Theo Caldwell Is Not Dead
If anyone cares, Fox News North's most recent castoff still gets the occasional gig on...wait for it... the Irish news broadcaster RTÉ News. Bit like being a star in Moncton,…
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Sue Ann Levy Fights Firefighters And Their Female Fans
In the midst of a rant suggesting that Rob Ford aim his cost-cutting axe at Toronto Fire Services, The Sun's Sue Ann Levy opines: As I happened by the Yorkville…
A Facility Named Ezra
I'm pretty sure that this is a hoax, because this--well, this, more precisely--is the original source. But perhaps, though not literally true, it speaks to a deeper truth--you know, with…
FreeD Proves Useful: New Hate Speech Provisions Clarified
The veritable "penny in the poop"--a genuine contribution to political discourse from Free Dominion. Because Rob Nicholson will tell the wing-nuts there what he won't tell us normal folk. Not…
The Slightly Shorter Farber
...on Hudak's promise to put crooks in your parks:Ontario has long been a province of tough, practical people. The Ontario way is to ask: "what works?" and make decisions based…
Quebecor Destaffing Newspapers To Keep Fox News North Afloat?
After the T.O. Sun's last round of layoffs, I speculated wildly that the point of it all might be to keep Ezra in grease-paint. Turns out I might have been…
Gruending On The Breivik Killings And "The Right"
Dennis Gruending weighs in elegantly here.My view: if right-wing pundits like Steyn, and Tarrek Fatah, and Pam Geller aren't nuts, then Brevik's actions are sane. If dark-skinned Islamo-fascists really have…
Quebecor 2nd Qtr: Profits Sucked Less Than They Thought– But Sun TV Didn’t Help
Lots of stories out re Quebecor's 2nd quarter results. Short version: their profits were down, but not as much as they could have been. Interesting to know how the pluses…
Maybe We’ll Read about It Tomorrow
Found on Bourque. Who knows? Maybe the poor guy in cuffs caught Mr. Harper on the john. He's sensitive that way.
Rob Granatstein Out At T.O. Sun
Was he not pro-Ford enough?Did he object to Sun Media pulling out of the Ontario Press Council, where he sat as a member?
Toronto Sun Sacks More Staff
Word is one, possibly two, major Toronto Sun players were pink-slipped today. TSF tipsters say once confirmed, the departure of one high-profile 333 vet will be a shocker.We are trying…
Some Politicians Should Stay Off Social Media
I think Giorgio Mammoliti may be starting to realize this.
Guess The Government CAN Create Jobs
Tough on Crime = 6,000 more positions within Corrections Canada since 2006. (Of course, the figure is from Brian Lilley, whose math skills are known to be somewhat limited)
Shaidle’s Hubby Still Getting Sued
Arnie Lemaire, of Imaginit Technologies, is still in trouble with Richard Warman:Latest – Warman v. Arnie Lemaire (aka Blazingcatfur and husband of Kathy Shaidle). In December of 2010, this libel…
Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Piss
Drought-Stricken Texas Town faces choice between conserving water or drinking own waste products, chooses to drink own waste products. The American spirit is strong in these ones. Not that I…
Why Sun Media Quit The Ontario Press Council
Some speculation from John Miller (several weeks old, but not reported elsewhere as far as I know): Sun Media's stated reasons for pulling out are as misleading and full of…
Tim Hudak Gets The Wedge
Ontario Libs always seem to fight a little harder than their Federal counterparts.
A Poll That Means Nothing
The honeymoon may be over, but they still have a majority in the HOC, and one soft poll this early in their term won't do a thing to impede whatever…
Acarpolypse Now: The Real Asian Menace!
LORAIN -- A man kayaking out on Lake Erie spotted what he thinks was an Asian Carp jumping near his boat. Webber describes the fish as about four feet long,…
On That Samara and the Writer’s Trust of Canada Contest
...to anoint the best Canadian political book of the past 25 years, which wound up anointing Ezra Levant's Shakedown. Discussions of the significance of this choice, such as the one…