The dismissal of polygamy charges against the two leaders of a Mormon fundamentalist sect in Bountiful, B.C., puts the British Columbia government in a quandary. An appeal could uphold the decision of Madam Justice Sunni Stromberg-Stein that the B.C. Attorney General at the time, Wally Oppal, had improperly interfered in the justice system by “prosecutor shopping” [...]
Filed under: Books, Culture, Politics | Tagged: Blackmore, Bountiful, Mormon fundamentalists, Oler, polygamy | 2 Comments »
An interesting pattern is emerging in the wave of criticism being heaped on President Obama for his assumed past associations with extremists and his alleged sympathy for socialist (or worse) solutions to the problems that confound the United States. A highly critical column this week in Canada’s National Post — you can read it here [...]
Filed under: Politics | Tagged: healthcare debate, missile shield, Obama and his critics, U.S, war crimes | 1 Comment »
At first, I felt a sense of mild disgust as the hefty 104-page insert DINE, printed on the glossiest of slick paper, tumbled from my copy of this morning’s Globe and Mail. Another one of those self-congratulatory things that charities often publish after their big fund-raising balls, I thought. Lots of pictures of self-satisfied party-goers [...]
Filed under: Culture | Tagged: conspicuous consumption, DINE, greed and gross, Sara Waxman | 1 Comment »
It started out as a commemoration of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham — the crucial 1759 contest between English and French that made Canada British. It’s degenerated into a war of words over what’s to be read at a two-day marathon next weekend in Quebec City. The read-fest was organized after plans for [...]
Filed under: History, Politics | Tagged: FLQ Manifesto, Plains of Abrahram | Leave a Comment »
I can’t recall an event in the recent past that has aroused such public interest and emotion right across Canada. I’m referring to the tragic street accident involving the former Attorney General of Ontario, Michael Bryant, and the bicycle courier, Darcey Allan Sheppard. As I write, this, The Globe and Mail web site has no [...]
Filed under: Automobile industry, Culture, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged: bike-car collisions, Darcey Allen Sheppard, Ex-Attorney General Michael Bryant, restoring damaged reputations | Leave a Comment »
