First things first: we now have conclusive proof Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi is not infallible. Nenshi, much-adored by progressives everywhere, predicted Alberta’s PCs would win another majority government. “I suspect…
Not based on the evidence in this case, they’re not. Full disclosure: former Maple Leaf Andre Derveaux is a friend and a client. This morning, we helped him at a…
To wit: “The real issue is me. Twitter is an addictive little thing, and if it’s there, I gotta check it. When you keep doing something after it stops giving…
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…and all three federal political parties supported that, and rightly so. Just as we criminalized the promotion of hatred, we should criminalize the promotion of hate’s bastard brother, terror. Anyone…
Paul Godfrey’s bean counters ordered Alberta papers to support Jim Prentice. Seriously. Read this. This guy makes Fox News look actually fair and balanced.
So sayeth Peter MacKay: “It was like a morgue,” Justice Minister Peter MacKay told reporters Wednesday morning after the weekly meeting. “Someone said it was like – it’s Albertastan now.”…
#abvote alliterative why: bogus budget; caca campaign; diverse demographic; economic exigency; lousy leader; debate debacle; change chosen. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 6, 2015
But mainly Justin. The party of Peter Lougheed in third place: never thought I’d live to see that. (Oh, and all my Calgary high school teachers who called me a…
Lousy product, lousy service, lousy prices. I don’t often offer unsolicited advice on businesses you should use, but you should stay away from this one with a ten foot pole.…
…not that anyone ever listens to me about these things.
It was Summer, around 4 a.m.: Dr. John Booth, a veterinarian, awoke from his sleep with a start. A man dressed in black was standing over him, pointing a gun…
Here. This is much needed, and particularly in Toronto’s east end. A group of neo-Nazis and white supremacist have apparently become very active there, and are even making use of…
Everyone got it wrong in Alberta’s 2012 election – well, almost everyone – so they’re all hedging their bets this time. CBC numbers guy: Seven polls were published between Thursday…
To all long-suffering staff in the office of the “Ombudsman” Kid Kodak Marin: you can post here anonymously. No one will ever know your name, me included. Comment, in particular,…
1. He never loses. 2. He loves beating guys who (a) don’t tell the truth (b) don’t know when to shut up.
I don’t believe in heroes, per the song. But if I had one from my Carleton J-school days, it would have been Joe Scanlon. With his blunt assessments, with his…
May 15 at the Garrison in Toronto! Tickets right here. (Kind of a big deal for us old farts, so we’d be honoured if you could come.)
…is one in which the vultures running American junk bonds determine what Canadians can read. I’ll have plenty more to say/reveal on this in the weeks to come – but…
