In 2005, the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) gave $4.2 million to Indian Brook Fisheries Inc., which was owned by eight councilors of the Shubenacadie First Nation in Nova Scotia. An audit raised questions about how some $600,000 of that money was spent, and the DFO has asked RCMP to review the [...]

Nova Scotia Liberal MLA Leo Glavine wants legislation to force grocery stores to carry meats, fruits, and vegetables from local producers. He used some very strong language in making his proposal.
“NAFTA be darned,” he said during the legislature’s resources committee meeting.
“If we bring in legislation to move our buy local (campaign) and future of [...]

It is now estimated that one million Nigerian children are sold into internal and external slavery every year. One of Nigeria’s leading experts on human trafficking, Professor Sola Ehindero, says that the trade in human beings, particularly children, is so pervasive and growing so fast that it threatens to “derail the national economy”.
“People have [...]

David Fulton, already serving a one-year jail term for sedition in The Gambia, has been charged with forgery and impersonating an officer. If convicted, he could be sentenced to a further one-and-a-half years.
[P]rosecutors say that Fulton, from Troon in Ayrshire, gave a false administration number “with intent to defraud” and falsely presented himself as a [...]

The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) has called for polygamy charges against Winston Blackmore and James Oler to be dropped. The association argues that Canada’s polygamy statute, Section 293 of the Criminal Code, is vague and of doubtful enforceability.
Strictly applied, section 293 could be used to prosecute many mainstream Canadians who, for example, [...]

From our “Every cloud has a silver lining” department:
MD Retirements Stalled
Doctor shortage (and early retirement) over thanks to the stock market
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According to Manfred Purtzki, a Vancouver financial adviser, the average physician-held portfolio has shrunk by approximately 30% in thelast year.
The Medical Post has heard from many doctors, particularly those nearing retirement, who say as a [...]

“Trouble In Mind” was recorded during the Slow Train Coming sessions (1979) and released as the B-side of “Gotta Serve Somebody”.
h/t: Francis Beckwith at What’s Wrong With The World