This heart wrenching video is the latest in a series by Michael Tutton of the CP exploring Canada's lack of decent, appropriate residential care for mentally disabled adults including people…
Today marked the return of Parliament with the election of the new Speaker this afternoon. Life in the Harper majority era is formally beginning. Just want to note a few…
Not surprisingly, abortion rights would be the first to go. According to one of my least favourite online reads, Life Site News, the Knights of Columbus (read: old white men)…
There is much animosity toward unions out there which isn't surprising given the relentless assault waged against them by populist politicians and their mouthpieces in the corporate media, I even…
Once in a while there is good news to share on the political prisoner front, and this is one of those times. Mansour Osanloo, a bus driver and president of…
I was watching CNBC and happened to see this panel about how the number of Americans killed by natural disasters has declined over time. It was also noted that, in…
Have a whole lot in common.First off we are both World Famous.Secondly, according to his widow Barbara, we have the number 12 in common.In her new tell all book about…
Yep, that's a hospital gownA must read for anyone's who's been on a bender in a strange town. You can't make this shit up. Funny and sad and everything that…
Under the current government, the BC Legislature seems to have become a necessary evil to be used sparingly or otherwise avoided.In the Liberals first term, Premier Campbell introduced a sweeping…
I've been following this story in the geek-singularity press for a little while about the development of a new form of cold fusion out of Italy that is, apparently, on…
Mark Holland gave a barn burner speech at the ALP convention on Saturday night that had the entire crowd buzzing - I'll be sure to post it if I can…
So the Jets are coming back (I refuse to believe they’ll be called anything else), and that is good. I have found memories of the Jets games, from getting hit…
Blogging may be on hold for the week, but columnizing isn't. Here's my latest, on the Cons' disaster response and the broader question of what we expect from our elected…
Much has been made in Canada of Québec Solidaire's Amir Khadir comments that Royal newlyweds Will and Kate are "parasites". This upset many Canadians who feel a strong bond with…
We live in a topsy-turvy world where far, far more money is spent on guns and making war than on educating children and feeding the starving, and where the richest…
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/06/02/pol-speaker-election.html
This drink here is called a Cuba Libre, according to Captain Dan. It was decidedly more than two fifty, and the lime makes *all* the difference. Amazing little fruit, that…
He tells all on Facebook that today is the kickoff of Italian Month on Ontario.Rocco Rossi, former Liberal Party bigshot and current Progressive Comaervative candidate for Tim Hudak in Toronto,…
The Toronto Lawyers Association is providing a brand new service! Daily links to the Toronto Superior Court lists as follows:Commercial ListMaster's MotionMotionsTrialsPre-Trials and Case ConferencesAs a result, we will now…
So far, I've argued that there are good reasons to favour Quebec's right to determine, on its own, whether to separate from Canada. One option that has come up under…
