Supreme Court rules against lawyer who wouldn’t retire at 65
The following is a summary of the article titled “Supreme Court rules against lawyer who wouldn’t retire at 65” by Jeff Gray, taken from The Globe and Mail news website…
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Irish swing to the hard Left as voters tire of austerity – Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/10867083/Irish-swing-to-the-hard-Left-as-voters-tire-of-austerity.html?utm_content=bufferfd6d8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Filed under: Uncategorized
#RicochetParty Thank you!
A big thank you to all the tremendous support at the West Coast Ricochet Party. Thank you to everyone who came- thank you to everyone who approached shy-little-me to say
The real story in the European elections wasn’t the rise of ‘populists and extremists’, but the return of the left-right divide
Originally posted on Greek Left Review: The European Parliament elections saw a number of smaller parties with broadly Eurosceptic or anti-establishment platforms do well across Europe. Jonathan White writes that…
New head of UK health system says centralization of hospital services a mistake
The Ontario government has frequently looked to England in setting the course of health care reform. From public-private partnerships to “commissioning” of private clinics to deliver public care, the model…
Labrador’s School System Causes Distraction
Send the teachers and administrators home for causing a distraction. Mistaking 2014 for 1914, they sent young women (and even a couple men) home for wearing clothing that showed some…
Burning Bridges
I have been struggling a lot with how to deal with people who I once respected greatly but now, as they have developed new projects and I have developed my
PRISM: NSA Caught In Another Lie about #Snowden
The NSA had claimed that Ed Snowden hadn’t contacted superiors with concerns about their illegal activity. They released an email attempting to discredit his claim that he had raised concerns,…
Ann Barrow
“Harper nominates next privacy watchdog” by Alex Boutilier, Toronto Star, May 29, 2014, s. A3. While the issue of the newly nominated Daniel Therrien, current Assistant Deputy Solicitor General, by…
Liberals promise to cap hospital parking fees – not roll them back
After years of telling hospitals to raise the price of parking to make ends meet, the Liberals are now saying they will cap such costs should they be returned to…
The Dionne Quintuplets: Little Girls Lost in the Harsh Glare of Fame
mauricetougas: Photos from Life magazine of the Dionne Quints, born 80 years ago today. And my blog on the girls at http://wp.me/p17bGN-mt Originally posted on LIFE: This week marks the…
Bell starts as deputy minister days before Ontario goes to the polls
Just days before an Ontario election Dr. Bob Bell is taking up the post of Deputy Minister of Health. A former orthopaedic surgeon, Bell is likely most familiar to Ontarians…
“We hope the OPP is taking note” — Meagher
CORNWALL – Residents and laboratory staff at the Cornwall Community Hospital marched outside of city hall last night to try and save local histology services in the St. Lawrence Seaway…
Is Red the New Orange?
The Ontario election has featured a deeply divided, ideologically intrenched split. Two polarized points of view on how our province should run which will determine who runs it. To be…
Party Platforms – New Democrats pledge to address health care wait times
The New Democrats health platform is about addressing wait times. They say they will cut ER wait times in half and make health care a priority. This is their four-year…
Introducing The Idiot Historian, and happy birthday to Cecile and Annette Dionne.
Wednesday marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of one of the most amazing, uplifting and ultimately tragic stories in Canadian history. Let’s see if the lazy Canadian media, so…
European Election Results for the Radical Left
Scores in EU elections for radical left (corrections and additions welcome) Germany Die Linke: 7.40% DKP: 0.1% MLPD: 0.1% Belgium PTB-GO!: 2.02% PDVA+: 1.47% Denmark Socialistisk Folkeparti: 10.90 Folkebevægelsen mod…
Ricochet: An invitation to our party and to meet me and the team
As some of you may already know I am on the editorial collective at Ricochet, a new independent media project for progressive voices. For those who know me personally or
Ontario Election: My Inner Debate
I love elections. They represent the raw spirit of what we strive for when we talk about democracy. I hate elections. Our current system pushes us to be frustrated, confused…
Cornwall: Tonight’s rally asks Despatie to stop hiding behind EORLA
CORNWALL — Jeanette Despatie needs to stop hiding behind the Eastern Ontario Regional Lab Association and answer the community’s questions about the transfer of medical laboratory tests to Ottawa. Despatie,…