Free Pussy Riot – today (updated)
SFH’s drummer, Davey, is about to go on CBC to discuss this morning’s verdict. Another friend is going to be at the courthouse in Russia for the verdict. He/she will…
2012
David Black Media Tycoon Is Promoting A Bitumen Refinery in Kitimat
Richard Hughes Political Blogger Controversy surrounding the proposed Enbridge Northern Pipeline just got a goosing from Victoria based media tycoon David Black. The history of transporting bitumen has a very…
Navigator Online #nlpoli
Turn your browser to a new blog from The Navigator. For those who don’t know it, The Navigator is a monthly magazine about the fishery for people in the industry…
Jimbo Flaherty and the Con Country Snatchers
Oh goody. Another episode of The Invasion of the Con Country Snatchers. And tonight it's one of the scariest ones ever !!!! For as Jim Flaherty prepares to meet with…
The Globe & Mail: Rogers and Bell to purchase majority stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment
Two of Canada’s biggest media conglomerates, Bell and Rogers, are partnering up. Their goal? To take control of the iconic Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment group. The CRTC approved the…
How we use the Internet to save the Internet
Our Executive Director, Steve, popped online during his vacation to suggest we put together a blog entry about how OpenMedia.ca’s online petitions have been effective. He noted that a lot…
I’ve never been a huge fan of Marineland anyway…
I’ve been to Marineland once, and also to Seaworld in Orlando on one occasion as a child. I won’t be going back. And frankly, I wish I’d never gone in…
Christianity Today looks at David Jang and Second Coming Christ Controversy
This article in Christianity Today, The Second Coming Christ Controversy, is going to generate discussion in North American evangelical circles. While the piece centres around the Southern Baptist Convention and…
Another open letter to David Aiken
Real journalist David Akin is slamming supposedly-fake journalist Sixth Estate for doing the job that Canada’s news media and press gallery are just too busy to do. And he implies…
U.S. grain and seed ports will kill a few more Canadian jobs – with a little help from Stephen Harper
Bunge’s $200-million US grain port at Longview, Wash. Below, U.S. police and strikers scuffle at the port. Back in 2009, when the destruction of the Canadian Wheat Board was still…
America Has Wiped Out Its Middle Class. Time for Canada to Follow Suit?
That’s likely the message Harper FinMin and garden gnome Jim Flaherty will get when he gets together with his future employers top Canadian CEOs for his annual summer “policy retreat.”…
The fix is in
Games are being played here and the fix is in.The hysterical anger of the British foreign office toward Equador supports the idea that the whole rape accusation against Wikileaks’ Julian…
The Horse’s Mouth
I saw The Horses Mouth as a movie in my senior year of high school. I had read the novel, given as a gift by my cousin, a corrupting and…
Does the Toronto Star plagiarize?
Why, yes, it does. I plan to write further about this, after Friday morning’s demos to fee Pussy Riot. Try and be there, wherever you live.
Late night
Oh, let’s go with some music even though it’s not Friday. This is a good one and it’s not even house music. Mumford & Sons. Babel, the roots-rock superstars’ follow-up…
Israel, the Settlements, and the United Church: Three Common Distortions
– proposed United Church boycott of products from Israeli settlements Distortion #1: Why Israel? The world is full of tyranny and injustice. Of all the places and issues, why boycott…
Canadian mythology: Bob Rae, NDP and socialists to blame for Ontario’s deficit.
One of Canada's enduring mythologies is that during the NDP reign in Ontario from 1990 to 1995 a whole plethora of woe was inflicted as the result of Bob Rae…
Canadian mythology: Bob Rae, NDP and socialists to blame for Ontario’s deficit.
One of Canada’s enduring mythologies is that during the NDP reign in Ontario from 1990 to 1995 a whole plethora of woe was inflicted as the result of Bob Rae…
That Limbaugh Stain is Hard to Get Out
The protest-driven advertiser revolt against Rush Limbaugh seems deeper than might have been expected. Cumulus Media, a major affiliate of Rush Limbaugh’s show reported millions of dollars in losses attributable…
CETA – Trust No One – Part One
As I get older, I sometimes feel like a character from the X-Files, one of the recurring motifs of which was “Trust No One.’ I think I have lived long…