So much for small government and careful spending:http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1005376STEVE RUSSELL/TORONTO STARLes Whittington and Bruce Campion-SmithOttawa BureauOTTAWA—Stephen Harper’s government misled Parliament and skir...
If our young people are indeed our future, countries like America have trouble looming on the horizon. Over the past generation, public education in the US has suffered - a…
Whatever happened to ethical investing? Venerable Harvard University may be just one of America's top schools pumping endowment funds into deals that could force thousands of Africans off their lands.The…
There are many varieties of columbine or Aquilegia, as it is known botanically. This lovely flower is a descendant of a couple of plants I bought about ten years ago,…
Hey, that's almost as expensive as Harper jetting to hockey games in Boston.
Public opinion polls showing dramatic declines in provincial Conservative support might bring some changes in the slate of candidates. The provincial Conservatives, for example, included a pledge to run again…
Hi there. I’m a blank-faced, mediocre talking head who despises the arts, artists, and talent of any kind, and I’m going to take advantage of a creative woman who foolishly…
R v Dormevil (unreported OCJ June 8, per Green) is a careful decision that emphasizes conditional sentences should be considered whenever their conditions precedent are met. The case also stands…
Here, on how Saskatchewan has avoided the usage-based billing dispute that's caused so many problems elsewhere in Canada - and how strong and creative Crowns are an essential part of…
...but can anybody else remember a case of proportional representation being used as a boogeyman outside of an actual electoral reform referendum?I ask only because Peter MacKay's plea to keep…
At first glance at least, there are few things as cute and inoffensive as a Smurf. The little blue guys were created back in the 50's by Belgian cartoonist, Pierre…
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Canadian lawyers prepare for China’s rise - http://goo.gl/xlFih Headline of the Day? Defiant Weiner Stands Firm | FrumForum -http://goo.gl/OAofWTweeting has…
After starting the week in Las Vegas, during which time my Canucks forgot how to play hockey, I'm onboard a Via train at the moment on my way to Ottawa,…
…to the “anti-Conservative opinion elite”!!! Woo-hoo! I am SO stoked! We need a slogan! Ads! Buttons! T-shirts! Celebrity spokespersons! The CPC is scared shitless, it seems, of those of us…
Nobody reads anymore, or nobody reads anything worth reading. At least that's what we're supposed to believe. These days everyone is too busy playing video games, watching YouTube and texting.…
From an op-ed by Bill McKibben, author and founder of 350.org, narrated and illustrated by Stephen Thomson of Plomomedia.com: The transcript of the original article: “Caution: It is vitally important…
I have to admit that there have been times in the last few years when I have been deeply saddened by the cynicism of young people. I also have to…
Shania Twain fell down went boom on national TV at the CMTs.WFDS
