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The shootings: How the media fed our inner monster

10/29/2014 by the editor

By Montreal Simon You think you know the story. You’ve seen the pictures on TV a million times. Over and over again. You’ve seen how the media have tried to explain what happened, and how they’ve framed the narrative, complete with more heroes than you can count. You know what Stephen Harper wants you to […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: addiction, Canada, Canadian Parliament, crime, law, mental illness, newspapers, Ottawa, Parliament Hill shootings, radio, Stephen Harper, television, terrorism

What I have to tell Rob Ford

05/14/2014 by the editor

By Dave Brindle Rob Ford has finally hit his rock bottom. You have to, before you get enough of a grip to get out. It can be a slow fall or a freefall, bouncing against the jagged edges of the hole, or hard and fast, straight to the bottom. It’s black. It’s lonely and silent, […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: addiction, Alberta, Canada, Grande Prairie, Rob Ford, Toronto

Good news for Ford — BC to allow children in pubs

04/07/2014 by the editor

A BoB short: It looks like the party’s over for Toronto mayor Rob Ford, at least in BC. Two months after his trip to the Lower Mainland, during which he was dealt a jaywalking ticket by Coquitlam RCMP and photos of an after-hours soirée surfaced on social media sites, the province’s liquor regulator has finally […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: addiction, British Columbia, Canada, Rob Ford, Toronto

Wonderland

02/13/2014 by the editor

By Dave Brindle To protect his identity, I’ll just call him the kid. He’s only just turned 19 — 19 going on 13. He’s from a broken home where alcohol was the addiction. He was kicked out of high school in grade 11. He’s no longer allowed in the mall. He gets chased out by […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: addiction, drugs, youth

The Video: Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Owning Mahowny”

02/03/2014 by the editor

The 2003 Canadian film Owning Mahowny, based on Gary Ross’s book No Limit, was made for pennies. It grossed pennies. But when Philip Seymour Hoffman wanted to play a role, wanted to make a film, he made it. Roger Ebert wrote of his performance: “Philip Seymour Hoffman, that fearless poet of implosion, plays the role […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books, The Video Tagged With: addiction, Canadian film, film

Rob Ford is us

11/21/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By TJ Dawe “#RobFord is the perfect picture of our age: capitalism in its underpants, slouched drunk on the couch saying “what r going to do, leave me?” — Naomi Klein” A point that keeps coming up in the never-ending Rob Ford train wreck is that the man was elected. He wasn’t open about his […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: addiction, Canada, crime, Doug Ford, drugs, Gabor Mate, medicine, Rob Ford, Toronto

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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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