A BoB short Presumably torn between his roles as a Canadian icon and politically-active celebrity, rock-icon Bryan Adams has adamantly kept the seal-hunting debate out of his shows. But while promoting his tour of Atlantic Canada, he was asked by The Telegram if performing in Newfoundland and Labrador was hypocritical, given his ties to PETA […]
Robocalls: Elections fraud? What elections fraud?
By Alison@Creekside It would be unseemly for a sitting government under the cloud of elections fraud and voter suppression in 200 ridings across the country to ram through the Fair Elections Act mainly benefitting themselves, so today Elections Canada Commissioner Yves Côté obligingly threw in the towel on any further investigation into what Federal Court Judge […]
Bad first compression
A BoB Short When residents of a Northwest Saskatoon neighbourhood heard their street was slated to receive its own piece of public art, many were ecstatic. But when the big reveal finally came last November, the piece was greeted with overwhelming confusion. The result of the city’s $4300 investment, titled Found Compressions One and Two, […]
Robocalls: Investigations are so harrrrrd
By John Klein (aka Saskboy) Despite audio evidence of widespread illegal robocalls, the Commissioner of Elections Canada has announced “no offenses committed.” Robo-call scandal fizzles out. Commish of Elections says no offenses committed, but notes investigation powers limited and info lacking. — Don Martin (@DonMartinCTV) April 24, 2014 Canadians have had a heaping helping of […]
Wright and Frum on the Republican dole
By Alison@Creekside In a week that featured . . . 1) Nigel Wright being let off the hook by the RCMP for bribing sitting legislator Senator Mike Duffy in spite of weeks of PMO discussions involving over a dozen senior party officials re buying Duffy’s silence, and 2) Senator Linda Frum making the most idiotic and widely-mocked attack on […]
A Modest Opinion — The Canadian Advantage
By Nathaniel Moher Recently I discussed how North Korea held the perfect election, with 100 per cent of voters turning out and voting for the same person (who, yes, was also the ONLY person on the ballot . . . which I think makes things less confusing for people, and that’s why they want to […]
Beer Store madness
A BoB short: Ontario liquor retailer The Beer Store recently released what could be the apogee of their cringe-inducing struggle to maintain their provincial lock on alcohol sales. While the chain is privately owned, almost entirely by foreign companies, an Angus Reid Poll last year showed that only 13 per cent of Ontarians were aware […]
Seeds and the City
By TJ Dawe Are we headed toward a civilization-wide collapse? Maybe. The bees are dying. A sperm whale with a belly full of plastic washed up on a Dutch island. People share maps on the internet showing Fukushima radiation allegedly making its way around the Pacific in terrifying red streaks. The climate’s in a tizzy […]
In the shadow of Flaherty’s funeral
By Montreal Simon Well I knew what he was going to do from the moment he announced that Jim Flaherty would have a state funeral, for no good reason. And then let it be known that he had PERSONALLY written the eulogy he would deliver. And sure enough he did turn that solemn occasion into […]
Flaherty: An insatiable desire to kill government
By Montreal Simon I think it’s fair to say that he was a better person at the end of his political career than he was at the beginning. He did reinvent himself from a pit bull to something vaguely resembling a pragmatist. He did become more human. And I’m sorry he died before he could spend […]
