Will Calgary Be Paying the Mayor's Lawyers?
At a time when most Calgary taxpayers are reeling from a recession that hit hard and fast, there's a bit of upsetting news that points to a possible problem with…
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At a time when most Calgary taxpayers are reeling from a recession that hit hard and fast, there's a bit of upsetting news that points to a possible problem with…
In what many consider to be the first case of its kind in Canada, a man was charged with criminal harassment for comments he made on social media about two…
Last year, Canada's Supreme Court told the federal government that it needed to come up with assisted dying legislation—a law that would allow Canadian adults with chronic and intolerable illnesses…
Our Prime Minister has promised it will happen, and may law enforcement and health officials are very much onboard.
Whenever times get bleak for Calgary we get inundated with articles like this, linking the depressed economy to increased crime rates and sowing more fear, which is the exact opposite…
Given my fairly transparent and not especially laudatory attitude towards the Calgary Police, one might think I felt a fair amount of pleasure when I came across a headline in…
While there is still a lot of work we have to do to create a society that is truly fair and just to everyone in it, Alberta got a bit…
It seems like there's a new story every week with the same basic details: Calgary Police track down someone who is allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade, then announce…
Opinion pieces in the Calgary Herald should always be taken with a grain of salt (or a shot of something stronger), but this piece on potential marijuana legalization really takes…
There are no apologies or excuses to be made for those who carried out the recent attacks in Paris.
Some members of the Calgary Police force are clamoring for more officers, but is that really the right solution? According to Metro, some cops on the beat have complained of staffing…
Careful readers will note a key four letter word in my title.
I've spent a fair amount of time on this blog discussing the Calgary Police Service, often in critical tones.
I've written previously about the problems that criminalizing commonly-used recreational drugs causes here in Calgary.
A settlement in the price-gouging and insider-trading case in which power provider TransAlta profited to the tune of around $25 million dollars has finally been reached, and it looks like…
As reported in the Calgary Herald, Calgary has a new Chief Crown Prosecutor.
My lack of love for outgoing PM Stephen Harper is no secret; at best, we have strikingly different views on what is best for Canada and its people and on…
Now it's not just the real Calgary Police Service you need to watch out for.
Given the significance of the recent election and the amount of attention paid to the campaigns, we might be forgiven for overlooking some other important events in Calgary over the…
Just in case there was any question as to where Canada's immigration policy was headed under this Conservative government—the same government that backed and managed to pass Bill C-51, also…
Ubaka Obogu, a professor of law at the University of Alberta, is the epitome of the Canadian immigrant success story.
As reported in the Calgary Sun, a man wearing a Confederate flag—the flag of the South in the US Civil War and often interpreted today as a symbol of white…
The answer to the question in the title is, of course, "absolutely nothing," but that answer only works for those of us living in reality.