Muslim Dial a Marriage approved for Immigration to Canada

Again the Issue of Reasonable Accommodation of certain Cultures afforded others in Canada, yet not available to the general populace certainly needs to be addressed with our Federal Government whose "Unclear on...

Code of Conduct and strongly advertising behaviour

When using words like free, easy, instant, etc, better be carefull. If your intended message is too commercial NowPublic might take it as spam by some super editors.On Code of Conduct their also want you to be accountable, which means do fix your mistakes so NowPublic wont...

Space shuttle launches successfully

"US Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off at 7.45pm this evening after two months of delays. It is on on a mission to deliver the European Columbus space lab to the International Space Station. It is carrying a crew of seven, including a Frenchman, a German and five...

$200m ozonation plant a first

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAn ozonation plant may look good on paper, especially if waste is a severe problem.  But to state the byproduct is clean air is a fallacy.  Ozone Generating...

Thoughtcrime, 20.01.08

"Our university requires us students to write anonymous evaluations of our professors.On one evaluation, a student made derogatory comments about a professor’s sexual orientation. The university hired a handwriting expert to confirm the identity of the culprit so punishment...

Immigration: The Herouxville code

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorGranted, as the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms spells out what is expected of newcomers to this country, Herouxville feels the Canadian Government has not gone...

Vast Nazi archive opens to public

I guess Ahmadinejad has some studying to do. "AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - After more than 60 years, Nazi documents stored in a vast warehouse in Germany were unsealed Wednesday, opening a rich resource for Holocaust historians and for survivors to delve into their own...

Judge struck off after jailing 46 in phone row

"A US judge has been removed from the bench after jailing 46 people when a mobile phone began ringing during his court session and no one would own up. The entire courtroom was sent to the cells during a domestic violence hearing when the judge, Robert Restaino, 48, "snapped"...

New York Judge Jails Entire Courtroom over Ringing Cellphone

Sometinmes you just can't this stuff up."NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - A judge who jailed 46 people who were in his courtroom when a cellphone call interrupted proceedings was removed from the bench Tuesday by a state...

Warsaw questions Mounties' conduct

This may turn out to be one of the most significant instances of citizen reportage since Rodney King:"Tens of thousands of people around the world saw a troubling record of Robert Dziekanski's final moments in a bystander's 10-minute video, which media outlets ranging from...

Canada: Extremist ordered to surrender teaching certificate

OpinionsBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know in this day and age, we have ranting fruitcakes teaching our children their personal values instead of societies values.  Nazi Boy Paul Fromm somehow is...

Ex-Lacrosse Players File Sweeping Federal Lawsuit Against Durham

The Duke saga continues, as the former lacrosse players file a lawsuit that also demands administration changes. The lawsuit calls the criminal case against Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and Dave Evans "one of the most chilling episodes of premeditated police,...

Canadian court acquits in AIDS scandal

Should Jail be the punishment for this outrage? "A judge acquitted three doctors, a New Jersey company and a former Red Cross official of criminal charges Monday in a tainted-blood scandal that infected thousands...

Met Police on trial over De Menezes shooting

"The Metropolitan Police goes on trial at the Old Bailey today over alleged health and safety failures that led to an innocent Brazilian man being mistaken for a terrorist and shot dead.Jean Charles de Menezes was killed at Stockwell Tube station on July 22 2005 by firearms...

Minister forced to sell £30,000 of shares over 'conflict of interest'

"A GOVERNMENT minister announced last night that he was to sell his major shareholding in an energy company after facing allegations of a conflict of interest. Stewart Stevenson, the minister responsible for drawing up Scotland's targets on renewable energy, owns £30,000 of...
 

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