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The fix for local TV

02/05/2016 by the editor

By Jim Henshaw We’re in an age of media decline. Last week, I posted my thoughts about what’s gone wrong with Canadian newspapers. But local TV in Canada is also losing viewers at an alarming rate. This week the CRTC was told that fully half of our local stations could be gone within the next […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Australia, Canada, Canadian television, CRTC, journalism, television

Mind your guru, Minister Freeland

02/05/2016 by the editor

By Alison@Creekside The best part of International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland signing the U.S. corporate rights agreement TPP — the Trans-Pacific Partnership — in Aukland, NZ on Wednesday was that it was done here in this gambling casino, and a casino is where the house always wins. In her 2012 book, Plutocrats: The Rise of the […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Chrystia Freeland, corporations, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Japan, Liberals, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, trade, Trans Pacific Partnership, U.S., United States, Vietnam

Mohamed Fahmy and the pipsqueaks

02/14/2015 by the editor

By Frank Moher Make no mistake; Mohamed Fahmy is not safe yet. He’s out on bail, but a re-trial looms. And given the events of the last few days, and months, there’s no reason to suppose it will go according to what Mr. Fahmy’s supporters, as well as our naïve, ineffectual Conservative government, hope is […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Al Jazeera, Australia, Canada, Conservatives, Egypt, foreign, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, international affairs, John Baird, journalism, law, Mohamed Fahmy, Stephen Harper

Harper’s G20 follies

11/17/2014 by the editor

By Montreal Simon OMG. I see Stephen Harper has stolen the spotlight at the G20 summit, by going dictator to dictator, with Vladimir Putin. Stephen Harper told Russian President Vladimir Putin flatly that he needs “to get out of Ukraine,” when the two met at a Group of 20 summit of major economies in Brisbane. […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Australia, Canada, climate change, G20, Russia, Stephen Harper, Tony Abbott, Vladimir Putin

Argo: We’ve written ourselves out of history

02/26/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By Paul Mather Okay I never do this, but everybody else in the house is occupied and it’s too icy to jog (or at least that’s what I’m telling myself). So, I’ve poured a cup of coffee, and here’s a long post. I was reading today about Argo. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Academy Awards, Australia, Canada, film, history, Hollywood, Iran, Sweden, television, U.K., United States

No WikiLove for Canada Day

07/04/2011 by backofthebook.ca

Wikipedia is working on a new feature to allow visitors to express appreciation for its poor beleaguered editors by clicking on a Wikilove icon (a heart) and sending a message of appreciation. Seems that editors get a lot of negative criticism for some reason — perhaps for assuming authority even over experts by virtue of […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Australia, Canada, internet journalism, journalism, New Zealand, online media, online publishing, wikipedia

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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...]

Trudeau on quantum computing

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...]

Rick Meyers in Nanaimo Pride Parade

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...]

First Nations defending Lelu Island

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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