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Dad arrested for kid’s drawing gets apology

06/06/2012 by backofthebook.ca

A BoB short: Police in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario have apologized to a man they believed to be dangerous after his daughter drew a picture of him shooting a gun at bad guys. In February, Jessie Sansone, 26, was arrested at his four-year-old daughter Nevaeh’s school for possession of a firearm. A teacher believed there might be […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Canada, family, kids, Kitchener-Waterloo, law, Ontario

Law 78: Built to fail

05/24/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By John Klein (aka SaskBoy) Who defends the rights and freedoms of Canadians? A) soldiers B) police C) citizens D) lawyers E) press F) politicians If you came to your own conclusion, and answered “G) All of the above”, then you understand a functioning democracy. Daniel explains: “The government is clearly aware that this ‘law […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, law, Quebec, Quebec student strike

Quebec strike: Je désobéis

05/22/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By Montreal Simon It’s just after 8pm in Montreal, and the reporter from CUTV is talking to a young mother who is taking her two kids to the 28th nightly demonstration in a row. Even though she knows she could be arrested, for defying the Charest government’s totalitarian Bill 78, like so many were the […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Jean Charest, law, Montreal, protest, Quebec, Quebec Liberal Party, Quebec student strike

A Modest Opinion – You’ll be breaking the law, while you’re breaking the law

05/22/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By Nathaniel Moher As most of you are aware (and if you’re not aware, you should stop reading now and go back and re-read all 66 of my articles . . . I’ll wait), I’m an expert in everything to do with rioting. Therefore, I know what Conservative MP Blake Richards is talking about in […]

Filed Under: Modest Opinion Tagged With: Blake Richards, Canada, Conservatives, law

Snoop dogs

02/22/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside So remember how the Cons withdrew their just-tabled internet surveillance bill, the Lawful Access Act, on Feb 14 and replaced it an hour and 15 minutes later with the identical but renamed Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act , a bill which mentions neither children nor predators? Coincidentally, the US Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 – sponsored by Texas teabaggin’ Rep […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Britain, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, internet, law, U.S., U.S. politics

Is CSIS replaying the Arar card?

08/09/2011 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside A leaked 2004 CSIS report from LaPresse on Thursday purports to be a summary of a conversation between Abousfian Abdelrazik and Adil Charkaoui  in 2000 in which they plotted to blow up an airplane enroute between Montreal and France. It has already been enthusiastically repeated across our national press: CBC: CSIS file reveals plot to bomb […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Abousfian Abdelrazik, Adil Charkaoui, Canada, Canadian politics, CanWest, CBC, CSIS, CTV, France, Jason Kenney, LaPresse, law, Maher Arar, Ottawa Citizen, terrorism, Toronto Star, U.S.

Booking Granny

07/27/2011 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside There’s just so much wrong with this news story about the Canada Border Services Agency arresting and jailing a 66-year old woman for 12 days, for trafficking, possessing, and importing heroin, because their swab-test of a jar of motor oil in her vehicle incorrectly identified it as heroin. Why wasn’t Janet Goodin allowed a phone […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canada Border Services Agency, law, Manitoba, Security, U.S.

Bill Blair’s G20 alibi

06/27/2011 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside An interview with Andre Marin, Ontario Ombudsman and author of the G20 report “Caught in the Act,” sheds a little light on the blackout surrounding who was responsible for ordering kettling at the G20 a year ago. Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair, as we have previously heard, had not heard of the term kettling […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bill Blair, Canada, G20, law, NDP, Ontario, Toronto, Toronto Police Service

The polygamists down the street

12/09/2010 by backofthebook.ca

By Jodi A. Shaw Last week, Angela Campbell, a professor of law at McGill University, testified at a constitutional reference case examining Canada’s current polygamy law that the practice ought to be decriminalized. I wasn’t sure if I should gasp or applaud. Campbell visited Bountiful, B.C. in 2008 and 2009, interviewing 22 women over a […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: British Columbia, Canada, law, marriage, religion, women

A little 4Chan justice for Mastercard

12/08/2010 by backofthebook.ca

By Frank Moher So 4Chan has finally found something useful to do with all its suppressed testerone and brought down the Mastercard site, in retaliation for the credit card company’s decision to stop processing donations to WikiLeaks. They’ve also apparently done some serious damage to PayPal (for the same reason), and Amazon could be next. […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: business, internet, Julian Assange, law, U.S., WikiLeaks

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By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

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By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

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Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

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From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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