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Archive for May 8th, 2009

Honour killing justified “because he was provoked”

May 8th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Hasibullah Sadiqi is on trial in Ottawa for shooting to death his sister and her fiancé in 2006. His defence seeks to establish offended honour as a mitigating factor in a murder case. The Crown contends there will be evidence that the slaying was an honour killing rooted in anger over their engagement, while Sadiqi’s [...]

Human trafficking: The truth isn’t sexy

May 8th, 2009 | Comments Off

The Salvation Army in Canada produced this video to raise awareness about sex trafficking. It is anticipated that the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics will increase demand for the services of prostitutes and, therewith, demand for human trafficking victims—i.e., sex slaves. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsG0C17eq4A[/youtube] Salvation Army is sponsoring a night of art and performance to fight modern-day slavery [...]

Children are safer with their natural parents

May 8th, 2009 | 1 Comment

A mountain of evidence has accumulated indicating that children living with step-parents are at far greater risk of abuse than those living with biological parents. The Times of London columnist Camilla Cavendish wonders why British child-protection authorities are ignoring the elephant in the room. The Cinderella Effect is the name given to analysis in Canada, [...]

We don’t need no stinkin’ nomination

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Campaign signs for Kerry Morash are going up all across the riding of Queens in southern Nova Scotia. The problem is that the signs say Mr Morash is the candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party—and that’s not true. The PCs haven’t nominated anyone yet. The signs ask people to elect Mr. Morash and say in [...]

Who leaked nude photos of Nova Scotia NDP candidate?

May 8th, 2009 | Comments Off

Last month, someone from the Nova Scotia Liberal Party sent topless photos of actress and NDP candidate Lenore Zann to CBC reporter Paul Withers. The photos showed Ms Zann’s appearance in a shower scene on the lesbian television show The L Word. A brouhaha promptly erupted with the NDP in high dudgeon accusing the Liberals [...]

NDP offers brilliant plan to solve health care crisis

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The Nova Scotia election campaign is barely two days old, but already voters are knee-deep in political claptrap.  The feeble health-care proposal from provincial NDP leader Darrel Dexter takes the cake—so far. Mr Dexter has a series of brainstorms to alleviate recurrent closures of emergency rooms at Nova Scotia hospitals:  Hire an “expert” advisor/co-ordinator to [...]