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Treaty 8 First Nations appeal to the UN to intervene against proposed Site C Dam
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Treaty 8 First Nations have taken their struggle against the proposed Site ...
Let’s be Marines! Get over DADT
Sgt. Maj. Barrett speaking to new Marines and I suspect to the attackers of DADT ... Sgt. Maj. Barrett, top ranked enlisted man in US Marines “Get over it,” he…
On back to work legislation. Whoa, deja vu.
So, another conservative (note the small "c") government, another round of back to work legislation. Canada violates its international obligations yet again, and is again grouped with such shining lights…
RCMP finally investigates Muskoka’s G8 ‘Legacy Infrastructure’
Uh oh – time for Tony Clement to get all huffy and defiant again because dammit, we just wont go away with the questions about how $50M was distributed throughout…
The results are in
While it's interesting to have a glance at an early sense from Canadians on how they're feeling about what they just elected federally, part of this Nanos poll seems utterly…
They are going to create a monster here
“They are going to create a monster here, because you will have at the end of the day … an elected body that may or may not be elected, that…
National Aboriginal Day – June 21, 2011
First Nations singers / drum group - 'Iron Swing' from Sturgeon Lake, Saskatchewan ...
Why the dolphins are smarter than us—recently revealed
Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, animal advocate and a very funny man, once observed that, "Man always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins…
He robbed a bank of one dollar to get health care
North Carolina man robs store for a dollar so he can get health care in prison for medical problem "The pain was beyond the tolerance that I could accept," he…
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There can be said to be a beginning and end when one chooses a particular point of time and calls it ‘the beginning, and another point ‘the end’. After adding…
Mitigation does not apply to an action for a fixed debt
Fischer v. Dyck Forages & Grasses Ltd., 2011 MBCA 47 deals with the obligation to mitigate when collecting a contract debt. In general, mitigation does not apply to an action for a…
QP: Dismissing an RCMP investigation as a PR stunt
It being National Aboriginal Day, there were a number of Members’ Statements to that effect, and after Jack Layton dispensed with a couple of cursory questions on the postal strike…
Ocean Breakdown
Its been nice knowing (almost) all of you. The tiny bits of plastic at the bottom of the ocean poisoning the food chain, and the floaty bits on top of…
thoughts about the mayor’s think tank. our arts. our edmonton.
I had the pleasure of joining over 200 Edmontonians to share ideas about making our city more friendly to the arts at Mayor Stephen Mandel‘s Arts Think Tank today at…
Nearly Done
I’ve gone through all my editors’ notes and made all the changes–and have started one more run through to make sure I like what I did. I will surface soon–though…
Kremlinology 36: Thinking with your ass
We’d all like to think that political ideas come out of politicians’ heads after careful thought and lots of research. In Newfoundland and Labrador, government ideas tend to spring from…
Cape Breton North By-election
Looks like the Tories will hold onto Cecil Clarke's old seat in Cape Breton North.Results, with 47 of 51 polls reporting:
Stop Online Spying!
Highlight Image: Highlight Caption: A petition to stop warrantless online spying Highlight Link: ...