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Gay allies: Are you really on side?

07/16/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Dave Brindle We’re in the middle of Pride season. The biggest of the top 10 festivals – Toronto, New York and San Francisco – are over now, but that leaves Montreal and Vancouver still to come in Canada, and a host of smaller ones around the world. They’re everywhere these days. Port Alberni, BC, will […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Canada, civil rights, Facebook, family, GLBT, good behaviour, law, marriage, Pride, sex, sexuality, social media, Supreme Court, U.S.

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

For a moment, Chris Hadfield made us cool again

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

By Montreal Simon Sometimes, especially on a cold spring day like today, I can’t help feeling depressed about living in a country like Harperland. I can’t help thinking about how great we might have been, and what the Cons have made of us. How once we were admired by the rest of the world, as a cool young country with decent, […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Chris Hadfield, Conservatives, good behaviour, International Space Station, music, space exploration, Stephen Harper

Volunteers aim to avoid 200,000+ book-burning

06/19/2012 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

A BoB short: Maybe it has something to do with the recent death of Ray Bradbury, and memories of Farenheit 451, but Shaunna Raycraft has found lots of help with her 200,000+ books. Seven years ago, the Pine Lake, Sask. woman rescued the massive literary hoard from a neighbour, who had threatened to burn it […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: books, Canada, good behaviour, literature, Saskatchewan

Why Michael Moore isn’t the only Brigette DePape fan

06/06/2011 by backofthebook.ca 4 Comments

By Montreal Simon Well I see the legend of Brigette DePape continues to grow, like a red rose of hope in the darkness of Harperland. Quoted in The Globe: “I have been really inspired because there have been thousands of people who have sent messages or commented on the Internet. People know that hope for change […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, good behaviour, Michael Moore, Stephen Harper

Red, warm, and close to the heart

02/14/2011 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Jodi A. Shaw I’ve never been shy about my distaste for Valentine’s Day.   I don’t endorse or encourage celebrating it, I don’t accept Valentine’s Day gifts from anyone other than small children who have an innocent appreciation for the “holiday.” Instead, every year I close my eyes, plug my ears, and wait for it […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: good behaviour, holidays, medicine

The Internet is a Fairy Godmother in Disguise

01/08/2011 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

by Rachel Krueger The internet is not all boobs and trolls. I mean, it’s mostly boobs and trolls. If you were to answer either “boobs” or “trolls” for every question in an Identify This Internet Thing Pop Quiz, you’d get a passing grade, which is better than usual for you. But the occasional trickle of […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: celebrity, good behaviour, internet

Nasty Old People Nice

10/25/2009 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Eric Pettifor I just finished watching a new film out of Sweden titled Nasty Old People. I downloaded it off the internet with my trusty bittorrent client. Very rarely will I see a film in a cinema that I haven’t previewed this way. Would I shell out to see Nasty Old People on the […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: good behaviour, internet, piracy, Pirate Bay

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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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