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Living Hell
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2/1/2012 6:52:00 PM
The tradition surrounding a death row inmate’s ‘last meal’ is something I’ve always found rather confusing. The individual is someone judged by a jury of his or her peers as having committed the most heinous of crimes, so heinous that society has sentenced the individual to death.
These are child rapists, and serial murderers. They are those who prey on the weak and defenseless.
Despite all of this, in the moments leading up to their pre-determined expiration, they’re offered a meal of their choice. Ted Bundy received a medium-rare steak, eggs done over-easy, hash browns, toast, milk, coffee, juice, butter, and jelly. John Wayne Gacy chose a dozen deep-fried shrimp, a bucket of original recipe chicken from KFC, french fries, and a pound of strawberries. Timothy McVeigh drank two pints of milk before enjoying a bowl of chocolate chip ice cream.
If only their victims had enjoyed such pleasure in ...
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Honour Killings a Canadian Issue
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1/30/2012 1:11:00 PM
The verdicts rendered at the Shafia murder trial should come as both a great relief and a great victory for the Canadian justice system.
The aftermath, however, is an opportunity wasted.
Instead of discussing how best to tackle the ongoing problem of woman abuse, we're spinning our wheels on a narrow minded debate about so-called "honour killings." The term is a smoke screen - it's "domestic abuse" or, in the case of the Shafias, "first degree murder."
It doesn't matter if you've lived in this country for 30 days or 30 years, violence against women is not restricted to a particular area of the world or religion.
Since 2002, there have been 15 supposed "honour killings" in Canada involving those who describe themselves as Muslims, including the Shafia murders. That's 15 too many. Over the same period, however, Stats Canada says one to two women are murdered each week by ...
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Health Care Accountability Flat Lines
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1/25/2012 1:21:00 PM
It would be incorrect to chalk this up to a sense of entitlement, as doing so would imply there's at least a degree of sense involved.
There is none.
Cliff Nordal's exorbitant contract with the LHSC and St.Joseph's hospital makes no sense.
Neither do the excuses lamely offered up by hospital board members, responsible for this waste, in feeble attempts to justify their actions.
In addition to his $732,615 annual salary, we've since found out Nordal cashed-in on a $1.17-million dollar bonus - not for accomplishing anything in particular, instead he was paid this money for simply not quitting.
That's it.
The board calls it a 'retention bonus', suggesting that without it - Nordal may have looked to greener pastures and left his post as London's hospital czar mid-way through a crucial reorganization process involving the LHSC and St.Joe's. They never seemed to question, however, where Nordal might've gone. His ...
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