If the shoe fits. Andrew Coyne back at National Post.
When I read a tweet from @AZerbisias just now with this bit of journalistic news, I thought ahah, Coyne didn’t go to a progressive news outlet – that proves he’s…
Toronto Star
Linda McQuaig gets it. Occupy signals a new era.
Occupy has been starved for meaningful commentary from the press corps. Most of what has been published varies from haven’t-got-a-clue to total bullshit. Most journalists need to be told what…
Linda McQuaig gets it. Occupy signals a new era.
Occupy has been starved for meaningful commentary from the press corps. Most of what has been published varies from haven’t-got-a-clue to total bullshit. Most journalists need to be told what…
A gun registry case for mandatory minimum penalties
The Toronto Star is reporting that the Harper government has reinforced its efforts to strip Canada’s national police service of its independence. Removing the RCMP’s communications independence is the just…
Water, water everywhere…
A report has singled out Ontario as the only province to get an "A" grade for its water protection efforts.It's worth pointing out that the group in power in Ontario…
Water, water everywhere…
A report has singled out Ontario as the only province to get an “A” grade for its water protection efforts. It’s worth pointing out that the group in power in…
Worth reading. Worth correcting.
This morning, the Toronto Star published an interesting article on the impacts of the Tory war on vulnerable Canadians long gun registry repeal bill.I won't repeat the core of the…
Another Excellent Column From Rick Salutin
As I have written elsewhere, in my view there are few Canadian columnists who can match or exceed the depth and range of intellect consistently reflected in the work of…
Tim Harper on the One-Year Anniversary of U.S. Steel’s Hamilton Lock-out
We are approaching the one-year anniversary of U.S. Steel's lockout of the workers from its Hamilton plant; the lockout would seem to be in contravention of the guarantees that the…
Two powerful Star columns on Islamophobia. The new anti-Semitism. Tactics of Islamophobes.
Haroon Siddiqui hits these columns out of the park. Much needed to be said but our media has been reluctant to shout out the obvious. ‘Islamophobia: The new anti-Semitism‘ Just…
Time For A War On Error
Although I rarely reprint items from the newspaper in their entirety on this blog, occasionally someone says something so succinct and insightful that I can't resist. Roman Haluszka from Newmarket…
With Persichilli Appointment, PM Harper Shows Quebec The Political Middle Finger, Embraces The Ethnic Vote
Quebec will not be a priority for the Conservative Canadian Prime Minister during the next four years of his comfortable majority rule. That was the message Stephen Harper sent with…
What’s this I hear about Tony Clement? Surely it can’t be true?
"Funneling requests for taxpayer-funded projects in his riding directly through his political office in Huntsville"? Can't be. Must be that commie Toronto Star doing the digging and reporting facts again.…
Artist Franke James has Harper quaking in fear
Franke James.jpg If Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is this frightened, then we can only assume that the visual artist from Toronto, Franke James, is THAT scary! As reported most…
Fern Hill Unleashes More Online Hellfire
Way to go, Fern! As you might remember, Fern Hill, the political blogger at DAMMIT JANET! was the instigator of what Chris Selley dubbed the “online hellfire” which was unleashed…
Let’s see… how to start… um… *ahem*… okay… It was a dark & stormy night…
…and fern hill was kicking ass all over the place! W00t! DJ has the links that tell the entire tawdry tale. And while we’re giving props to those who deserve,…
Yes, BC Blue, Dean Skoreyko, Toronto Star Just Ain’t a Classy a Paper as, Say, The Toronto Sun?
It’s been awhile since I’ve verbally bitch slapped a blogging supposiTory. I’m going back to it, because, well, they just lend themselves to it. BC Blue Dean Skoreyko, Come on…
Toronto Star Readers Speak Out On Police Abuses
I have written before about how much we are enjoying our subscription to The Toronto Star, one of the few newspapers that still seems to be doing the job that…
Judge Excoriates Cops As Thugs, Expresses Content Superiors Who Conceal
Yesterday I posted some of the comments made by Justice Allen upon sentencing two Toronto police officers to a year of house arrest for beating a Cabbagetown man in 2009.…
Judge: Police Have A Culture That Rejects Accountability
Those were the words of Justice Elliot Allen as he sentenced two Toronto police officers to one year of house arrest for beating a Cabbagetown man in 2009. As is…