Todd Butler’s Act Two
“Nimble-fingered maniac” Todd Butler makes the leap from concert stage to the theatrical kind ~~
By Jan Beecher ~~
On a gentle west coast evening, Todd Butler is opening the Islands Folk Festival at Providence Farm near Duncan, BC. I have just arrived along with a thousand or so other people for a weekend of music and [...]
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On his latest, Hamburger Soup, Butler has tried to further squelch his laughabilly half by making the album strictly instrumental, but again — consider the title. He’s still fighting off the ha-ha’s. Looking at the track list on the album still wasn’t enough to convince me this wasn’t just another collection of [...]
Wake Up Call
“I think, if luck were real,” David Arthur Johnston says, “that I’m one of the luckiest people on the planet. To have a grand scope in my head, that’s weird, but makes me feel like a superhero most of the time.
“A lot of people love me, though most of them think I’m strange.”
He’s right. Johnston [...]
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January 24, 2004: From David Arthur Johnston’s Journal of the Occupation of St. Ann’s Academy
Last night I had gone to bed early (around 8PM). Around 9PM a security guard came up and fervently asked me to leave.
SG- “Please leave. I must ask you to leave. You cannot stay here. Please leave.”me- [...]
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December 5, 2008: From David Arthur Johnston’s Journal of the Occupation of St. Ann’s Academy
The ‘order’ is something all parties involved in the Charter case must sign to finalize the case. The city says its going to ask the judge to amend the ruling to add the words ‘at night’. They [...]
911’s Canadian Crusaders
By R.D. Lloyd
The subject of what really happened on 9/11 remains taboo in the mainstream media, particularly in the United States. 9/11 is too tragic an event, too close to home. It is an agonizing wound that still, literally, lies exposed in the center of lower Manhattan.
To question the Bush administration’s explanation of 9/11 in [...]
9/11’s Canadian Crusaders – Drew Noftle
Who?
Drew Noftle
A teacher based in Vancouver.
“I studied Marketing management at Kwantlen University/College in Vancouver Canada, and Mandarin at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.”
9/11 Sceptic since?
“I didn’t suspect anything until 2005. In 2005, I was living a luxurious life in Beijing, China, as the private English teacher for Yang Kaisheng, then President [...]
9/11’s Canadian Crusaders — Barrie Zwicker
Who?
Barrie Zwicker
Journalist and media analyst, Zwicker has worked for The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Vancouver Province, Sudbury Star, Detroit News, and Vision TV.
Zwicker is also the creator of the Sources directory, and is a former professor with Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto.
9/11 Sceptic since?
“I became not only suspicious, but decided – and told people [...]
911’s Canadian Crusaders — Ian Woods
Who?
Ian Woods
Editor and publisher of Global Outlook magazine (globaloutlook.ca).
9/11 Sceptic since?
“I first became suspicious of the official story released by the Bush administration as soon as the White House and FBI fingered Osama bin Laden and the 19 so-called hijackers as being the culprits. I asked myself, ‘How could a rag tag bunch of goat [...]
9/11’s Canadian Crusaders — Peter Dale Scott
Who?
Peter Dale Scott
Peter Dale Scott is a poet, writer, and researcher, a former Canadian diplomat and English Professor at the University of California, Berkeley (Retired).
B.A. (McGill University, Montreal), 1949. First Class Honors in Philosophy, Second Class Honors in Political Science.Studied six months at Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris, and two years at University College, Oxford (1950-1952).Ph.D. [...]