Wildrose’s Ron Leech and the “ethinicity” problem
By Frank Moher Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith says she takes it personally when “accusations of racism and bigotry are aimed at me and at my party.” Okay, well how about if we accuse some of your candidates of being bone dumb? We knew, of course, that Wildrose candidate Ron Leech had told an interviewer [...]
Stelmach resignation leaves old-school media in the dust
By Brian Brennan Can the mainstream print media successfully reinvent itself to become as relevant to news consumers in the digital age as it used to be back in the days when readers looked to their morning newspapers for authoritative coverage of the previous day’s events? The question arises in the wake of Tuesday’s surprise [...]
Calgary Jazz Festival plays itself off
By Brian Brennan Chick Corea was supposed to play Calgary this Friday night, followed by Ben E. King on Saturday night. But that won’t happen now because C-Jazz, the local organizers of the Calgary Jazz Festival, have abruptly pulled the plug on the annual event. Is it possible the shows will still go on? Likely [...]
Lindsay Blackett strays from the script
By Frank Moher So, Lindsay Blackett was just performing a public service when, at the Banff World Television Festival, he called Canadian TV “shit”? Apparently so. As the Alberta Minister of Culture and Community Spirit told the Calgary Herald earlier this week, his intention was to create “a national discussion” about Canadian TV’s crapitude. But [...]
Telling me I’m more vulnerable makes me so
By Jodi A. Shaw Today, for the first time in my life, I was concerned for my safety based on my gender. Working in a northwest Calgary neighbourhood, I was informed by a resident that a “perv” had reached inside a woman’s bedroom window (in a house just down the street) and fondled her breasts [...]
Leaping Flames
By Jodi A. Shaw From the very beginning of the H1N1/Swine Flu drama, I’ve had zero intention of getting a flu shot. Nevertheless, even I am infuriated by the preferential treatment given to the Calgary Flames players and their families. I don’t blame the Flames’ medical team for requesting special treatment (it doesn’t hurt to [...]
Crapulous Calgary
For over a month the trunk of my car has been crammed full of mixed plastics. I have scoured the city’s recycling depots for one that accepts mixed plastics, to no avail. It’s a touch ironic: my attempts to reduce my environmental impact include driving all over the city, polluting. In Victoria, I enjoyed curbside [...]
The view from the Globe
By Frank Moher By Frank Moher Two otherwise unremarkable entries in The National Post and The Globe and Mail this week are instructive in the most salient difference between the two papers — and it isn’t that one is right-wing and the other is even more right-wing. Both articles are about the opening of the [...]
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