The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms took a wee hit last week when a Nova Scotia Supreme Court justice told a retired Dartmouth resident that he has no right to put his surname on a vanity licence plate....

During Lorne Grabher's fight to overturn Nova Scotia's ban on his vanity license plate, the Registry of Motor Vehicles grudgingly revealed to the court a list of 3,128 words it has banned from license plates. To foster greater understanding of the work done by Nova Scotia's dedicated civil servants, I reproduce the list here.

A great blessing of getting to know people with intellectual disabilities is the chance to glimpse their inner monologues and discover how alike we all are....

Ian Thompson writes: Like wind chill, each of us experiences "pressure" differently. Butts may have issued a "full-throated denial" and, in his mind, was undoubtedly speaking honestly. But the minister, I believe, experienced something quite different. To paraphrase Peter Barss, how an individual perceives pressure cannot be quantified....