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Harper’s enablers at Maclean’s

08/06/2015 by the editor 4 Comments

By Frank Moher We’ve pretty much accepted the fact that, with things like the imaginatively named Fair Elections Act and the early election call, the PM is out to undermine democracy in Canada. We’re to the point that, if Harper announced he was calling off the election and had the Governor-General bound and gagged in a back room […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: 2015 federal election, Canada, Canadian politics, CBC, City TV, Conservatives, CPAC, CTV, Global Television, John Tory, journalism, Kenneth Whyte, Maclean's, Mark Stevenson, Omni TV, Paul Wells, Progressive Conservatives, radio, Rogers, Stephen Harper, Ted Rogers, television, TVA

That’s your cue, Q

11/19/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher Veteran CBC producer Jamie Purdon has been named to take over the scandal-defaced radio program “Q.” Purdon goes back 30 years at the Corporation, so good; good time to bring in the (grand)father figure. Meanwhile, musician and all-round smart guy Wab Kinew will host the show for two weeks in December, which […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Canada, CBC, Jian Ghomeshi, Maclean's, National Public Radio, Q, radio, Rogers, Toronto

Leaked docs throw new light on Fair Elections Act

02/17/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Last week, the Star published a half dozen articles based on secret memos and a 70-page slide show about the Cons’ 2015 election war room strategies, anonymously leaked to them, and as presented to the Conservative National Council (above) by Harper’s former dcomm and now executive director of the CPC, Dimitri Soudas: “Everything we do […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: "Fair Elections Act", Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Dimitri Soudas, Eve Adams, Facebook, Guy Giorno, James Moore, Jason Kenney, Justin Trudeau, Laureen Harper, Liberals, Maclean's, Manning Centre, Michael Sona, Peter MacKay, Shelly Glover, social media, Toronto Star

Humpty Harper?

09/11/2013 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

 By Montreal Simon Well I see that the former Law Clerk of Parliament believes that Mike Duffy may have committed no crime. Rob Walsh, who was Parliament’s top legal adviser until 2012, says in theory, a criminal offence would occur if money was given to a senator in exchange for some kind of benefit. But […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian Parliament, Canadian Senate, Chatelaine, Jonathon Gatehouse, Maclean's, Michael Sona, Mike Duffy, Nigel Wright, RCMP, Senate scandal, Stephen Harper

Jill Wiznoski and the small town journalists

12/14/2012 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Frank Moher J-Source.ca has a melancholy wrap-up story on the case of Jill Wiznoski and the displeased MP  — melancholy because I expect this is the last we’ll hear of a matter that should have received a lot more national press attention than it did. Wiznoski, you will remember, was the reporter fired by […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Andrew Coyne, bad behaviour, Canada, Conservatives, Globe and Mail, ipolitics, James Bezan, journalism, Kenneth Whyte, Maclean's, National Post, newspapers, publishing, Vancouver Observer, William Thorsell

Wente apologists dig press in deeper

09/27/2012 by backofthebook.ca 4 Comments

By David@Sixthestate.net Seriously. This is starting to get absolutely ridiculous. I’m gratified to see the National Post and the Toronto Star jumping on the Margaret Wente plagiarism bandwagon. But there are still people referring to this as though it was an isolated incident, and there are even some professional journalists who have the nerve to […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: bad behaviour, Canada, CBC, Globe and Mail, Jesse Brown, John Stackhouse, Maclean's, Margaret Wente, National Post, newspapers, Sylvia Stead, Tim Harper, Toronto Star

Death in Vancouver, bluster on Twitter

11/06/2011 by backofthebook.ca 2 Comments

By Frank Moher A young woman died of a drug overdose in Vancouver yesterday. Her name was Ashley. She became one of the approximately 120 people who will die of drug overdoses in Vancouver this year. She happened to be at the Occupy Vancouver encampment when she died. Or perhaps it wasn’t coincidental. Perhaps she […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: British Columbia, Globe and Mail, Gregor Robertson, journalism, Maclean's, Occupy the World, twitter, Vancouver, Vancouver Sun

Anatomy of a G20 mishmash

08/26/2010 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Frank Moher The massive article, “Anatomy of the G20,” published by the Toronto Star last Friday, is a curious document indeed, especially coming from a newspaper that has taken a hard editorial line against the police’s actions that weekend. It feels like one of those articles that has gone all wonky as higher-ups got […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Bill Blair, CBC, crime, G20, journalism, Maclean's, newspapers, Ontario, Toronto, Toronto Police Service, Toronto Star

Maclean’s gives the G20 The Onion treatment

07/08/2010 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside It’s been pretty difficult to find any humour in G20, hasn’t it? Inside — a billion dollar bunfest in which leaders talk about implementng austerity. Outside — 20,000 police decline to confront a hundred or so rioters in favour of spending the following day assaulting and arresting a thousand nonviolent citizens and locking […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Canada, G20, Maclean's, magazines, Toronto

The National [sic] Magazine Awards

05/05/2010 by backofthebook.ca 3 Comments

By Frank Moher Gosh, what a surprise. The Walrus leads this year’s National Magazine Awards with 33 nominations, followed by Maclean’s with 27 and Toronto Life with 26. This compares to 28 for The Walrus, 27 for Toronto Life, and 20 for Maclean’s last year, and 37 for The Walrus, 29 for Toronto Life, and […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Alberta Views, Canada, journalism, L'actualite, Maclean's, magazines, National Magaizine Awards, The Walrus, Toronto, Toronto Life

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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...]

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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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