Canadians and Canadian movies
Last week was an important one for the Canadian movie industry. The 32nd Annual Genie Awards, honoring Canada's greatest, was held Thursday. As expected by many, Québécois movies did rather…
2012
Dundernomics 101: Public Sector Employment Numbers #nlpoli
In an interview with CBC’s David Cochrane, Premier Kathy Dunderdale said that the public service has grown by more than 2,100 jobs in the past eight years and that total…
Canadians and Canadian movies
Last week was an important one for the Canadian movie industry. The 32nd Annual Genie Awards, honoring Canada’s greatest, was held Thursday. As expected by many, Québécois movies did rather…
Admitting to lesser sins
The Liberals in Guelph admit they were behind the robo-call that called the Conservative candidate out as being anti-choice, and say that yes, they should have properly identified it as…
Will any of this stuff ever stick to Alberta’s Teflon-coated premier?
Finance Minister Ron Liepert, centre, lets a couple of oil drilling contractors know what he thinks of their political judgment. Alberta politicians may not be exactly as illustrated and may…
RoboCon: Where’s Waldo? Who’s Poutine?
Canada’s short-lived version of Where’s Waldo, is now closing one chapter in the morning, to open a new phase of the search. Will Pierre Poutine finger their co-conspirators, and spill…
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Poem of the day
image source An Almost Made Up Poem I see you drinking at a fountain with tiny blue hands, no, your hands are not tiny they are small, and the fountain…
more on alberta mla extra pay and the privileges & elections committee.
Alberta MLA's at a meeting of the Privileges and Elections Committee. More information has been relvealed about controversial $1,000 monthly payments made to Alberta MLA’s for being members of a…
they’re all civilians. they’ve always been civilians.
A U.S. soldier is accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan people. Civilians, we are told. As if all the Afghans and all the Iraqis slaughtered by US bombs, raids, drones, guns,…
A Special Sunday Night Lullaby
AllTheLovelyThatFits MusicalityVille This showed up in my mailbox the other day. Thirty-eight thousand gold stars. At the very, very least. .
The Liberal Post
The Liberal Party is like a newspaper, regardless of whether there is news or not, it has to keep coming out claiming something important has happened because if it doesn’t…
Turkey-head
For years I have confused Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, with Rowan Atkinson, AKA Mr. Bean. When I have written about the profoundly disappointing lack of leadership in the English…
RoboCon: Poutine Hot and Fresh on Monday
Monday morning is going to eat Pierre Poutine for breakfast. If that doesn’t make sense, you’re not following RoboCon closely enough. Poutine is the alias of a person in Guelph…
New video of Michael D’Antuono’s art
Last month I posted an interview with Michael D’Antuono. A few days ago he sent me the above video, which is a beautifully narrated piece which outlines the background of…
The RoboCon Scandal: Taking it to the Street
I had to work today so I wasn’t able to make it to any of these rallies. But I was with them in spirit, I really liked their signs and…
4332…Stephen Hawking Comes To Canada
Well, sorta. Stephen Hawking, who is pretty much the world’s smartest septuagenarian, is going to be coming to Canada thru Our Home And Native Land’s favourite TV show Big Bang…
Requiem For The Vancouver Playhouse
NobodyKnows LikeUncleDaveKnowsVille It seems to me that David Berner has both the up-close-and-personal view as well as the big picture view just about right when he talks about the demise…
Music for a Sunday: I need it, I need it, I need it
You are the young things fed on garbage and lies: I’m talking far too much about my shame.
Video Report: Winnipeggers demand Harper restore Canadian democracy
Winnipeg, March 11, 2012: Winnipeggers rally outside of Tory MP Joyce Bateman’s office demanding the federal government allow a full inquiry into the federal election robocall scandal. Photo: Paul S.…