review Archive
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Spies in new glass houses: Ottawa’s electronic espionage agency budget blows past CSIS, tops $600 million
Posted on 10.11.2016 | No CommentsThe Communications Security Establishment, or CSE, is to receive $605.6 million, according to supplementary estimates tabled in Parliament. That’s $22 million more than originally planned -
Discharge of Mountie who developed PTSD after four colleagues murdered violates Charter: lawyer
Posted on 22.10.2016 | No CommentsFormer constable Trevor Josok was dismissed following changes to the RCMP Act that allow for the dismissal of an officer having a disability -
To Police Unions: Stop Protecting Rotten Cops
Posted on 23.09.2016 | No CommentsPolice in riot gear look on as demonstrators pass by during an organized march in Toronto. (Photo: AP Photo/Gerry Broome) People like to excuse police violence by claiming that it's just a few bad apples. Perhaps that's true, but then who is electing... -
Council pay under review
Posted on 22.09.2016 | No CommentsCity council was asked by Legislative Services at its Sept. 19 regular meeting to review how remuneration for council members is determined. -
Give First Nations power to call in military when rights are threatened, chief tells defence minister
Posted on 14.09.2016 | No CommentsRon Swain, of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, told Harjit Sajjan that aboriginal communities deserve the same rights as provincial governments -
Canada helping Belize with defence policy amid tensions with Guatemala over soldiers killing boy
Posted on 28.08.2016 | No CommentsBelize is embroiled a border dispute with Guatemala, which deployed 3,000 troops in April to a disputed area between the two countries -
Taxi drivers launch $215 million lawsuit against City of Ottawa weeks before Uber becomes legal
Posted on 13.08.2016 | No CommentsMembers of Ottawa’s beleaguered taxi industry filed the class action lawsuit Friday, accusing the city of failing to properly enforce its own taxi bylaw -
The Unspoken Reason Why Canadian TV Lacks A Canadian Identity
Posted on 12.08.2016 | No CommentsContinuing my riffing on Karen Burrows' Twitter essay about Canadian TV and cultural identity (and the subsequent Canadaland interview) and my attempt to keep the conversation going: Another interesting comment nestled in the middle of her tweets is ... -
‘No one deserves the pain I caused’: Calgary mass killer addresses review board
Posted on 14.07.2016 | No CommentsA Calgary man found not criminally responsible for the stabbing deaths of five young people will remain in closed custody for the next year before his next review. -
National Energy Board suspends review of Northern Gateway sunset clause extension request
Posted on 08.07.2016 | No CommentsThe National Energy Board (NEB) is suspending its review of a request from Northern Gateway Pipelines and the Aboriginal Equity Partners to extend the sunset clauses for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project. The NEB will also suspend its review of any... -
A family nightmare: P.E.I. father falsely accused of sexually assaulting autistic, non-verbal daughter
Posted on 02.07.2016 | No Comments'They have done a great job of destroying this family': The province, it's health department and a group home were all to blame for the false allegations that tore the family apart -
Watch: British Columbians asked for their opinions on speed limit review
Posted on 10.01.2014 | No CommentsWe are in the midst of a speed limit debate as it applies to our major rural highways.
