| Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will have a musical day in Regina — also known as the Queen City after Queen Victoria. BLOG POSTS  | Supriya Dwivedi: Charest's Death by Bill 78
The Charest government brought the students to the negotiating table and made concessions to their cause, while simultaneously and ineffectively enforcing the majority non-protesting students' right to go to class. So, they turned around and tabled legislation that limits one's right to peaceful assembly, grants an excess of powers to the executive branch of government and employs vague language throughout. In essence, the Parti Libéral du Québec (PLQ) effectively failed every conceivable voting constituency. |  | Tim Knight: Watching the Watchdog: The Media's Shameful Royal Addiction
Of course, nothing happens that hasn't happened to British royals a thousand times before. So, if there's nothing new and there are all these restrictions to prevent anything vaguely journalistic happening, why on earth do journalists flock to cover such events? |  | Matt Austin: Cannes Day 6: Making My Pitch
 I was up early to head down to the short film corner, where a special initiative called "Le Pitch" was being held. I made sure to engage the camera, speak from the heart and appeal to whoever was watching like I was a motivational speaker. After all, that's what I needed to do. Motivate them to pick my project. |  | Marvin Ross: Our Deadly "Commitment Issues" With the Mentally Ill
Now that the congratulatory high fives have finished on Canada's new mental health strategy, it's time to get down to the really difficult task at hand, one that was largely ignored. That task is to deal with the question of those with serious mental illness who pose a danger when they are not treated. Vincent Li is the infamous Greyhound bus beheader who has been sent to a mental health facility in Manitoba after being found not criminally responsible for his actions because of an untreated mental illness. There are a significant number of people with serious mental illness who, because of their illness like Li, are incapable of recognizing that they are ill. |  | Renu Mandhane: Is Canada Really Against Torture?
The story of Ashley Smith's in-custody death in 2007 was so shocking that it touched many Canadians unaccustomed to empathy for prisoners. Our report, produced by the International Human Rights Program at the Faculty is shocking because it details how women a lot like Ashley continue to be treated in a manner that breaches their human rights. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CA |
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