By Drew McLachlan If you live in British Columbia, odds are you’ve seen the video below about a million times. It’s not a Tourism BC advertisement or the new video for that chillwave band your coworker told you about — it’s one of the many ads produced for Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline, which are constantly […]
British Columbia
Northern Gateway: Time to build a firewall around B.C.
By Frank Moher In 2001, Stephen Harper was famously one of the signatories to an open letter encouraging then-Alberta Premier Ralph Klein “to build firewalls around Alberta.” The idea was that Alberta had to protect itself against the encroachments of the federal government. This morning it is BC’s turn to defend itself against a predatory […]
Coupland all gummed up
By Rachelle Stein-Wotten Apply gum at your own risk. I pull my stick of chewed-up Stride Double Mint gum out of my mouth, and slowly, steadily press it into Douglas Coupland’s cerebellum. We suggest you wash your hands immediately after touching this sculpture. I dutifully heed the advice of the Vancouver Art Gallery and apply […]
Quidditch, Canadian style
A BoB Short: Twenty-eight athletes from across the country will be dusting off their broomsticks to represent Canada as they host this year’s International Quidditch Association (IQA) Global Games, the international championship of a sport taken straight from the pages of Harry Potter. IQA’s style of quidditch differs from its fictional counterpart in a few […]
At least somebody wants to visit Toronto
A BoB short Southern Ontario residents beware. According to an independent study released earlier this week, citizens of Windsor, Hamilton, Toronto, and London are more likely than any other Canadians to be devoured by an undead hoard. The report, prepared by University of Alberta engineering graduate and blogger Michael Ross, ranks 20 Canadian cities on […]
Good news for Ford — BC to allow children in pubs
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 […]
Stacked odds topple Stackhouse
By Rod Mickleburgh And so my former colleagues at the Globe and Mail have another big change at the top to mull over in the bars. That is, if newspaper types still go to the bar during these daze of social media, wine and healthy eating . . . John Stackhouse, editor of the Globe […]
Wrong Way
By Alison@Creekside You know how you sometimes wonder how we might reorganize society if we were starting over again today from scratch? Imagine how public meetings to discuss it would go. Anyone recommending any variation on tinkle down economics or massive handouts to the rich as a solution to poverty would get laughed out of the room. […]
Reindeer Games
By Mark Leiren-Young I was a teenaged reindeer . . . I always wanted to be Santa Claus. When it’s Christmas and you’re in the dressing-up in costumes business, who doesn’t want to be the big guy? But as a gangly teenager — six foot two and maybe 170 pounds, even covered in costume fur […]
Good News! NEB bans oil spills over $950 million!
From The Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Joint Review Panel: “In the unlikely event of a large oil spill . . . we found that the adverse effects would not be permanent and widespread.” And just in case you aren’t convinced of this by reading it just the once, the National Energy Enbridge Board repeats it […]
