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Continue readingOne about an ex-Harris henchman who now toils for a guy who pulls levers behind the curtain at 24 Sussex… And the other about a guy that is so blasted partisan that we will cut the reference to his own country and one of the greatest PM’s who ever lived – because he was from […]
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Elmaks, local street artist, inventor of The Swap Box, and all-round nice guy and gentle soul, died on Thursday. I’m told that his body was found in the forest on Friday, and that he had committed suicide.
I’m shaken and saddened by this news. I didn’t even realize he was depressed.
He came […]
Continue readingNewly-released data indicate that student debt is rising amongst new physicians in Canada. In 2010, 23 percent of medical residents surveyed estimated having more than $120,000 in education-related debt upon completion of their residency traning (as compared with just 17 percent in 2007). (Note: across Canada, average tuition fees for medical students amount to just over $10,000 a year.) This appears […]
Continue readingIt’s actually feels cold in Toronto today for the first this this fall. Nuit Blanche is tonight which is always a great event but it is also a reminder to me that summer really is over. But I look forward to fall sweaters, bundling up in the winter and embracing
Continue readingIt’s actually feels cold in Toronto today for the first this this fall. Nuit Blanche is tonight which is always a great event but it is also a reminder to me that summer really is over. But I look forward to fall sweaters, bundling up in th…
Continue readingIt’s actually feels cold in Toronto today for the first this this fall. Nuit Blanche is tonight which is always a great event but it is also a reminder to me that summer really is over. But I look forward to fall sweaters, bundling up in the winter and embracing
Continue readingBut when it’s Andrew Breitbart wailing and cussing on Janeane Garofalo, silence.Breitbart was speaking at the annual Tea Con (‘Tea’ and ‘Con’ together, clever that), a Tea Party extravaganza put together in part by one Steve Stevlic, a guy recently pro…
Continue readingPaul Fromm (far left) pictured with Kyle McKee, Natalie Serafini, LeeEbel, and other members/associates of Blood & Honour in CalgaryHey, remember last March shortly before the epic failure (which, in Paulie's mind, makes it an unqualified succe…
Continue readingReligious right crackpot Charles McVety has been a busy little bible-banger lately, and as usual it’s all about S E X , raising the question: Does this guy EVER get any? (Whoops, sorry if that conjured up any unpleasant visuals. Next time I’ll use a trigger warning.) Chuck’s latest Adventure in Sexland was an ad […]
Continue readingBy Postmedia standards, the Vancouver Sun is fairly liberal, being the hippie brother to the redneck trash, the Vancouver Province, both being owned by Postmedia. But it’s still Postmedia. In this most liberal of cities, the Sun can’t help emulate at t…
Continue readingPerusing The Toronto Sun’s online front page (yes, it happens), I was struck by what the creators of that site consider to be important information for its readers.I call them readers, but The Toronto Sun seem to barely consider them capable.As you hov…
Continue readingAnwar al-Awlaki will be missed about as much as Clifford Olson, which is to say, not at all. The latter was a vile and unrepentant serial child-rapist and killer; the former was an American citizen who embraced violent jihad,…
Continue readingWe can only dream… But Lawrence O’Donnell gives us some hope by quite plausibly suggesting that Palin’s recent “mean girl” scraps with other Fox News talent may well be foreboding signs that her days are numbered. Please, please, please… let … Continue reading →
Continue readingWe are mute with shame here in Canada. Shame for our Professional Media. Even our beloved CBC doesn’t have the decency to cover the new American Revolution. You were there for Egypt, you covered the hell out of Libya, sickeningly slick graphics and foreboding intro music and all. But when our biggest trading . . . → Read More: Canada’s Shame
Continue readingThe Telegram wonders why it is taking so long to install court security equipment at the province’s courthouses. The signs have been up since early January. “Public notice: Improved security to protect you. Your safety is our No. 1 concern.
Continue readingIn the coming months, the now-majority Conservative government will make good on their campaign promises to move forward a series of “tough-on-crime” bills that fell to the floor prior to the dissolution of Parliament this past March. While…
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