The Cloak of Invisibility is a magical artefact used to render the wearer invisible. It was the only known invisibility cloak that would not fade with age and would provide everlasting protection invisibility to the wearer. As such, it was the only Hallow known to have been successfully passed down
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The Adventures of Diva Rachel: Harry Potter and the Half-Ass Effort: How The Agenda Can Realign with Real Ontario Viewers
This article also appeared in the Huffington Post Canada. The Cloak of Invisibility is a magical artefact used to render the wearer invisible. It was the only known invisibility cloak that would not fade with age and would provide everlasting protection invisibility to the wearer. As such, it was the
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Scandale au view Forum de Montréal #Habs
Le Canadien de Montréal est une équipe mythique. Une des équipes fondatrices de la Ligue nationale de hockey (LNH). Le Forum a été pendant longtemps le temple du sport de la nation. Maintes batailles socioculturelles et linguistiques se sont livrées sur la glace et dans les coulisses. Maurice Richard n’est
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Bob Rae, his Rosedale gang and Rosa Parks
In case you’ve been living under a rock, there is a by-election coming on Monday. Candidates are going head to head (to head) in Manitoba, Montreal and Toronto. There’s been the usual tricks and nastiness endemic to backroom politics. In Montreal, candidate Stéphane Moraille’s signs were taken down by Liberal
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Ottawa Bells Rang but No One Woke Up
The City of Detroit has become the butt of jokes for its upside down procurement priorities. The downtrodden Motor City has made a series of poor investments over several mayoral tenures. The most famous of which was Mayor Kilpatrick, a charming showman who never met a camera he didn’t like.
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Why does the Ottawa Sun get away with this double standard?
The Diva is perplexed. Behold, today’s Ottawa Citizen cover. It is a heart-wrenching account of an adult who died of a drug overdose. His family is going through the grieving process, as the headline indicates. Earlier this year, the Ottawa Sun had another cover story about a young life ended
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Why does the Ottawa Sun get away with this double standard?
The Diva is perplexed. Behold, today’s Ottawa Citizen cover. It is a heart-wrenching account of an adult who died of a drug overdose. His family is going through the grieving process, as the headline indicates. Earlier this year, the Ottawa Sun had another cover story about a young life ended
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: La St-Jean souillée par les séparatistes
La chroniqueuse dans Le Devoir pose une question intéressante: À qui appartient la Saint-Jean-Baptiste? La fête rebaptisée «la Saint-Jean» a une connotation sociopolitique très particulière au Québec depuis les années 70. On est loin du 24 juin 1880, date historique à laquelle est chantée pour la première fois le «Ô
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: The Year of the Snake : It didn’t start in 2013
Chinese-Canadians have been part of the Canadian landscape for over a century. As May is Asian Heritage Month, Canadians of all backgrounds take a look back at their contributions: past, present and future. PM Harper culled Asian-Canadians by declaring 2013 as the Year of Korea in Canada, Canada Post issued
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Ben Johnson Syndrome -or- Why Rob Ford’s Dealers are Somali and Doug Ford is not an ‘Irish Drug Dealer’
The curious case of Canucks who suddenly morph from Canadian to foreigner when their behaviour causes discomfort. The “Ben Johnson syndrome” was first documented when the famous athlete ran the 100m dash in a record 9.79 seconds at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Until that point, Ben Johnson was a Canadian
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: The O stands for Originality, aka the oxymoron to "Ottawa"
This article was published in The Huffington Post Canada. Read it here and post a comment! This week is momentous for legions of moms and women in general: the “Big O” is comin’ to town. Yes, the former Queen of Television, the one then-Senator Obama called “possibly the most influential
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: For Asian-Canadians, the Year of the Snake didn’t Start in 2013
On February 8th, PM Stephen Harper issued a statement on the occasion of Chinese New Year. “As Chinese Canadians usher in the New Year, they can rest assured that our Government is working to create the jobs and economic conditions that will help ensure that the Year of the Snake
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: La Banque du Canada dit non au reflet de la diversité sur les dollars -OU – La xénophobie structurelle à la Banque du Canada: le jupon qui dépasse
Quand la nouvelle est tombée l’été dernier que la Banque du Canada avait effectué un nettoyage ethnique dans les images imprimées sur la monnaie canadienne, le faux-pas a fait le tour du monde. Dans un focus group, certains intervenants xénophobes se sont insurgés contre l’image d’une femme aux traits asiatiques
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: No Asians + No Blacks + no gays + no turbans + no aboriginals = No Canada -OR- BankOfCanada’s state sponsored xenophobia
The news of the ethnic cleansing of Canadian c-notes by the Bank of Canada hit like a bombshell last summer. It was revealed that an Asian-looking female figure was gentrified by the federal institution to appease Canadians who expressed xenophobic views in a focus group. The news went viral around
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Top Twenty Things Harper Can Do with Money Saved from Cancelled F-35 Purchase
Looks like Christmas came early : the news leaked that the much-criticized F-35 military jet purchase, first estimated at $16Billion or $25Billion or $30B or $40B, has been cancelled. Did Harper finally come to his senses about a jet which was rumoured not to function in nordic climates, have radar
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Buh-bye Mark Carney, So Long Ethnic-Friendly Promises -OR- Proof Carney Behaves Like a Liberal
Yesterday, it was announced that Bank of Canada boss Mark Carney was leaving his position at the head of Canada’s central bank for a position across the pond. This came after much speculation as to whether Carney would ascend to the political arena. There was some fodder as to which
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: The Diva Chooses Dalton’s Successor : It’s Gerard!
For the next Premier of Ontario, I chose Gerard Kennedy. The race for leader of the Liberal Party of Ontario has an excellent range of candidates. Gerard Kennedy has a record of inclusion of all Ontarians, regardless of their sociocultural or linguistic identity. For me, Gerard is the candidate best
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Le choix de la Diva s’arrête sur Gérard Kennedy : candidat pour Premier Ministre de l’Ontario
Comme prochain premier ministre de l’Ontario, je choisis Gérard Kennedy. La course la chefferie du Parti libéral de l’Ontario dispose d’un excellent ventail de candidats. Gérard Kennedy a une passion pour l’inclusion de tous les ontariens, quel que soit leur identité socioculturelle ou linguistique. Pour moi, Gérard est le candidat
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Alberta Tories in Tatters When Told to Go Home?
Perhaps, like first and second generation Canadians void European heritage, the Tories feel at home in the nation’s capital. After all, they’ve been there for years. They live there for most of the calendar year, they work there and they even attend mass there. Suddenly, like a fly in the
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: 85e anniversaire: 1er Nov. 1927. Le Règlement 17 en Ontario
Lettre à l’éditeur du journal Le Droit.Date : 1er nov 2012 Il y a exactement 85 ans jour pour jour, la province de l’Ontario met de côté le Règlement 17 qui interdisait l’enseignement en français après la première année scolaire au niveau primaire. Il y a lieu de souligner cet
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