The 5 employment laws every manager should know

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Byline

Federal class actions under Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are biggest source of private class actions in employment-related cases

By Elizabeth Hall, Business Management Daily – Wage-and-hour labor litigation continues to increase exponentially.

Federal class actions brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) outnumber all other types of private class actions in employment-related cases. Particularly hard hit: employers in California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Texas. Continue reading →

John Mellencamp Tours Canada in 2012 with Cowboy Junkies

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Stephen Pate

“No Better Than This” tour will hit 16 sites from BC to Newfoundland with Summerside, Moncton, Dartmouth, Sydney and St. John’s in Atlantic Canada

American rock and roll star John (Cougar) Mellencamp has booked the “No Better Than This” across Canada tour this summer, starting in Penticton BC on June 14th.

This tour may be the sleeper concert of the summer. Bigger acts in bigger cities will draw larger audiences but Mellencamp and The Cowboy Junkies will move your soul in a good direction.
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Lighthouse at Confederation Centre

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Stephen Pate

March 1, 2012 one of the all-time big Canadian rock bands

Back when Chicago brought big band rock to the US, one year later in 1969 Canada had Lighthouse a full rock orchestra.

The band still performs year round making them one of the longest lasting and hardest working rock acts of all time. Catch them this week at the Charlottetown Confederation Centre Theatre.

Check them out on Wikipedia.

Operation Arctic Shadow

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Stephen Pate

KK+ looking for wolves in Fort McMurray

Fort McMurray (Creative Commons- Some rights reserved by kk+)

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Solar Eclipse Sunday May 20 2012

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Byline

Mark your calendar – Moon will pass in front of Sun over parts of USA, Pacific and Japan

By – Dr. Tony Phillips NASA – On Sunday, May 20th, the sun is going to turn into a ring of fire. It’s an annular solar eclipse–the first one in the USA in almost 18 years.

An annular eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly in front of the sun, but the lunar disk is not quite wide enough to cover the entire star. At maximum, the Moon forms a “black hole” in the center of the sun.
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The iPhone Revolution is manned by slave labor

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Stephen Pate

Has Apple Computer become a corporation that lives off the blood, sweat and tears of Chinese slave labor similar to George Orwell’s novel 1984?

In the 1984 Superbowl commercial Apple Computer likened itself to the savior of a mankind enslaved to big government and big corporations. The Apple Macintosh would smash the dystopian, conformist world.

In the New York Times story How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work, the author’s describe slave labor camps that build Apple iPhone’s where people work 6 days a week, 12 hours a day for $17 a day. Apple saves $15 per iPhone by using Chinese labor. Continue reading →

Isn’t it time men to give women a chance?

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Stephen Pate

“I dance and snowboard…And I am SICK of getting hurt by guys” Tabitha Stepple

Tabitha Stepple identified as the ex-girl friend and murder victim of the suspected triple murderer

The country is shocked to hear the story about three young people gunned down on the highway in Alberta, apparently by the ex-boyfriend of Tabitha Stipple one of the victims says the Calgary Herald.

Mitch Maclean and Tanner Craswell were two young ball players from PEI on their way home for Christmas, being driven to the airport by their female friends. Continue reading →

TechDirt posts 40,000th blog denounces SOPA

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Stephen Pate

Mike Masnick tireless advocate for internet freedom fighting against censorship

Mike Masnick founder of TechDirt

TechDirt is one of a kind – editor Mike Masnick works tirelessly writing stories every day to promote freedom of speech and freedom on the internet.

Mike has written articles denouncing censorship, state control around the world including the US Congress attempt through SOPA to shut down the internet as we know it. Continue reading →

Charlottetown new-homes in slump developers not in sync with market

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Stephen Pate

Building more single family homes and luxury condos in a Canada’s poorest province

Martell Builders Green Homes in Moncton, sell like hotcakes

CBC is reporting that new home construction is down 9% for the Cornwall, Charlottetown and Stratford region.

Summerside however is booming with 32% increase in new home construction.

The problem lies squarely on the shoulders of the municipal governments and greedy developers who are not in sync with the market. Summerside is experiencing growth because they are addressing the growth segment of the market. Continue reading →

New Annan Murder Case Closed Too Soon

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Stephen Pate

It will take Dateline to unravel the truth about what happened on the highway in New Annan

Murder scene in New Annan PEI - two dead but no reasons given (photo CBC)

When a passing motorist found a Volkswagen Passat parked along the highway in New Annan, PEI with it’s 4-ways flashing, they had no way of knowing one person inside the car was dead and another lay dying.

It would take the RCMP only a week to solve the mysterious deaths.

St.John NB police should get the same team to solve the murder of New Brunswick millionaire Richard Oland which has gone unsolved since summer. Continue reading →