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Avoiding the fate of the nanny

08/02/2015 by the editor

By Frank Moher The Conservatives were once a respectable party. That was way back when they were the Progressive Conservatives, though their alleged progressivism didn’t have much to do with it, as they were never all that progressive. Instead, they were respected for a certain stalwartness and decency, even by their opponents. Leaders like Robert Stanfield and Joe Clark may […]

Filed Under: Politics, Uncategorized Tagged With: 2015 federal election, Bill C-38, Canada, Canada Revenue Agency, Conservatives, F-35, Joe Clark, omnibus bills, Peter MacKay, Preston Manning, Progressive Conservative Party, Reform Party, Robert Stanfield, Stephen Harper

The Video: Rob Ford: The late night talk show round-up

11/16/2013 by backofthebook.ca

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: comedy, David Letterman, Rob Ford, television, The Daily Show

Brian Brennan

01/28/2012 by backofthebook.ca

Brian Brennan is an Irish-born writer who has lived and worked in Canada since 1966. He makes his home in Calgary, Alberta, where he has worked as a journalist and author, publishing eight books of biography and social history including The Good Steward: The Ernest C. Manning Story (2008), How the West was Written: The […]

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At the Paralympics, patriotism kicks in

03/16/2010 by backofthebook.ca

By Bev Schellenberg Already the patriotic glow has started to fade for some, but not for the 60,000 people who filed into BC Place Stadium for the Paralympic Opening Ceremonies. My 12-year old daughter, disappointed at our not being able to afford the $175 minimum price tag per person for the Opening and Closing Olympic […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Canada, Olympics, Paralympics, sports, Vancouver

Mittens, love gloves and other Olympics memories

03/03/2010 by backofthebook.ca

By Bev Schellenberg The Olympics are over, but the memorabilia is here to stay. Vanoc reported that, by midway through the 2010 Games, it had already reached its $50 million sales goal, double the amount that merchandising brought in through the entire 2006 Winter Olympics.  Three million cute red Olympic mittens alone were sold by […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Canada, Olympics, sports, Vancouver

For the Olympic appetite

02/25/2010 by backofthebook.ca

By Bev Schellenberg McDonald’s is the official 2010 Winter Olympics fast food sponsor, as evidenced by their ubiquitous billboards and TV ads showing Canadian Olympians about to consume supposedly performance-enhancing food. But while games-goers may enjoy collecting the Olympic mascot toys and drinking from the official Olympic water bottle, their eating preferences are, literally, all […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Canada, food, Olympics, Vancouver

Olympics Anywhere

02/18/2010 by backofthebook.ca

By Bev Schellenberg So you don’t have tickets for any of the 2010 Winter Olympics? Consider yourself lucky. Think of it: by not going to the Opening Ceremonies, you’ve now saved the $175-1,110 ticket cost, the aggravation of pushing through the protestors, the hassle of braving the Vancouver rain, and the monotony of waiting for […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Canada, Olympics, sports, Vancouver

Pass the Olympic doobie, man

02/15/2010 by backofthebook.ca

By Bev Schellenberg “The Olympic torch came from Hitler, you know.” I pressed my phone closer to my ear, thinking I’d heard incorrectly. “Pardon?” “Yeah. It was his idea. I think, anyway. You can look it up on internet.” I never thought I’d be impressed with an idea Hitler came up with, and I wasn’t […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Canada, Olympics, sports, Vancouver

Olympic serendipity

02/09/2010 by backofthebook.ca

By Bev Schellenberg As a mom of two children in elementary school in British Columbia during the Winter Olympics 2010, I braced myself for an onslaught of Olympic-twisted curricula and information — dare I say, propaganda — coming home prior to the grand spectacle. After all, the Olympics website includes a section for teachers complete […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Canada, Olympics, sports, Vancouver

Ambivalent at the Olympics

02/06/2010 by backofthebook.ca

By Bev Schellenberg The Vancouver Winter Olympics will open in six days, whether British Columbians like it or not. The other day I was sitting in a Burnaby chiropractor’s office across the waiting room from a white-haired lady when she suddenly blurted, “I don’t want the Olympics here. They never asked me.” I looked around, […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Canada, Olympics, sports, Vancouver

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Fort McMurray: Shopping time!

By Brady Tighe We’re now officially in the aftermath phase of the northern Alberta wildfire crisis. The fire is long gone, and everyone with a home to return to is back in its … [Read More...]

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Electoral reform: Hashtag fresh thinking

By Alison@Creekside The most interesting and innovative idea to come out of the first meeting of the all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform, or ERRE, was Nathan Cullen's suggestion, … [Read More...]

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The Trudeau gush fest is getting old

By Jim Henshaw There have been several bewildered as well as angry accounts coming out of the USA lately about how little media time has been spent covering the Democratic Presidential Primary … [Read More...]

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My friend, Rick, at the Pride Parade

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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Triumph of the drama nerds

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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