Aries: March 21 – April 19
With Mars acting up now is a good time to try something new. Talk things over with your partner and loved one, especially if they are Libra, because new possibilities will arise from old conversations. People will bow to your will come the new moon, so make sure not to abuse this power.
Taurus: April 20 – May 20
Try not to let deadlines slip or focus too far ahead in the future. With things coming to a head in your social and home life, you might …

The bill explained
Bill C-10, popularly known as the Omnibus Crime Bill, was proposed by Justice Minister Rob Nicholson on Sept. 20, 2011. Entitled the Safe Streets and Communities Act, it combines amendments from nine separate bills that previously failed to pass parliament. It passed on Monday, March 12 in a close vote of 154-129. On March 13 at 3:32 p.m. David Johnston, the Governor General of Canada signified royal assent for the bill, formally making it law within Canada.
It incorporates the following:

The creation of new criminal offences
New and increased …

The not-for-profit social advocacy group Invisible Children (IC) has come under fire recently for their Kony 2012 campaign video that went viral worldwide last week through social media like Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter. The campaign video, which lasts just over 29 minutes in length, features filmmaker and co-founder of Invisible Children Jason Russell explaining an emotional journey in connection with close friends and his own son Gavin Danger Russell in regards to the unrest that has plagued Uganda and other African nations for the past 25 years. The video focuses …

Even with the efforts of Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 campaign to increase awareness on the plight of child soldiers under Joseph Kony and the LRA in central Africa, many of the details of the history of the war in Uganda and central Africa are unknown. While public outcry for action against Kony has reached its height, the conflict has been raging under the West’s radar for the better part of 25 years.
Joseph Kony was born in 1961 in Odek, a village near Gulu in northern Uganda, and is the leader …

The ominous omnibus
For the past several months the omnibus crime bill, Bill C-10, as proposed by the Conservative government has been raising a stink on Capitol Hill in Ottawa. The bill, which primarily focuses on the creation and implementation of mandatory minimum sentences for various crimes, has struck a chord with politicians, news outlets, and various organizations from the Atlantic to the Pacific for its harsh conditions regarding what are commonly viewed as relatively minor offences.
Critics of Bill C-10 point to other nations abandoning the path the bill would put …