This is what you expect when money is ilegally misappropriated
Members of project selection committee Clement chaired received 83 per cent of $50-million G8 fundDiscuss.
This Really Should Be No One’s British Columbia
AllTheCostCuttingThatMustNotStandPreyingOnTheVulnerableVille Last week we mentioned an excellent bit of investigative digging from Lindsay Kines of the Victoria Times-Colonist. Essentially, Mr. Kines reported that developmentally disabled adults ...
Montreal police dragging its feet no more. ‘David Mabus’ arrested.
"believe me, the only reason the photo is available is because I WANTED IT OUT THERE.... actually it is quite a flattering photo of me: With finger cocked and pointing,…
We’re not ready for online voting
I read today that Elections Canada is considering dipping its toe into the waters of online or e-voting: Canada's chief electoral officer says he's committed to seeking approval for a…
In Case You ARE Wondering
Sue Ann Levy, haven't taken all sorts of flack for her horrible T.O. Sun column re the Toronto Fire Service, tweets angrily: The TPFF is the Toronto Professional Firefighters Association…
Government Trust Broken? Breach of Abused Mother’s New Identity
After years of domestic abuse, there were high hopes for Jane Doe and her daughter to lead a normal life with new identities. With assistance from a secretive federal program,…
Rob Ford – getting weirder by the day
Thanks to Warren Kinsella for finding this… Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Canada’s Obama bus comes under fire from the US right
Number one, it's black. Crazed Texan (aren't all right-winged Texans crazed?) Louis Gohmert calls it the "Darth Vader" bus and Obama the "evil emperor".Number two, it was built in a…
Canada’s Unenviable Royal RaceTo The Past
Where are Canadian progressives when you need them? Where were Canada’s anti-mornachists, pacifists and nationalists when Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative government were planning to return Canada to…
Scary Perry
The feverish madness of USian politics continues apace, entertaining as usual. If you thought the GOP couldn’t possibly come up with a goofier presidential candidate than CrazyEyes, you’d be wrong.…
Shoulda Carried the "1"…
Nation, typos happen. We've all zigged linguistically or mathematically when we should have zagged.When politicians do it, however, it's a bit more of a problem. Because, quite simply put, we…
Tips for artists
http://fromyourdesks.com/2010/09/24/john-baldessari/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldessari Google Image search Filed under: art
This is where I stopped reading
Since the title of Lawrence Martin's column of yesterday is Pushing the limits of state surveillance, I would imagine he was going to go on to discuss the continuing assaults…
So *that’s* what journalism looks like
While far too many media outlets have gone out of their way to give Tony Clement and the Cons a pass on this week's thoroughly damning revelations about their G8…
Local Imam charged with sexual assaults
The story is a sad one and I am not setting out the details here -- it may be that the Imam is not guilty. The reason I highlight the…
Since Bonnie asked…
Bonnie asked for it, and here it is! This is the table runner that GC made for his mother. Isn’t it stunning? I’ve included some close-ups of some of the…
Murdoch’s Lawyers on "Find out what the hell is going on" …
Some interesting comments by Harbottle & Lewis LLP – a law firm retained by News of the World group to do some limited research concerning the firing of Goodman. Deep…
Security-surveillance states trending abroad and at home
Momentum against the government's online spying legislation continues to build. Here, Lawrence Martin places Lawful Access in socio-historical context, amidst the growing international trend of increased state security-surveillance measures. 9/11…
Yet more wind in the clouds
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