When settlement groups go astray
Several months back, there was a huge storm when PMS cut off funding for Hamilton based SISO, the Settlement and Integration Services Organization effectively forcing it to close down. At…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for May 19, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:French fury at US: Showing a suspect in handcuffs is illegal in France under laws to preserve presumption of innocencehttp://goo.gl/G64sOA…
The digital dilemma: What will we leave for future generations?
I recently completed a family photo album/history that relied heavily on faded photographs, some going back nearly 100 years, and various pieces of written correspondence and other documents. And as…
Canucks Facebook page allowed Homophobic comments
I am a big fan of hockey as many of my friends will tell you. Don't get between me and the game on my 40" HD surround sound screen. I…
Same old Senate – same old Harper
I’m presuming that Harper will use the “stability” argument as one of his reasons for re-appointing 2 Conservative Senators who had resigned and lost in the general election and appointing…
Donald Trump Won’t Run!
Personally I wanted Trump to run as it would have helped the democratics chances, but I am glad that the joke candidate is out as we might be able to…
Former baseball player, Billy Bean, poses for equal rights
Former Major League Baseball player Billy Bean, who made news in 1999 when he came out openly as gay four years after he retired from the sport, has posed for…
"This Stinks To High Heaven" – Ford’s disrespect for taxpayers
The Grid TO | Thirteen questions about Rob Ford’s questionable accountingBy Edward Keenan...The problem is that candidates are forbidden from taking loans from anyone except banks and other recognized lending…
Autism Can End Lives: Wandering and Drowning
Those who don't believe that autism can be a deadly disorder, who believe that wandering from home and drowning is not a problem that should be associated with autism, will…
The last Liberal standing will try to revive battered Alberta Liberals’ fortunes
Hugh MacDonald speaks last winter on the steps of the Alberta Legislature. Below: Laurie Blakeman.Hugh MacDonald may be the last Liberal left standing, but, by God, he is a Liberal!Mr.…
“Don’t worry, it’s legal.”
“Don’t worry,” said the woman, “It’s legal.” This lass (same one as this post, actually) was commenting on the Conservative bypassing the spending limit on their 2008 campaign. Don’t worry,…
Did the Israeli army have the right to shoot?
Did the Israeli army have the right to shoot? - Features - Al Jazeera EnglishOn Sunday, Israel's disputed northern frontier saw the first deadly clashes between civilians and the Israeli…
Even Losers are Winners
Source: CTV News: Harper Appoints 3 Defeated Candidates to SenateOn a day when a new cabinet was selected, which should have been the major political issue of the day, Stephen…
More Convent shenanigans
It seems that access through Byron Linear Park to the Ashcroft development at the former Soeurs de la Visitation convent is back on the table, contary to what the community…
Sheepdogs make it to the final two
Saskatoon rock band Sheepdogs have made it to the final two in the contest to get onto the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.Go again! Vote again!THE SHEEPDOGS - I Don't…
Welcome Back
For those who thought the new Stephen Harper, free from the shackles of minority government, would be any different from the old Stephen Harper, think again:Harper appoints three defeated candidates…
Harper’s anti-democratic senate appointments.
Harper has appointed three senate seats from among his party. Here is the kicker: these people just lost their election campaigns to be MP's. Opposed to supporting democratic influences it…
Social Trends: Partisan Politics and the People
Question: What makes you follow a certain party or group of people (Politically or Socially)? Example: We are a member of our family because the family unit is one of…