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Month: January 2020

Taxes or pitchforks?

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Pamela Cross — 1 Comment ↓

The World Economic Forum (WEF) last week heard from Patriotic Millionaires (PM), an American organization whose members must have a minimum annual income of $1 million or assets of at least $5 million. Self-described as “proud traitors to their class,” Continue reading Taxes or pitchforks?→

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“I did not kill my son.”

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Pamela Cross — No Comments ↓

When 18-year-old Shelby Herchak woke up suddenly one night in 2010, she picked up and then dropped her one-month old baby, who died as a result. However, that was just the beginning of Shelby’s nightmare, because the report of forensic Continue reading “I did not kill my son.”→

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Urgent! Have your say

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Pamela Cross — No Comments ↓

Last September, a Quebec court ruled that Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) legislation was too restrictive because it limited eligibility to people whose deaths were reasonably foreseeable. The decision gave the federal government until March 11, 2020, to change Continue reading Urgent! Have your say→

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Earth to earth

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Pamela Cross — 3 Comments ↓

My partner and I recently spent a few days in Montreal with friends, where we stumbled on The Inca, Treasures of Peru, a visiting exhibit at the Musee Pointe a Calliere. This beautiful exhibit contained several rooms filled with artifacts Continue reading Earth to earth→

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