Unlike many of my peers, I truly do respect and in many ways admire Oprah Winfrey. She's used her massive popularity and celebrity to raise awareness of difficult issues, not…
April Reign Blackwater (Xe Services) is releasing a video game; “The video game is a fictional action first-person shooter, without any political agenda, and is being published to let gamers…
McGuinty has recently made an election pledge to provide $10,000 dollars in support for businesses that hire immigrants. Regardless of what one might think about the policy itself, it is…
When it first became clear that NATO actions in Libya were going to far exceed the UN mandate of a no-fly zone to protect civilians and would instead be a…
Billy Bragg’s brand new song ‘Never Buy The Sun’ takes aim at the whole sorry story of News International’s systemic failure to understand that there are limits to legitimate news…
This and that for your Sunday reading. - The Cons are once again getting noticed in the world - this time thanks to Serge Schemann pointing out their callous treatment…
A collection of diplomatic history since 1966 to the present day. This sentence is changing the world, unintentionally. The US State Department would have given its left testicle for this…
Being the change you want to see in the world — it’s not just a clever slogan, it’s the only direct way someone can change their circumstances. Here are some…
It is that time again when my fingers twitch and compel me - struggling with my sense of decency - to write another blog post about Sarah Palin. I have…
Plains Midstream Canada no longer provides web updates regarding the percentage of oil that has been recovered from the Rainbow Pipeline leak site. Plains Midstream Canada has only recovered 49%…
There’s something wonderfully absurd about the “Naked News” that always makes me chuckle. Now, what were those headlines again? I forget.
I happen to agree with Ezra Levant today. Only in part. Here’s a piece on Quebec’s desire to license journalists. The government of Quebec wants to licence journalists. Christine St-Pierre,…
Plains Midstream Canada has been given the final OK to restart the Rainbow Pipeline. Almost 4 months after the largest Alberta pipeline discharge in 36 years, and less than 30…
Miscellaneous material to end your week. - John Moore points out why the Canadian public is mourning Jack Layton with as much sincerity and energy as we've seen over the…
by matttbastard Michael Valpy addresses the current conventional wisdom that without Jack Layton, the NDP — and Canada’s left — is now doomed, doomed, DOOMED! Ahem. Sorry ’bout that. Now,…
Graeme Hamilton: Quebec seeks special status for select journalists Quebec's Culture Minister, Christine St-Pierre, announced this week that she is pushing forward with a plan to create "a new model…
I am always somewhat bemused that in today's usage the expression 'political correctness' is overwhelmingly considered a pejorative. One might accuse somebody else of being racist or sexist, but one…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Gerald Caplan rightly asks what media outlets think they have to gain by promoting anti-Muslim bigotry: The goal of the Muslim-haters is surely…
Tips on talking to political adversaries. Moving past politics, partisanship and labels, recognizing corporatism masquerading as progressivism or conservatism, and going straight to the issues.
Granted, this is from the editorial board of the Nanaimo Daily News, and not the Calgary Herald (or even the Vancouver Sun), but still, someone get the devil some ice…
