Author: Warren

Sent from a former senior CBC person I know and respect. It wasn’t just Jian, seems. Warren, I just read your piece about who knew what and when at the CBC and one of its reporters who is on the fast track to oblivion. Great piece. And I have my

So great is my dedication to you, the viewing audience, I risked it all to file this incredible report. You’re welcome. Watch, and marvel.

I don’t know what is going on – Twitter is never a good place to look for context or truth – but I’ll say this: Jaime Watt is one of the best at what he does. If you ever got in trouble, you’d be grateful to have him in your

[I’m posting this early because I’m starting to think my first reaction – disbelief – was wrong. Really wrong. Time will tell, etc., but here is my stab at trying to understand this.] What did they know, and when did they know it? That’s a question that has its origins

I was up very, very late last night, on air, with the charming David Akin and the brilliant Michael Diamond, discussing Ontario municipal results and Alberta provincial results. It was a blast. Those two are the best. Tonight, however, I will be at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus –

Keeping church and state separate is important. Keeping the state and the police separate is equally important. We all got to see why, last week, when Stephen Harper – and one of his senior ministers – summarily changed their job descriptions. Last Monday, the Prime Minister assigned himself the role

  JOHN TORY BARS WOMAN BECAUSE OF HER MALE PARTNER And Toronto mayoralty candidate again attempts to bully news media TORONTO – Toronto mayoral candidate John Tory has decreed that Lisa Kirbie will not be permitted to provide political commentary for CityNews at his Election Night gathering – because of

Very, very sad to hear this news. We were adversaries and later became friends. A great Calgarian, he was.

If elections are just great big job interviews (and they are) then communications – how you communicate, when you communicate, what you communicate – ultimately determine whether you get the job or not. There are exceptions to that, of course. (There are always exceptions in politics.)  In Toronto’s municipal campaign,

Here. Being beaten by 1, 5 and 9 is an honour. In respect of the rest of the list? Well, I haven’t really tweeted anything to #topoli since mid-August, so I particularly enjoyed beating 40, 42, 44, 46, 47, 51, 54, 57, 65, 77, 82, 83, 95 and 101. (I’m

Saint Bonaventure Junior High student council, Calgary, 1976. Spot the cocky ones.

I thought we were terrible, but Big City Lib and the LaRoccas said we rocked. Several F Bombs were dropped. And lotsa dough was raised for Aboriginal Legal Services!

And it’s in Toronto-Danforth – think about that. Hmmmm.

The New York Times has a huge piece this morning, with multiple contributors, about the shooter and Ottawa (whose name I still refuse to use). Was he an Islamic radical, or just a drug addicted loser? Here are the Times’ first few grafs: OTTAWA — A loner. A drug addict.

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Talk about eleventh-hour campaign drama.  Wow.