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Cops raid crack video “Ground Zero”

Toronto police chief is holding a media avail at noon today. Read more here.

More Senate talk on Sun News

I’m no fan of Mac Harb’s but his residency issue is quite different from what Tory senators Duffy, Wallin and Brazeau are currently dealing with. Read what Harb has to…

Little Super Men

Or, Twin Terrors? I say that with love, of course. The little boys in this clip are my nephews and the very patient woman, my baby sister. The twins, who…

Front line heroes

It was a tremendously sad day last Friday when the world learned that four crew members – two pilots and two paramedics – lost their lives while en route to…

Crack Nation

The video everyone has been dying to see: Also, the lead singer is kinda hot.

More on David Price, and the Toronto Star

The Star delved a bit more into David Price’s background today. If you’re not familiar with Price, he’s Rob Ford’s former football coach turned best friend turned “director of operations.”…

Bigots swarm interracial Cheerios ad

There are some sick bastards out there. I’m going to go buy some Cheerios.

Wynne Liberals need to help the Huronia Survivors get the justice they deserve

But they’re not. I work with the abused Huronia survivors so this is close to my heart. Not only is the government delaying justice, the government has denied even owing…

Dr. Henry Morgentaler, RIP

For all that you have done to ensure that Canadian women have reproductive choice, thank you.

The man everyone wants to hear from

David Price, Rob Ford confidante, is having a very bad week. You may not know who he is – neither did I until he started calling me – but he’s…

Darcy Allan Sheppard’s father speaks

Here, at a presser today. I can only imagine the tremendous grief Mr. Sheppard is living with each day.

Welcome to Toronto

Currently making the social media rounds: H/T: @cheyennedevan

This post isn’t about Rob Ford

I’m not a Trekkie (is that how you spell it?) but my partner is (sigh). Sometimes I humour him, like when I buy him Star Trek-themed gifts as a joke…

When politicians need to back away from Twitter

It’s the cover-up, stupid!

For anyone old enough to remember the Watergate scandal, it wasn’t the break-in that did Nixon in, it was the cover-up. It’s a political lesson that should never be ignored:…

From the archives: Mike Duffy defends Conservative Senate expenses

I kid you not. Several years ago, shortly after Mike Duffy was handed his cushy Senate gig, he appeared on a national news broadcast in, well, rough shape defending Conservative…

More on the Mayor

After I posted about my telephone call with Mayor Rob Ford a few weeks back, I started getting calls from one of the mayor’s aides. He left pleasant messages and…

Duffy and the Chief of Staff

To most Canadians, the Senate is an abomination, a mystery, or both. Most Canadians are surprised to learn that the Red Chamber, in effect, is a mirror image of the…

Bet

This morning on Sun News Network’s AM Agenda, I bet the charming Pat Bolland that the BC New Democrats were going to win a majority government. I’m going back tomorrow…