Bjorn and my new friend at North Van Walmart
All my life, I have been looking for this item.
Warren
Back in North Van
…with the kids, Nana, Babs and Bjorn. To my great surprise, it’s been a torrential downpour since our arrival. Hill’s open, Shogun closed, old campaign office is now a Subway.…
In tomorrow’s Sun today: Trudeau times ten
Liberals being Liberals, we prize one thing above all: Winning. Now that Bob Rae has figured out that he could never possibly win, Grits are again in search of someone…
Maximum Rock’n’Roll: Hot Nasties reissue “dumb teenagers from nowhere writing pop hits…a great goddamn record”
Just got sent this by Simon from Ugly Pop. Maximum Rock’n’Roll! The punk bible! It took 32 years, but better late than never! HOT NASTIES – The Invasion of the…
June 15
Dr. T. Douglas KINSELLA, CM, BA, MD, FACP, FRCPC. Like some men, and as was the practice in some families, my brothers and I did not hug my father a…
Ontario election?
Looks like all Summer vacations are about to be cancelled. Ballot question: The Ontario NDP and PCs forced an election months after the last one. If you oppose that, vote…
Son One just won the citizen of the year award at his graduation!
Proud family, here. Wow. Wasn’t expecting that.
The Ontario PCs want you to die
…well, that’s a slight overstatement, but not by much, frankly. Today, they moved in the Ontario legislature to defund the province’s air ambulance service (they’re big on defunding). Among other…
Byline, June 13: Trudeau, and human rights – both divine?
Lilley attempts to engage me in debate, but I remain distracted by the giant wax figure of Trudeau at St. Lawrence College.
Trudeau ten
Seeing as how everybody else is writing about Justin Trudeau, and seeing as how I’m a Liberal, I figured I’d do likewise in a column or something on the weekend.…
BC-related question
So, how’s that clever strategy – you know, transforming the BC Liberals into a branch plant operation of Harper’s government – working out for y’all, anyway?
Adler’s show last night: on Lib leadership
Charles and I react with shock as a shirtless Justin Trudeau and an unidentified crazed man in a Speedo appear on the set.
Bob Rae
It’s the right decision, and was apparently only made in past 48 hours or so. Good for him. It now creates pressure on Justin Trudeau it will be impossible for…
Trudeau, tale of the tape
More than 150 comments on the column, below, about the possibility of a Justin Trudeau candidacy. There are many Liberal commentators passionately debating the idea, most in favour. More interesting,…
Actual question by Son Three, on way to lacrosse practice
Son: Daddy? Me: Yes, buddy? Son: What is a fax? Me: Seriously? Son: Yes, what is it? Me: Wow. Well, um, it’s an old thing, I guess. Sending papers through…
Perfect punk rock moment
…and replete with (happy) meanings, too. Against Me!, Joan Jett and Laura Jane Grace cover the Replacements’ ‘Androgynous’ in NYC. Been listening to this song for nearly 30 years, but…
Glenn Cochrane
What a huge, huge loss to the Beach and this City. Such a kind and decent man, and what a writer he was. God bless him and his family.
PS – Read this, Andrew
Still think it was okay to make jokes about their son’s fate?
“That Coyne idiot”
He said it, not me. Coyne attempts to style his column today as a cautionary tale about social media, and about how, you know, he was the one who taught…