We, like most people, have been following the Luka Rocco Magnotta case with a degree of horrified fascination. Magnotta is the prime suspect in the murder of another man who’s…
In light of the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association opposition to gay-straight alliances, and Ontario's large budget deficit, the Green Party of Ontario is the only party showing courage and…
The Globe and Mail reports that the New England Patriot’s wide out is upset coz his SUV got jacked a week or two ago. The bad guys took his car,…
One of the most surprising (to me) aspects of this case is the gore.com website. Apparently the murder went online (I gather users can post their own videos) and the…
Canadian Atheist blogger Veronica Abbass has taken her opposition with the Peterborough city council’s practice of reciting Christian prayers to court. Her lawyer, Dan Mayo, is a Humanist Officiant and…
So many big changes are happening in Bill C-38 that some significant issues like the changes to the Federal Contractors Program (FCP) have escaped attention. Part 4 Division 42 of…
Winner of the 2012 Dalton Camp Award discusses Kai Nagata and the link between media and democracy.
(If some of the slides are blank either zoom in one level or fullscreen the presentation) The End Game
This is a brilliant piece of writing by Mark Brister: “National media coverage of the 2011 federal election was a failure.” Not sure if it’s getting much coverage but there’s…
We have Conservatives apparently urging the shrill Ezra Levant to run for the Conservative nomination in Calgary Centre. This being Calgary, I doubt there would be any doubt of him…
A video was released this week showing the ugly homicide of Vancouver citizen Paul Boyd. If you consider the video offered any new information, reconsider. This was written almost 18…
Today, Norbert Cunningham wrote an introductory column on the baby boomers. He’ll continue it on June 1. I have no idea what he’ll write – so this is no attempt…
Montreal Quebec was hit by a short but fierce rainstorm on Tuesday, doing millions of dollars worth of damage to homes and businesses. The Montreal Gazette reported: Montreal firefighters answered…
On May 23, I was lucky enough to hear Andre Picard speak. He’s the health and social policy writer for the Globe and Mail newspaper, but he’s much more than…
Thursday, May 31, 2012 When a politician says that his report is about the science, and not about the politics, it’s probably wise to take that claim with a grain…
If unlike me, you are not ancient, listen to Simi Sara at CKNW’s audio vault, May 31, 1 pm, to remember how excellent talk radio can be. This is broadcasting…
The City of Greater Sudbury finds itself at a crossroads. The time is now ripe to tackle difficult, but important and interesting questions about the nature of our City, and…
I had never intended to make the first part an ongoing “series” and was really just the result of my angry ranting, yet again I feel a need to ask…
Apparently there is some sort of controversy surrounding these pictures. That is good, because I can therefor post them here under the fair dealing exception of the Canada’s copyright Act.…
Déjà vu! Around this time, last year, Mainstream Media was providing minimal coverage of the Rainbow Pipeline leak. Fast-forward 1 year and yet another oil spill — an oil spill…
