LLP, 2013 SCC 39 was released this morning. It is an extremely important decision dealing with when a law firm is unable to act,…
Big deal. 70% of Canadians want Harper out.
The other 30% of clueless voters plus ignorant swill who are swayed by the 90%+ newspaper endorsements for the Conservative party will vote the Cons right back in, with Harper…
6313…Saint Pope John Paul II
Global News breaks with the story this morning that Pope Francis is going to name his predecessor Pope John Paul II a Saint.A spokesman at RC HQ at The Vatican…
All Good Pets Deserve A Reward
Having owned a magnificent Landseer Newfoundland dog in the past (the most human pet I ever came into contact with), I am well-aware of the importance of rewarding good behaviour.…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, July 5, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, July 5, 2013: Ontario court set to rule in Rwandan war crimes trial Interns face ‘patchwork’ of…
Breaking: Stephen Harper still doesn’t know anything about anything! Also: bonus poll!
Try out our highly scientific poll! Do you believe that – despite the growing number of senior PMO staff who knew all about the Duffy-Wright dirty deal – the Control…
Saved By The Shell! Ostrander Point Wind Project Cancelled Due To Presence Of Endangered Turtle!!!!
The Ostander Point Wind Project has been revoked because: … the roads systems and construction would cause serious and irreversible harm to the Blanding’s Turtle and that the proposed mitigation…