Despite over 9,500 public submissions to the Joint Review Panel for the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline – with a resounding 96% opposed – John Carruthers, the company president in…
The Con government has announced that Canadian energy companies who cause an environmental disaster will be liable for a much larger amount. Currently, it’s just $30 million for the east…
What happened to 55,000 low-income rental households in Ontario? Between the late 1990s and the early 2000s they simply disappeared from the census. A new report from the Ontario Non-Profit…
Today’s CBC Edition Business Panel focused on the proposal by Fraser Surrey Docks to build a new coal terminal on the Fraser river to export US thermal coal (if you…
It’s hard to come up with a substantive review when you don’t have much to say that’s critical, even constructively critical, about the book in question. So this review will…
While we continue pushing back against government imposed online spying, we want to report back and thank the community members who stepped up recently. Back in May we sent you…
Thanks to Alison at Creekside for this and, of course, her ever-growing Harper’s Parade of Perps. Recommend this Post
Our fearless leader Justin Trudeau will be in my home riding of Burlington this Thursday, so if you’re in or near Halton Region, here’s your chance to ask Justin the…
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has caused some problems for one of his caucus members with his attack on Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau for charging speaker fees while sitting as an…
The two great French cities of the world, well, Montreal used to be worthy, are having some development conundrums. Paris has decided to add a dozen highrise buildings but away…
Pic sent by Milo, their Nasties-knowing manager! Will they let us open for them when they return to this side of the pond? Stay tuned!
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – George Monbiot writes about the dangers of allowing wealthy and privileged individuals to speak as the voice of the poor and downtrodden:…
At least not a major one that I know of. Pourquoi? Coz on this day 198 years ago Wellington took Napoleon to school at Waterloo. See ya, wouldn’t want to…
We live by numbers and some more important than others. Some don’t change often so we keep them in our head: age, date of birth, height, weight, phone number, address,…
I’ve felt badly for a while now that conservative voters have no ethical right wing party to vote for in Canada (or the USA, for that matter). The Conservative Party…
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R. v. Kinney, 2013 YKCA 5 is a useful source for when conviction should be set aside because it was not supported by the evidence before the trial judge: The…
Just because you wish someone was not there does not make him go away. It is almost as though Kathleen Wynne and her Ontario Liberals do not know what to…
Nothing says make me leader of a party that seems to have accidentally struck a chord with voters than spreading false information and then admitting it. (Read more…)
The letter below was sent to Letters to the Editor of the TandT over a week ago. But it has yet to appear. It is from doctors in Sackville experessing…
