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Butch Chiniquay was charged with second degree murder in the death of his girlfriend in 2011. He was not only sentenced to 5 years in prison but may have apologized for...
Read MoreThis post is simply to add some perspective to a typical crime story. The goal is to provide some tools for analyzing and interpreting media.
Read MoreThe Holiday Season encapsulating Christmas and New Year is a time when Government offices and many businesses in Alberta and across Canada close – some of them for an extended...
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Read More“To Whinge” – “to complain persistently and in a peevish or irritating way”.
Read MoreIncluded below is a redacted Charter Notice -- filed in a real case -- challenging the constitutionality of section 320.27(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada.
Read MoreOn November 28th, 2019 the Alberta Court of Appeal weighed-in on the issue of wholesale Fentanyl trafficking; it did so decisively and harshly. In R. v.
Read MoreSection 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms constitutionally guarantees the democratic right of any Canadian citizen to vote in a general federal, provincial or municipal election. It...
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Read MoreA “racist” is someone who feels or shows discrimination or prejudice against a person of another race or who believes a particular race is superior to another.
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