Olbermann-Murdoch.jpg As if this week's Rupert Murdoch Phone-Hacking Scandal wasn't enough, it now appears that the University of East Anglia CRU email hacking scandal (a.k.a. Climategate) might ...
I am not familiar with the NAU concept and recently heard about it. It sure sounds scary. Are Canadians aware of the deals like these by Stephen Harper? It sounds…
Sad news. Elwy is gone. Elwy Yost is the reason I love films as much as I do. He is an even bigger reason why I like old films and…
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/07/21/crime-rates.html
Actual footage (was used in this bit.) Alltop is all actual footage.
Here’s what happens when something goes wrong with Hootsuite. Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
I find it astonishing that there is a gender based presumptive rule remaining in Canadian tax law – constitutional or not it is offensive: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/07/20/ottawa-father-benefits.html An Ot...
Back in April, 2010, EKOS pollster Frank Graves got into a lot of trouble in the neo-con blogosphere for advising the Liberal Party to “invoke a culture war” on the…
Canadian and international press outlets reported last month that in India, the preference to have male children is so strong that parents are having their female infants surgically assigned (a.k.a.…
An award-winning 2002 documentary on Gaza from filmmaker James Longley is now available on line.
....Would be to not reappoint Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond as the province's child representative.And make no mistake, it is this government, a government currently being run by the very person who…
A previous version of this post is the most Googled thing I've ever written, so I'll keep re-posting it with updates as the busy electoral season approaches. It's a calendar…
“Friday, Friday, gotta resign on Friday”H/T: Mother Jones
Bastien Estate v. Canada 2011 SCC 38, just released, sets out the test for determining when property is to be considered "on a reserve" for income tax purposes. The decision may…
The week has come and gone, and here is this follow-Friday edition of 140 Law, featuring our leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Gay marriage doesn't end fight to…
More than 350 Progressive Conservative supporters packed into the main hall at Vermilion’s Lakeland College Campus to hear and ask questions to the six candidates seeking the leadership of Alberta’s…
Just over a year ago, I wrote an opinion piece about the federal government’s “innovation strategy” and its impact on the post-secondary education sector. In the piece, I argue that…
The Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation is considering serving alcohol on the greens and fairways of the public golf courses. I am very much looking forward to the staff…
Went out last night for a drink with a friend of mine and we ended up in a conversation with a professor from the University of Western Ontario who teaches…
Each week, Wise Law Blog reviews recent decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal. Aguas v. Rivard Estate. A personal injury case where the appellant, Ms. Aguas, was suing the…
