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James Moore’s gatekeepers

06/28/2015 by the editor 1 Comment

By Frank Moher It is entirely likely that James Moore decided not to run for reelection this Fall in order to, as he told us, “pursue new opportunities and be closer to my young family.” It is also entirely likely he did so because an Ottawa journalist revealed that he had been exchanging “sext” messages with a Conservative […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Andrew Coyne, British Columbia, Canada, Canadian politics, CBC, Chantal Hebert, Frank magazine, Globe and Mail, James Moore, Jennifer Ditchburn, journalism, marriage, news, newspapers, Ottawa, Peter Mansbridge, phones, Rob Russo, sex, Stephen Harper, TV

Province over party in Alberta

05/02/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside In three days Albertans go to the polls. Here’s how that’s looking as of yesterday according to 308: As part of his election platform, Calgary-Klein Green Party candidate Noel Keough made a great case for raising corporate taxes in Alberta — the lowest in the country – by just 2% in order to […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2015 federal election, Alberta, Alberta New Democratic Party, Bruce Carson, business, Calgary, Calgary-Klein, Canada, Conservative Party of Alberta, corporations, Craig Coolihan, FairVoteCanada, Globe and Mail, good behaviour, Green Party of Alberta, Jim Prentice, Liberals, Noel Keough, proportional representation, Rachel Notley, Stephen Harper, taxation

Unintelligence sources

01/11/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher The Prime Minister, in his role as Chief Scarifier, performed as expected on Thursday, once again using an atrocity for political gain, and to serve his government’s agenda to reduce Canadians’ civil liberties. No surprise there. What was surprising — or, if not surprising, then wall-to-wall evident in the 24 hour news […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: 9/11, Canada, CBC, CIA, CNN, crime, CSIS, FBI, France, Globe and Mail, Islam, magazines, Muslims, Paris, parliament, Parliament Hill shootings, RCMP, television, terrorism

Ontario is still progressive, and so is Canada

06/14/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Montreal Simon I guess it’s safe to say that the people of Ontario weren’t too impressed with Tim Hudak’s vision of the future. They didn’t like his Made in America plan to create jobs by killing them. Or the fact he couldn’t count. And they did send him and his hideous Cons a clear […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Andrea Horwath, Canada, Conservative Party of Ontario, Conservatives, David Walmsley, Frank Graves, Globe and Mail, Kathleen Wynne, Liberal Party of Ontario, NDP of Ontario, Ontario, Stephen Harper, Tim Hudak

Stacked odds topple Stackhouse

03/20/2014 by the editor 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: British Columbia, business, David Walmsley, Globe and Mail, John Stackhouse, newspapers, Phillip Crawley, Toronto

Why I am a disappointment to J. Kelly Nestruck: Part 2

11/18/2013 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Frank Moher In the last episode of “Kelly and Me,” I wrote about an exchange via twitter with the Globe and Mail theater critic J. Kelly Nestruck, in which he expressed his disappointment in me for supposing that we might not have the full story of what happened on 9/11. That was over a […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: 9/11, 9/11 conspiracy theories, 9/11 Truth, Canada, Globe and Mail, theatre, writing

Why I am a disappointment to J. Kelly Nestruck

10/15/2013 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher I had an interesting conversation with the critic J. Kelly Nestruck recently, if an exchange on twitter can be called a conversation. I am in the habit, on September 11th of each year, of posting to facebook and twitter a message along the lines of: The best way to honour the victims […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: 9/11, 9/11 conspiracy theories, 9/11 Truth, Canada, Globe and Mail, theatre

Not much media behind Postmedia’s paywalls

05/14/2013 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher As suddenly as the Berlin Wall fell, paywalls went up today across the Postmedia “content network,” or whatever we call what we used to call “newspaper chains.” Steve Ladurantaye, media reporter for the competing Globe, broke the news to a non-waiting nation by posting the death notice internal memo on his personal website. […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: business, Canada, Globe and Mail, Gordon Fisher, internet journalism, journalism, New York Times, newspapers, Pacific Newspaper Group, Phillip Crawley, Postmedia

About that audit

05/05/2013 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By John Klein (aka Saskboy) $3.1 Billion is missing, according to a damning audit of the Harper Government. Let’s see what the political pundits have had to say about recent audit revelations: – Headline in The Star: Federal government audit “severely critical” – The Star: “The independent audit […] speaks for itself, and we accept […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Auditor General, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Ezra Levant, Globe and Mail, John Ibbitson, National Post, Patrick Brazeau, Rob Silver, Toronto Star

The Cons’ broken budget record

03/29/2013 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By David@Sixthestate.net It’s possible to trace, year over year, the increasing negligence and partisanship of the Canadian media by how they react to government budgets. Take this year’s budget, for instance. If a Liberal or NDP government anywhere in the country, let alone federally, tabled a budget that blew past its previous deficit projections by […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Globe and Mail, Liberals, Toronto Star

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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...]

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...]

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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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