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Herald Editor Needs Hackers
August 19th, 2011

Okay, maybe just some diligent fact-finding would do. I say this in response to the recent Herald editorial comment entitled "Impaired Judgment" which discusses the impaired driving sentencing decision of Alberta Provincial Court Judge Anne Brown in the case of Dominika Duris. http://www.calgaryhe... Read more »

Can I Trust You With My Life?
January 13th, 2011

Dear Sgt. Patrick Webb,As Alberta spokesman for the RCMP, I ask you this question. Can I trust the members of Canada's historic national police service with my life and the lives of my family?I expect that you will deliver an emphatic "Yes, Sir!" to my question without even a pause. What else coul... Read more »

The Sanctity of Assange
December 7th, 2010

This is not a petition to nominate Julian Assange for sainthood...but it is a public plea to the Calgary Police Service and the Attorney General of Alberta:Julian Assange is a person whose life is deserving of protection in the same manner and with the same force of the law as anyone else. In a prov... Read more »

What's the Penalty for "Distracted Lawmaking"?
November 18th, 2010

November 17, 2010 the Calgary Herald runs a story about a 34 year old Albertan who attended at an Edmonton hospital emergency room at around midnight one Friday in September asking nurses for help because he was suicidal.Approximately every hour for the next 12 hours the man came out of the room he... Read more »

Penny for Your Thoughts? You get what you pay for...
September 29th, 2010

There are troubling comments in the media in our province today regarding the effect of the Ontario Superior Court decision striking down the prostitution related provisions of the Criminal Code...and I hate to say it, but the most troubling comes from a colleague in the Calgary criminal defence bar... Read more »

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