Attacks on letter carriers in Winnipeg: not a "pit bull"

A pet owner in Winnipeg now has to pick up his mail four kilometres away from his house because of the animal’s aggressive behaviour towards letter carriers.Here are some of the descriptions from the news story: “aggressive and threatening the letter carrier” “unsafe for the…

The worst Canadian

The Beaver, the online magazine of Canada’s National History Society, is asking Canadians to suggest the worst Canadian. I chose Michael Bryant, Attorney General of Ontario, for the following reasons. Violated the constitutional rights of hundreds of thousands of average Ontario citizens;  Created a law…

Voting without knowledge or understanding

Don’t know how I missed this before. The Ontario committee hearings on the Dog Owners’ Liability Act were a constant flow of politicians (members of provincial parliament), with no one day containing the same nine members of the committee. I really don’t know how they…

Pit bull owner acquitted of felony charges

Hewitt A. Grant, subject of the St. Petersburg Times story “Kennel Trash”, has been convicted of 80 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty and has been sentenced to 364 days in jail, 5 years of probation and 500 hours of community service at the animal shelter…

Full text of Ontario decision

Full text of Ontario decision now available on the Superior Court website.Decision regarding December 2006 motion Decision regarding Dog Owners’ Liability Act The lawyers from both sides will be going back in front of the judge for further interpretation and explanation, as well as to…

Those Born 1930-1979!

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930’s 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s !!First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes….

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