The golden rule for understanding in spiritual matters is not intellect, but obedience.
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Admitted polygamist Winston Blackmore, now finally on trial for polygamy, wants the British Columbia government—i.e., taxpayers—to finance his legal costs. The polygamy trial will be adjourned while the court conducts a very interesting examination of Mr Blackmore’s personal finances. The Vancouver Sun’s Daphne Bramham reports: Blackmore will have to present considerable evidence about his financial [...]
The Chinese internet has sparked a huge controversy with the online publication of a book with a very boring title: The Practice of City Administrator Law Enforcement. It’s a textbook intended to provide training and practical advice to chengguan, a type of local law enforcement personnel. The principal task of chengguan members seems innocuous enough: [...]
Bill C-268, Joy Smith’s private members’ bill that would impose a minimum sentence of five years on those convicted of trafficking persons under the age of 18, passed second reading in the House of Commons this afternoon. The vote was 232 in favour and 47 against. Only the Bloc Québécois opposed the bill. The bill [...]
Even as a gunman held passengers and crew hostage aboard a CanJet airliner at Sangster International Airport, Jamaica, a blogger in Barbados had some helpful advice for Canadians. If any of our Canadian readers are thinking of a vacation in Jamaica, may we suggest you reconsider that Barbados is a much friendlier and safer vacation [...]
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) last week released Human Trafficking: A Report on Modern Day Slavery in Canada. The report focuses on measures Canada should take to reduce the occurrence of human trafficking at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. From the Executive Summary: Studies have shown that the number of occurrences of human [...]
Delara Darabi is 22 years old and has been on Iran’s death row for almost six years. In 2003, she confessed to killing someone to protect her boyfriend, who was 19 at the time and told her she would not face the death penalty because she was under 18. She has since retracted her confession. [...]
This happened last week but was only reported yesterday evening. A United Nations employee was caught with child pornography as he entered the country last week at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. Jose Antonio Ortega Osona, 40, a Spanish citizen who lives in New York, pleaded guilty Friday in Dartmouth provincial court to a Criminal Code [...]
An enterprising Nova Scotian started up two illegal operations in his home. He got busted. Kings RCMP uncovered a small marijuana growing operation and a moonshine still when executing a search warrant Wednesday, April 15 at a Centreville area residence on Highway 221. Charges are pending. In researching this item, I discovered that Nova Scotia [...]
Police in Mississauga have rescued a 15-year-old girl from forced prostitution. She was found in a hotel room hungry and bearing signs of torture. Peel police said yesterday a 19-year-old Brampton man coerced the girl, a 15-year-old runaway from Georgina, with death threats, ordering her to remain in the hotel while he arranged for “clients” [...]
A woman in Mississauga is due to be deported to Pakistan on 28 April even though she claims her estranged husband will kill her when she arrives because, in his view, she has offended his honour. Her appeal is now being heard. [Roohi] Tabassum, 44, says her ex, Faisal Javed, a businessman and Sunni community [...]
As a pop music producer, he was a genius; but, as a human being, not so much. His worldly success and wealth made him a self-obsessed recluse and a pitiful and dangerous old man. An evil Spector: Record producer guilty of murder Second jury convicts producer in actress’s death LOS ANGELES — Phil Spector, the [...]
For many years, police in Germany have been searching for a female serial criminal. The woman’s DNA had shown up at 39 different crime scenes, including seven murders, committed over a period of fifteen years. Her DNA was found over and over again: in bottles, tank lids, on bullets – and once even on a [...]
Twice in the past ten days, “clerical errors” led to the mistaken release of prisoners from custody. One has since been apprehended, the other is still at large. That brings to seven the total number of mistaken releases or prisoner escapes since Cecil Clarke became Nova Scotia’s Minister of Justice in October 2007. Yesterday, Mr [...]
A clear victory for free speech in Canada. The BC Supreme Court has ruled that the City of Powell River was wrong to threaten charges of defamation against three residents who dared to criticise the mayor and council over their handling of a controversial harbour development. As reported by The Vancouver Sun’s Daphne Bramham, the [...]
Erstwhile rock singer Courtney Love is being sued for messages she sent via that nasty new “social networking” tool Twitter. Fans of Twitter say its beauty is that it allows users to upload their thoughts as and when they think of them. This can be a serious disadvantage for those of a belligerent disposition. Ms [...]
