Dear everyone, I am writing today because I want you to be the first to know some news. This has been the hardest time of my life. I am reeling from the loss of my father. I am in deep personal pain and worried about my mom. And now my
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The Canadian Progressive: CBC severs ties with popular Q host Jian Ghomeshi
The CBC announced Sunday it had severed its ties with Jian Ghomeshi, the popular host of the public broadcaster’s cultural affairs radio show Q. The post CBC severs ties with popular Q host Jian Ghomeshi appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Something Ugly This Way Comes
I really don’t know what this is about, and frankly I’m not sure I want to. But you wanna talk about the nation losing its innocence? The career of the nicest guy on Canadian radio ends in a grease fire? Bad for Jian; bad for CBC. Bad for Canada.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Jian Ghomeshi Has Left The CBC Building-But Why?
Richard Hughes-Politically Speaking Jian Ghomeshi has been fired, resigned, was forced to resign, chose to leave of his own free will or just what the hell has really happened? Arguably Canada’s top broadcaster does not just bolt as it appears. Was he pushed? The social media may reveal more but
Continue readingIn This Corner: Random thoughts, from Jian to Tim to Louis C.K.
Welcome to the long weekend, everyone. Or, as those of us who toil in retail call it, the weekend. For your long weekend enjoyment (?), I have for you a collection of not ready for prime time blog items. None of these items quite have the gravitas to become fully-fledged
Continue readingIn This Corner: Neil Young’s credibility takes an atomic hit.
First, a few kind words about Neil Young. I like some of his music, if not so much his singing. He hasn’t been afraid to write politically aware songs, which is so refreshing in a world where 90 per cent of songs are silly love songs. I even have some
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Joni Mitchell In Focus with Jian Ghomeshi – An In Depth Interview
Here is a Q special and North American broadcast exclusive with Joni Mitchell. Jian interviewed the music legend last week at her home in Los Angeles. The result is an in-depth and revealing conversation about her life, legacy and resistance to being labelled. [MP3 file: runs 57 minutes]
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Idle No More: An audio essay by the CBC Radio’s Jian Ghomeshi
Jian Ghomeshi, the host of “Q”, a national daily cultural affairs talk program on the CBC’s Radio One, weighs in on the Idle No More grassroots movement for First Nations rights in Canada. Ghomeshi tackles the slogan, the hashtag, and the movement. RELATED: Canada’s First Nations leaders confront Harper Gvt
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Jian on Bullying for Amanda
Jian’s essay: Amanda Todd, and bullying | Q with Jian Ghomeshi | CBC Radio From the House of Commons Readers are advised not to switch to full youtube view and not to read the comments
Continue readingMy journey with AIDS...and more!: Newspaper clipping from Mom: “A GAY JOCK TAKES OFF THE MASK”
It was on the front page of the Ottawa Citizen’s March 17 “Saturday Observer” section. The paper sat on a table beside Mom’s comfy chair, where she keeps anything she wants to pass along to me. She knows that, like Jamie Hubley, whose passing touched me so deeply, hockey stories wouldn’t
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