Politics

Duffy’s $90,000 is chump change

Duffy’s $90,000 is chump change

May 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

By David@Sixthestate.net As my commenters were happy to point out, my last post on Senator Mike Duffy and Conservative political strategy was hilariously mistimed, since Duffy resigned from the Conservative caucus mere hours later. I’ll cop to it: I was wrong, and superceded by events. There hasn’t been such a momentous blunder since Globe and Mail pundit John Ibbitson predicted that Bob Rae was “almost certain” to win the Liberal leadership campaign last year, only to have Rae confirm hours later that he wouldn’t be running in the campaign in the first place. In my defence, I don’t... [Read the full story]

Arts and Books

Harper needs to ask himself: What would Frank Glenfield say?

Harper needs to ask himself: What would Frank Glenfield say?

May 1, 2013 · 2 Comments 

By Frank Moher A lot of Canadian teachers are rightfully angry at the Conservatives these days — none more so than drama teachers. Barely hours after Justin Trudeau was elected leader of the Liberal Party, the Cons unleashed an attack ad deriding his work experience: as a camp counsellor, white water rafting instructor, and most embarrassing of all, if the sneering tones of the voice-over guy are anything to go by, two years teaching kids to connect their emotions to their bodies and develop self-confidence, which are among the most important things drama teachers do. I wonder what Stephen... [Read the full story]

Culture

The Indiegogo fix

The Indiegogo fix

April 15, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

By Rachelle Stein-Wotten One of the biggest stories in the entertainment world in the last month has been the unstoppable support given to the long-ago cancelled television series “Veronica Mars.“ Fans have rallied behind show creator Rob Thomas, not just with enthusiasm, but with dollars to make a feature film version happen. Thomas’s Veronica Mars Movie Project campaign on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter raked in over $5.7 million, almost three times as much as its goal, becoming the most backed project in Kickstarter history. Thomas has wanted to make a “Mars” movie... [Read the full story]

Politics

Duffy’s $90,000 is chump change

Duffy’s $90,000 is chump change

May 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

By David@Sixthestate.net As my commenters were happy to point out, my last post on Senator Mike Duffy and Conservative political strategy was hilariously mistimed, since Duffy resigned from the Conservative caucus mere hours later. I’ll cop to it: I was wrong, and superceded by events. There hasn’t been such a momentous blunder since Globe and Mail pundit John Ibbitson predicted that Bob Rae was “almost certain” to win the Liberal leadership campaign last year, only to have Rae confirm hours later that he wouldn’t be running in the campaign in the first place. In my defence, I don’t... [Read the full story]

Living

The birds of Spring

The birds of Spring

May 6, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

By Montreal Simon The birds have been flocking back to the island as they do every spring. Flying in from south of the lake, on their way north. But this year I’m not as glad to see them, as I usually am. Because this year they can’t help reminding me of what’s going on in China. The outbreak of a new type of bird flu in China poses a “serious threat” to human health, but it is still too soon to predict how far it will spread, experts have said. Of the 126 people known to be infected so far, 24 have died, with many more still severely ill in hospital. And if... [Read the full story]

Features

Curiously convenient: Canada’s me-too bomb plot decoded

Curiously convenient: Canada’s me-too bomb plot decoded

April 29, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

Last week, U.S. talk show host Jack Blood offered a dissection of a recent New York Times article about the arrest of two Canadian residents charged with plotting to attack a VIA Rail train. While we haven’t been able to source everything he has to say (we’ve done our best), Mr. Blood is smarter and less bellicose than most of his colleagues on the American airwaves, and his analysis is in welcome contrast to the generally credulous response of Canada’s mainstream dailies. Listen to the complete broadcast here. “The Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Monday announced the arrest... [Read the full story]

Media

Not much media behind Postmedia’s paywalls

Not much media behind Postmedia’s paywalls

By Frank Moher As suddenly as the Berlin Wall fell, paywalls went up today across the Postmedia “content network,” or whatever we call what we used to call “newspaper chains.” Steve Ladurantaye, media reporter for the competing Globe, broke the news to a non-waiting nation by posting the death...

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Lang: Indian workers are just better

Lang: Indian workers are just better

By Alison@Creekside “Information technology workers displaced in Canada are being replaced not by cheap Indian workers but by better ones.” So says CBC’s Amanda Lang, senior business correspondent for CBC News and good cop to Kevin O’Leary’s bad cop on “The Lang and O’Leary...

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Curiously convenient: Canada’s me-too bomb plot decoded

Curiously convenient: Canada’s me-too bomb plot decoded

Last week, U.S. talk show host Jack Blood offered a dissection of a recent New York Times article about the arrest of two Canadian residents charged with plotting to attack a VIA Rail train. While we haven’t been able to source everything he has to say (we’ve done our best), Mr. Blood is smarter and less...

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Living

The birds of Spring

The birds of Spring

By Montreal Simon The birds have been flocking back to the island as they do every...

Is yoga even yoga anymore?

Is yoga even yoga anymore?

By Rachelle Stein-Wotten What’s more prolific than cats on the Internet? Yoga....

Is Google making us less lituritt?

Is Google making us less lituritt?

By Rachelle Stein-Wotten Today is Family Literacy Day in Canada, an initiative organized...

Boxing Day: Our gift to The States

Boxing Day: Our gift to The States

By Rachelle Stein-Wotten Boxing Day was traditionally the day servants took off to...

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Arts and Books

Harper needs to ask himself: What would Frank Glenfield say?

Harper needs to ask himself: What would Frank Glenfield say?

By Frank Moher A lot of Canadian teachers are rightfully angry at the Conservatives...

The Newfoundland solution

The Newfoundland solution

By Rachelle Stein-Wotten Any actor, writer, director, or producer will tell you the...

BC throws a film party — for India

BC throws a film party — for India

By Zoe Grams On the same day that Save BC Film’s online petition exceeded its...

Artists for the rainforest — and reality

Artists for the rainforest — and reality

Painting: “Great Bear Rainforest” by David McKeown By Rachelle Stein-Wotten Art...

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In A Modest Opinion

A Modest Opinion – It’s been so clear all along

A Modest Opinion – It’s been so clear all along

By Nathaniel Moher Guys, things are getting real in the world right now, and I’m not just talking about the controversial end to “Big Brother Canada .” (Can you believe they wouldn’t let Brady re-vote after she accidentally voted for MacLaughlin instead of Levy? I mean, writing a name on a card is really...

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