‘Pakour’, or FreeRunning, is the acrobatic art of running through cities and overcoming obstacles on the fly — or like a fly, because sometimes it seems like traceurs (slang for…
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/07/14/pol-mackay-libya.html
This is great news. It was only a matter of time until the scandal spread across the pond.The object of the investigation so far is the hacked phone messages of…
So, here we go with the Ontario PC Platform, the Changebook (warning: PDF). Or is that the Change Book? ChangeBook? I don't know, and I don't think they do, either.According...
TheStar Sun Media ditches press council, citing issues with ‘political correctness’Now Sun Media is completely free in Ontario to continue to print fiction and make up stories without any way…
So, here we go with the Ontario PC Platform, the Changebook. Or is that the Change Book? ChangeBook? I don't know, and I don't think they do, either.According to this,…
Assorted content for your review.- Iglika Ivanova calculates the cost of poverty in British Columbia:My findings confirm what we’ve already suspected: poverty comes with a very high price tag. The…
But only after he was served a summons.This should be quite a show: Rupert, James, Rebekah.Murdoch knows TV. Little did he know he would become a reality TV star. Something…
You can follow this link to CBC Radio's Radio Noon interview with Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, talking about the proposed Lower Churchill hydro development at Muskrat Falls, and discussion around…
To his critics on the left, Stephen Harper is a right wing ideologue. To his critics on the right, he is a Liberal in disguise. Scott Stinson, in The National…
We've just returned from our consult with an orthopedic specialist at the OVC in Guelph. Tal has been doing so well, she seems so improved, that I think many people…
While everyone may think the provincial has banned the cosmetic use of pesticides, a quick check with the province’s environment department confirmed this afternoon that not only haven’t they gazetted…
Until they come home and want us to spend money to mend them. Then they are just another obstacle to cutting taxes.
I’ll play some classic Bob Newhart later, but this is just such a great (recent-ish) sketch he did on Mad TV. Alltop is compelled to be funny.
BTR Global Opportunity Trading Limited v. RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust, 2011 ONCA 518 deals with the need to assert jurisdictional concerns promptly. The Court holds: &...
One chapter ends and another begins in the ongoing mystery of baby-theft and illicit adoptions in Argentina. This one, unfortunately, offers no easy answers for the time being: The DNA…
"Fallen media baron Conrad Black is taking a swipe at News Corporation chair Rupert Murdoch, describing his former rival as untrustworthy, malicious, and someone who has “difficulty keeping friendships.”In a…
That's Paul Krugman's view. He shares it with Ezra Klein and Digby. RedBedHead goes even further.End of the progressive dream in the US? Yep.
The parasites and rumour-mongers who run the debt ratings agencies, having done their work getting the Greek government to screw their population, have moved on to Italy. Let's be honest,…
legates1.jpg David Legates announced this week that he was asked to step down as Delaware State Climatologist, a position he held for seven years. A long-time denier of the human…
