Former sex worker at Osgoode tells her story
From selling sex to Osgoode Hall Daniel Dale writes for the Toronto Star: Even at diverse York University, the woman in the front row is a curious sight. She takes notes on an unlined piece…
November 2009
Do CRU emails show FOIA wrong-doing?
There’s been a lot of hype in the past few days about a batch of emails that were either hacked or leaked from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit (CRU). In the view…
Street Racing Laws Ruled Unconstitutional… Again!
For the second time, Ontario’s new anti-street racing laws have been deemed unconstitutional. Â This time Justice Peter Wright, has thrown out charges by indicating the unconstitutionality of the new law. Justice Peter West, a provincial…
Announcing the Launch of ObiterTweet by Steven Pulver
It’s a law student’s dream – or maybe a nightmare. Law firm recruiters scouring social media networks to find an appropriate candidate for their firm. The current recruitment process does little to reveal the personality,…
The torture scandal
Colvin a protected `whistleblower,’ Cannon says The Canadian Press: Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says diplomat Richard Colvin had a right to make his explosive allegations about Afghan prisoners. He says Colvin exercised his prerogative…
Labour Dispute May Still Affect Olympics
Even though B.C. passed back-to-work legislation for paramedics and dispatches in Nov., the ongoing dispute with the labour could still affect the Vancouver Olympics. The Canadian Press reports: Ambulance Paramedics of B.C. president John Strohmaier…
Q: What’s Prettier Than Torture?
A: Well, pretty much everything. But in this case, it’s lacrosse.
A Legal Obligation to Assist Iran
Earlier today Iran began large-scale war games to simulate a response to attacks on its nuclear sites. But these games are hardly for fun, as the country intends to showcase its capability of defending against…
Don’t Smile when Depressed and Dancing with Strippers
Nathalie Blanchard of Bromont, Quebec, has been on sick leave for a year and a half for long-term chronic depression. The 29-year-old woman had her benefits cut by IBM after she posted pictures on Facebook…
Sexual assault sentencing
Quebec woman avoids jail for sex assault on son A 55-year-old woman has been given a conditional sentence, to be served in the community, for sexually assaulting her teenage son.
Cop Tasers 10 Year Old…
In a story that seems even more far fetched than an episode of “COPS” an Arkansas police officer has been suspended in part for applying his taser to a 10 year old girl. However, the…
Stripping of citizenship
Accused war criminal wins chance to keep citizenship An appeal court has ordered the federal cabinet to revisit its decision to strip accused Nazi war criminal Helmut Oberlander of his Canadian citizenship.