Hate to say we told you so, etc., but we did
Federally, and provincially, Yours Truly has been a broken record. To wit: • The only people who think federal Conservative scandals (cf. robocalls) are a big deal are the media…
Musings
John Tory and Big Tobacco
From a regular reader. This is fascinating: Hi Warren: Just thought I would give you a heads up about a slip up from the Tory web team. It seems that…
Just handed out to reporter’s at Queen’s Park
…and now you guys get it, too! It’s well done. (My earlier response, however, stands, and is here.) The Ontario Legislative Assembly, like the House of Commons in Ottawa and…
Glen McGregor, ace reporter
Or, um, not. Robo-calls? Robo-nothing. Consider the source, as they say. .
My Jesus
Lisa’s, too (and who just became a Catholic, BTW). .
Da Brudders: 38 years ago today
Bjorn reminded me Da Brudders first LP – my fave ever, still – came out 38 years ago today. Here they are in Arturo Vega’s loft in 1975, around the…
Mayor On Crack
This Saturday night at the Bovine Sex Club on Queen West – see it live, buy merch, help us pay for our therapists!
This ad?
Really bad. .
Dear Adam
We put our clients on our web site. Have for years. Here’s one of the ones that, shockingly, has been there for years: Oh, and this is where this sort…
My daughter is going to the North American Indigenous Games!
She’s in her last exam at Dal, right now, and doesn’t even know: we just got the letter announcing that she’d been picked for the Ontario swim team, so you…
$10,000-a-meeting later, John Tory returns to the campaign trail
Ever wonder why John didn’t quit the Rogers board while he’s campaigning to be mayor of Toronto? Me too. Raises interesting questions about conflict of interest and whatnot.
SFH, mid-scream – plus, This Ain’t Ford Fest on Saturday!
From left: Bjorn Von Flapjack III, Royal Niblet, Ras Winkie Smith at CUP fundraiser – at which (we’re told) $700 came from donated merch. This Saturday: come see us and…
Go, Joe, go
I don’t care if he’s orange, blue, red or green. He’s a friend and I’d vote for him if I could. If you’re in Trinity-Spadina, you should, too. .
Ontario election: believe it, don’t believe it
Yesterday’s Ontario Newswatch report comes in for some particularly categorical, on-the-record condemnation from the Ontario NDP, here. Two things: one, what else would you expect him to say? (viz., “Yes,…
The End
Son One, who is smarter than me, spoke to me at length about this morning on the way in (in a vehicle, yes). It got me so depressed, I went…
In Tuesday’s Sun: Reform Party of Canada, RIP
Remember the Reform Party? The Reformers rather wish you didn’t. Twenty years ago, the Reform Party’s fresh-faced MPs – all 52 of them – arrived in Ottawa to cause all…
I don’t believe it
I don’t doubt for a minute that some Ontario Dippers told my friend Susanna what she’s reported here – she’s one of the most honest and terrific reporters around –…