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
Today I am here. The title of this sounds a little like some cheap gay porn. It's not, Steven and Bruce both enjoyed a smart cocktail and would have enjoyed…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj7NfrrnaKE Don Azpiazu introduced authentic Cuban dance music to North American audiences when his Havana Casino Orchestra travelled to New York to cut EL MANISERO "The Peanut Vendor" for Victor…
The Mark News has learned that a Canadian firm is helping to censor information in the Middle East with software that blocks websites "based on social, religious or political ideals."An…
self awareness, a photo by lunchbreath on Flickr. I’d have to have more brain space for “Thoughts of Tina Fey”, except they would be “Thoughts of Charlize Theron”. Do I…
Now that the Liberals are decimated and the Conservatives have a majority government, that once favourite whipping boy for raising donations among its base is gone, so it will have…
The CBC's The Fifth Estate recently rebroadcasted the stellar 2010 documentary, The Legacy of Brendan Burke, which tells the story of the life and death of the youngest son of…
Harper showed up to TD Garden with a significant security detail of eight to 10 people. Wearing suit jacket and collared shirt, he sat 12 rows back of the ice…
