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We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Municipality of South Bruce responds to Mr. Donnelly, re: Proposed Deep Geological Repository Back to video We are counsel to the Municipality of South Bruce with respect to the Municipality’s participation in the site selection process being undertaken by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (the “NWMO”) for a proposed Deep Geological Repository and associated infrastructure (the “Project”). We have ...

Article content With a controversial royal interview once again in the public zeitgeist, there has been a predictable chorus of calls to abolish the monarchy or otherwise punt the House of Windsor into historical irrelevance. No, not this controversial interview, the other one. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Abolish the monarchy? In Canada, it would be a royal pain in the butt Back to video In an interview broadcast Sunday with Oprah Winfre...

Article content Everyone saw Alberta’s bad news budget this week — another huge deficit and our net debt now surpassing $100 billion. (Hard to believe that only 16 years ago we were debt-free.) What Albertans did not see is that Ottawa’s equalization program will still be treating Alberta as a “have province,” which means we will be paying rather than receiving. The equalization budget for 2021 is projected to be just over $20 billion, and, as usual, Quebec will be receiving two out o...

By Deacon Eric Gurash The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the application of the public Good Spirit School Divisions leave to appeal. This decision confirms the unanimous decision of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal in March of last year, which sought to limit funding for those who attend Catholic schools in the province while lacking a Catholic certificate of baptism. The case has been navigating the court system since 2005 when the Good Spirit School Division asked the Court of Queens B...

Posted: Feb 21, 2021 9:00 AM NT | Last Updated: February 21 Despite the best warnings of civil society, Newfoundland and Labradors leaders have systematically ignored the evidence regarding our democratic institutions, the financial crisis, the inequality of our age, and the perils of climate change, writes Lori Lee Oates.(Nicholas Hillier Photography/Submitted by Lori Lee Oates)

A Court of Queen’s Bench decision on a local lawsuit could have far-reaching implications for public education in Saskatchewan, and possibly across the country. Last week, Justice Donald Layh ruled on a 12-year-old challenge by the Good Spirit School Division (GSSD) of Christ the Teacher Catholic Schools’ (CTTCS) right to receive funding for non-Catholic students. Layh’s verdict was that the government must stop funding non-minority faith students to attend separate schools. Although ...

“Escape from Extinction” (PG) ** HERE’S how Australian movie magazine “FilmInk” began its review of this documentary canvassing the effects of human behaviour on undomesticated living organisms: “The not-for-profit organisation American Humane’s documentary ‘Escape from Extinction’ promotes efforts from zoological organisations in saving endangered animal species. “Narrated by Helen Mirren, it appears that the documentary’s chief objective is to advocate the work that thes...

The use of "First Nations" to describe people who are the "original inhabitants of the land that is now Canada..." came into common parlance in the 1980s.

iPolitics By Tim Naumetz. Published on Feb 9, 2021 4:42pm Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to unveil his governments latest bid to strengthen Canadas gun control laws this morning. (Canada Border Services Agency handout photo) A Federal Court judge has rejected a request from gun owners to temporarily suspend the Liberal cabinet’s controversial ban of assault-style rifles until a court case on the prohibition comes to a final ruling in the case. The decision released today by F...

iPolitics By Stephen Van Dine. Published on Feb 5, 2021 4:18pm Australia crushed the curve, while Canada’s approach to managing the pandemic has been much less successful. Canadians are justified in asking why.  The Australian High Commission in Ottawa (Facebook photo) On Monday, Canada hit a dark milestone of over 20,000 deaths from COVID-19. One reason for this disturbing statistic is the intergovernmental finger-pointing 10 months into the pandemic; the ability of Canadian fede...