April 2017
Kevin, That’s No Way to Make Friends
My best Ottawa Tory buddy is miffed. He’s pissed off with Kevin O’Leary and, by the sound of his complaint, he’s probably not alone. It seems my pal, and other…
“The National Enquirer for skinheads”
That’s the memorable (and accurate) description my colleague Andrew Tumilty – now cloistered in the Ontario budget lock-up – gave to Your Ward News. Here’s a link to his HuffPo…
Review: Direct Action
The following review was done for the April 27, 2017 edition of GET LIT, a bookish show that broadcasts on 93.3 FM CFMU. Check out both the written and audio…
It’s Official: Coal Just Became Uneconomic in Canada
Marijuana wasn’t the only green thing being celebrated on April 20. In a somewhat unexpected move, the Calgary-based electricity company TransAlta announced it will accelerate the phase-out of eight coal-fired…
Three, six, seven, nine… how many basic plots?
When I was in school, back in the last century, I was taught there were three basic plots in which every story ever written could be classified: Man-vs-man, man-vs-nature and…
Believe it’s a new French Revolution? Hold your horses
Photo by Leweb Most of the media were quick to hail a ‘New French Revolution’ following the results of the first round of voting in France’s 2017 Presidential election. Well,…
SOME HON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear!
IDEA: A constitutional amendment requiring that the last person Trump speaks to on any issue must be Justin Trudeau. https://t.co/7nqkzlSmvh — Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) April 27, 2017 Trump: I “was…
The Simpsons Skewer Trump’s First 100 Days
This little gem speaks for itself. Recommend this Post
O’Leary, Trudeau, alliterations and the obligatory Hill and Knowlton reference
From next week’s column. I’m rather enthusiastic about political alliterations, as Gerald Butts and Don Guy know too well: But we’ll give you this much, Kev. You were uncharacteristically candid…
Pre-Charge delay
The Supreme Court today (R. v. Hunt 2017 SCC 25) upheld a lower court decision (R. v. Hunt, 2016 NLCA 61) which limited the effect of pre-charge delay to rare…
Pre-Charge delay
The Supreme Court today (R. v. Hunt 2017 SCC 25) upheld a lower court decision (R. v. Hunt, 2016 NLCA 61) which limited the effect of pre-charge delay to rare…
How Much Does That Plastic Bottle Really Cost?
For me, the plastic water bottle is an apt symbol for the mentality that encapsulates the western world today: the passion for convenience, abject, complete disregard for the environment, and…
The Future of Economics is a Doughnut
Economists have focussed on just one thing for the last hundred years or so: making money. That might sound fine, but classically these economists have ignored the societal and environmental…
Ten bands I have interviewed and one I haven’t
Screw Facebook. If I’m going to do this, I’m doing it in my house. With a twist. Sex Pistols The Clash The Ramones Ted Nugent The Police Pennywise Bad Religion…
O’Leary’s Out
Kevin O’Leary has dropped out of the Conservative leadership race because, he says, he can’t get support in Quebec. That was obvious on the day he announced his candidacy. Even…
Donald Trump has a plan?
Heard any good conspiracy theories today? It is amazing how many pundits are writing about Trump’s real plans for world-wide dictatorship. They see Trump’s actions in the White House as…
Good news-bad news for Tory candidate Maxime Bernier as Boston Stranger packs up his carpet bag and heads home
PHOTOS: Kevin O’Leary, until yesterday a front-running candidate to lead the Conservative Party of Canada. (Photo: Ontario Chamber of Commerce.) Below: CPC candidates Maxime Bernier and Kellie Leitch (both from…
Gord Downie’s Secret Path tops Audreys Books’ Edmonton Fiction bestseller list; poetry sales appear
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended April 23, 2017, compiled on April 25, 2017, by Audreys Books…
Ed Gibbons and Ray Martin not seeking re-election
Two long-time Edmonton politicians announced this week that their names will not be on any ballot when the municipal elections are held on October 16, 2017. Ed Gibbons announced he…