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The Second Presidential Debate Pretty Much Has One Topic
When Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump hit the stage tonight at Washington University in St-Louis for the Second Presidential Debate, it doesn’t really matter what […]
RCMP Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit with 500 Current and Former Employees
“To all the women who have been impacted by the forces’ failure to protect your experience at work, and on the behalf of every leader […]
Montreal Pit Bull Ban Primer (VIDEO)
A lot has happened over the past few days concerning Montreal’s controversial Pit Bull Ban (officially the Animal Control Bylaw). On Monday, when the whole […]
Balancing Public Safety and the Rights of the Mentally Ill: The Insanity Defense in Canada
At 6:30 pm on December 9th, 2014, Jeff Weber saw a black man having his after dinner cigarette outside. Weber then walked to a store, […]
Quebec (Finally) Releases $12 Million for Supervised Injection Sites in Montreal
After years of pleading, debating and waiting, the Quebec Ministry of Health officially released the funds to open three supervised injection sites (SIS), as well […]
Telling the STM to Stuff It: Why the Montreal Municipal Court Found Fines on Public Transit Unconstitutional
Courts and judges are professional puzzle solvers. Upon request of private parties or the government, their job is to examine all the pieces of a […]
When Bernie Sanders Stopped Playing the Hits
You may have seen that meme. The one contrasting two Bernie Sanders rallies. In the first image, taken when he was still running for President, […]
Charlotte Under State of Emergency After Two Days of Unrest
Forty-four hours after the police shot and killed another person of colour, Charlotte (North Carolina) is under a state of emergency. One man is on life […]
Canada’s Laws and Penalties for Sex Crimes Against Kids
On September 15, 2016 Graham James, the former junior hockey coach convicted of sexually assaulting players he coached in the nineties was granted full parole […]