Cry me a river.
Alexander Beers is charged with impaired driving causing death in connection with the death of a 14-year-old Moncton girl in July 2007. He has told a judge that the RCMP violated his rights on the night he was arrested, but the RCMP rejects his version of events.
James Fowler, Beers’s lawyer, said [...]

A man charged with criminal negligence causing death following a street-racing incident was supposed to be under house arrest at the time.
One of the men charged after a woman died in a racing incident in eastern Newfoundland earlier this month had been instructed to stay at home under house arrest, CBC News has learned.
Ryan Watkins, [...]

Government aid to victims of the 6 April earthquake that hit L’Aquila, Italy, has been held up by a small problem. The city and surrounding area have 70,000 registered residents, but 100,000 people have applied for a grant.
The local authority’s chief executive, Massimiliano Cordeschi, has noted an “incongruity” in the total numbers of residents [...]

The Malaysian government has forbidden Christians from referring to God as “Allah”, even though the word “Allah” means exactly that in the national language. The Roman Catholic church has gone to court to decide the issue.
Muslim leaders insist that “Allah” must be restricted for usage in Islam, else “young or unsuspecting Muslims” might get [...]

Children with dual Egyptian-Israeli citizenship threaten national security, don’t cha know.

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 [...]

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 act [...]

A few hours ago this comment was left at my recent post, “Swine flu hits Windsor, Nova Scotia”, by someone who gave the name “ryan gilby”:
I THINK THIS IS HORRIBLE!! im infected to but no one knows
Just hilarious.
StatCounter provides more information on the joker’s identity. (Click on image below for larger view.) [...]

Bell Mobility cellphone customers in Northwest Territories are charged 75 cents per month for 911 service.  The only problem is: Bell does not actually provide 911 service in all areas of the territory.
So, understandably, a Yellowknife man, James Anderson, launched a class-action lawsuit in 2007 over the fee for a non-existent service.  What’s hard to [...]

Compare and contrast these two video clips of US Rep. Barney Frank.
A few days ago on PBS’s Tavis Smiley Show, he blamed unnamed “conservatives” for mass housing foreclosures in the United States.  They “pushed” people into buying houses they couldn’t afford. don’t ya know?  He, on the other hand, has advocated affordable rental housing all [...]

A Canadian tourist in New Zealand says she’s offended by Eskimo marshmallow candies. How crass is it to visit a foreign country and criticise the food?
A young Canadian tourist travelling in New Zealand, Seeka Parsons, says she was appalled by the sale of Eskimo sweets, an iconic marshmallow treat sold widely in corner stores [...]

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: [...]

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 has five Centrevilles, [...]

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference, a bloc of 57 Muslim states, has announced plans to establish its own “independent” human tights commission. This is the same bunch of tyrants that wants to outlaw criticism of Islam around the world.
Eklemeddin İhsanoğlu, the OIC Secretary-General, stressed in a statement Monday that “human rights and man’s [...]

Recent comments by Valery Zorkin, head of Russia’s Constitutional Court, would chill the blood of freedom-loving people.
In a speech in St. Petersburg on April 7, the chairman of Russia’s Constitutional Court argued that due to the economic crisis, Russia could descend into anarchy and then turn to totalitarianism. To prevent this, he said, the Kremlin [...]