Hundred Waters at Bluesfest
Floridian five-piece Hundred Waters kicked off the Full Flex Express tour today at Ottawa Bluesfest with a whisper. That's not to say their atmospheric, electronic-tinged sound doesn't rock; Hundred Waters'…
July 2012
what i’m reading: "zone one" by colson whitehead
I’m currently reading Zone One, by Colson Whitehead, a book I might never have picked up if it hadn’t been written by one of my favourite authors. Fortunately for me,…
4878…New Stadium For Regina
Brand new joint to be built in the Queen City. Opening in time for the 2017 CFL season. It is only going to cost the Saskatchewan Roughriders 25 million.The Regina…
Saturday Afternoon Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Dave Coles comments on Brad Wall’s attempts to erase a century’s worth of gains when it comes to labour rights, but recognizes…
The amusing story of JPMorgan Chase
Reading about the latest foibles of JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, one cannot help but chuckle. CEO Jamie Dimon initially reported a trading blunder had cost…
The Conservatives’ Contempt For Truth
If Canada feels different, it’s because it is. Under Harper, we have become strangers to ourselves, a foreign country run by an angry and hostile regime. The world has noticed,…
On default positions
Dan Ariely comments on how the normalization of cheating can produce a cascading effect: The consequences of this sort of cheating are even more severe when the network of contagion…
Wegmania: The Denouement
The longer version can be found here, but, essentially the serial plagiarism of Ed Wegman and his protege Yasmin Said has begun to catch up with them. They are both…
Wow! lots of pictures of not-very-old cars
That pretty much sums up todays’ news in The Moncton Times and Tribune. Page 1 is headed by a photo of a 2008 Mustang. Now there’s something you don’t see…
Resistence is futile: Reid Technique in action
R. v. Armishaw, 2011 ONSC 5624 is a good case for considering whether police interrogation techniques can lead to an inadmissible, and factually false, confession: For…
Russian LGBT Film Fest pushes ahead despite attacks – A conversation with the founder of the Side By Side Festival
It is an extreme act of bravery and commitment to put on a queer film festival in many parts of the world, where the cultural politics of film festivals play…
You can see for miles and miles
No wonder they made Tourism Saskatchewan into a crown corporation.There’a a new survey out that says Saskatchewan is the place that that people least want to come to on vacation.…
Meeting with ex-judge reassures residential school survivors
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Despite having had problems with their former legal counsel, members of the Blood tribe in Southern Alberta have been reassured that…
Sleeping cat 5
Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: 100 cats
Hebron Dispute: No more give-aways, indeed #nlpoli
When it comes to the Hebron project, Premier Kathy Dunderdale should know exactly what went wrong with the development deal between the province and the companies. She should know every…
4877…Drew Brees Makes More Than Whole CFL
The New Orleans’ Saints QB’s new deal, Laid out in this morning’s Ottawa Sun, 100 mill with 60 guaranteed, is more than the entire CFL, players, coaches, ankle tapers, will…
In tomorrow’s Sun: whither Quebec goest, so goest Canada
It haunts us still. The Quebec question, that is. With Quebec Liberals now edging ahead of separatist Parti Quebecois rivals — by a whopping single digit, according to a June…
4876…Hope Today Mooney’s Bay
If those words mean something to you and you are looking to have some fun Hope Volleyball at Mooney’s Bay, Ottawa, is the place to be. There will be over…
Louis Audet: Speaks six languages, measures every word by Rita Trichur
Columnist says Cogeco Cable’s largely rural footprint has traditionally shielded it from cutthroat competition, but the growing popularity of advanced TV services from its phone company rivals is starting to…
Quebec Student Protest Movement Begins Tour Of Ontario Universities
While the pots and pans are on a summer hiatus, the ground-breaking Quebec student protest movement is visiting an Ontario university near you. Representatives of CLASSE, Quebec’s largest student federation,…