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From “Our Rape Blog”: Shooting the Moon

06/29/2016 by the editor Leave a Comment

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="324"] From ‘The Red Tree’ by Shaun Tan[/caption] Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, the important part is this: every card in the heart suit is worth points, and (just like golf) players want to avoid those points. I played a lot of Hearts as a […]

Filed Under: From "Our Rape Blog": Shooting the Moon Tagged With: crime, Jian Ghomeshi, law, men, police, rape, RCMP, sexual assault, violence, women

The Water Bomber, The Frogman and The Great Canadian Novelist

05/29/2016 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Allan Eastman The photographs of water bombers fighting the horrendous Ft. McMurray conflagration of 2016 invoked a sudden wash of memories having to do with two of the great Canadian cultural institutions that I had the good fortune to be involved with and a bizarre set of circumstances that led from a burned out […]

Filed Under: The Water Bomber

Komagata Maru: The story behind the apology

05/19/2016 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Rod Mickleburgh At long last, a formal apology has been delivered in the House of Commons for Canada’s racist behaviour in its shameful treatment of Sikh passengers aboard the Komagata Maru, who had the effrontery to seek immigration to the West Coast more than a hundred years ago. Not only were they denied entry, they […]

Filed Under: Features, Komagata Maru: The story behind the apology Tagged With: Asia, bad behaviour, Britain, British Columbia, Canada, history, immigration, India, law, racism, Sikhs, Vancouver

Katrina’s campaign journal: New kid on the doorstep

08/17/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

With a lot of young people taking a special interest in this year’s federal election — or at least we hope they are — we begin this special series of reports from one recent university grad who decided to get involved at the campaign level. Watch for Katrina’s updates over the weeks to come. By […]

Filed Under: Features, Politics Tagged With: 2015 federal election, Canada, Canadian politics, Katrina's campaign journal, Liberals, Ontario, Toronto, youth

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

04/29/2013 by backofthebook.ca 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 […]

Filed Under: Curiously Convenient: Canada's me-too bomb plot decoded, Features Tagged With: Al Qaeda, Boston Marathon bombing, Canada, Canadian politics, CIA, crime, FBI, Iran, law, Mexico, North American security perimeter, North American Union, Osama Bin Laden, police, radio, RCMP, terrorism, Toronto, U.S.

I’m a racist. No really, I am.

01/11/2013 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

Things were not comfortable for German Jews in 1938, but nobody was interested in that story at that point. Just like how, in 2013, seemingly nobody is interested in the real story of Aboriginals in Canada ~~ By Jimmy Goatcher ~~ As I watched the video below, I thought about this idea that gets bandied around a lot by people […]

Filed Under: Features, I'm a racist. No really, I am. Tagged With: Canada, First Nations, history, Idle No More, internet, racism, Theresa Spence, U.S.

TV the way Lucy likes it

09/26/2012 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

Sit-coms have never exactly flourished on Canadian TV, but the success of YTV’s “Mr. Young” may be about to change that ~~ By Emily Olesen ~~ Sitting in the Mr. Young audience is like watching a live action cartoon. Props from past episodes adorn the walls of the studio, including oversized products from “Cyclops Wholesale […]

Filed Under: TV the way Lucy likes it Tagged With: British Columbia, business, Canada, comedy, television, Vancouver

Put to bed: The strike that broke the news at The Calgary Herald

02/03/2012 by backofthebook.ca 2 Comments

The Calgary Herald told its striking workers they were about to “jump off a cliff.” By the end, the Herald had gone over the edge, too ~~ Excerpted from Leaving Dublin: Writing My Way From Dublin to Canada, by kind permission of Rocky Mountain Books By Brian Brennan I never envisaged it would end the […]

Filed Under: Put to bed: The strike that broke the news at The Calgary Herald Tagged With: Alberta, books, business, Calgary, Calgary Herald, Canada, Conrad Black, Hollinger, journalism, labour, newspapers, Southam, unions

Put to bed: The strike that broke the news at The Calgary Herald — page 2

02/03/2012 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

Continued from page 1 After months of lunchtime discussions in the Herald cafeteria, the journalists made the first move. One employee talked to the Teamsters Union but was told the union had no interest in organizing the Herald newsroom without an assurance that at least 40 per cent of the 160 staffers would sign up. […]

Filed Under: Put to bed: The strike that broke the news at The Calgary Herald

Put to bed: The strike that broke the news at The Calgary Herald — page 3

02/03/2012 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

Continued from page 2 Local television and radio reporters gave the lockout plenty of coverage. So did the rival Calgary Sun, which distributed an edition of the paper wrapped in what appeared to be a Herald front page. “I always pray for opportunity,” said Sun publisher Les Pyette. The Herald opted not to tell its […]

Filed Under: Put to bed: The strike that broke the news at The Calgary Herald

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By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

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By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

From “Our Rape Blog”: Shooting the Moon

Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

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The video: Lelu Island: “They will come.”

From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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