Things Go Better With Coke (Except Taxes)
People of a certain age will remember the old ad slogan, "Things Go Better With Coke." Apparently France disagrees, as it seeks to impose a minuscule tax on the sale…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for September 9, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Canadian Judicial Council to Hear Allegations Against Manitoba Justice Lori Douglas | Suite101.com - http://goo.gl/CDqLLJudge: Neighbour's N.Y. noise suit against…
September 11 Lost To Terrorism
This article appeared on PostMedia websites in the lead-up coverage of September 11th, Ten Years Later. A new generation is dawning, and they have no direct grasp of what it…
Alberta’s ‘Supporters’ — a good idea and here’s why
Over the last couple of weeks I have been stuffing and mailing envelopes for Federal Liberal Riding fund-raising. It's not exactly glamorous work but it needs doing. But I notice…
Hudak Is A DUD
A rehashed title, only because it's so TRUE! The new HD poll has tongues wagging, as people digest an apparent massive reversal of fortune. I would still caution the poll…
Bell Media, CBC team up for Olympics bid by Susan Krashinsky
Columnist says he IOC potentially faces a situation where only one bid is submitted from Canada’s broadcast industry to broadcast the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and the 2016…
Blackwater Still Profiting From Death
April Reign Blackwater (Xe Services) is releasing a video game; “The video game is a fictional action first-person shooter, without any political agenda, and is being published to let gamers…
PC over Promising.
In PEI the PC's in the province who are losing terribly in the polls are trying to gain support promising something that PEI can't afford. The Pc leader Olive Crane…
Rumours Of Infidelity
From Bourrie's Facebook page: No name attached to the email, but apparently alot of ccs on it including to the PM. As to newsworthiness, you might argue that there are…
I don’t like the way they framed what they were doing…
they weren't there stating clearly that they were challenging totalitarian government control by attempting to come into direct conflict with it.nope.they were just there, smiling, hangin' around, playing kumbaya and…
Toronto Sun Shames Great City Of Toronto
Toronto is a clean and beautiful city… that is littered with a few eyesores. Some of the most evident examples are the poorly maintained and abandoned 24 Hours newspaper boxes.…
UK Kinda Almost Lifts Gay Blood Ban
The United Kingdom has removed its lifetime ban on blood donations from gay men, replacing it with a one year deferral since the last time a donor has had sex…
Dateline: Desperation, Newfoundland
Finance minister Tom Marshall called the province’s major radio talk show on Thursday to promote the Muskrat Falls power project. He quoted from a book by Wally Read and L.J.…
Laying down the leadership rules
The NDP’s federal council meets here in Ottawa tomorrow to determine the rules of their leadership contest, in advance of their caucus retreat in Quebec City. At a press conference…
The Right Is Scared, and They Should Be!
So I’ve had a lot of time over the past few weeks to really take in the mood of the political landscape in Canada. It’s interesting to see how both…
Globe editorial by confounded ideologue
The Globe and Mail presented an editorial this week that appears to be written by a confounded ideologue seconded from a Toronto high school paper. It really is the most…
If Autism Is A Brain Disorder, Surely We Need To Look At The Brain?
Dr. Aditi Shankardass: It it is a brain disorder, surely we need to look at the brain! Autism is one of the developmental disorders described as a brain based disorder…
Ted Morton says everybody does it? Well, stand up straight Alberta, and listen to your mother!
Do what your mama tells you! Below: My Mom, circa 1937; Ted Morton; Charles Rusnell.It’s been a few hours now since a CBC investigative reporter revealed that front-running Conservative leadership…
Massive Black Out In California
There are reports that up to 2 million people are without power around the US-Mexico border. These reports don’t mention that there was also a (probably unrelated) large power outage…