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The Libs pass the science test

02/06/2016 by the editor

By Mark Leiren-Young In yet another sign that Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have a very different approach to drugs than the previous government, federal Health Minister Jane Philpott yesterday toured Insite, the long-standing supervised injection site on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and called the experience ‘incredibly moving.’”– CBC News Federal Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo says science will […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Conservatives, drugs, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Hunter Tootoo, Jane Philpott, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, oceans, Ontario, Stephen Harper, Tony Clement, Vancouver

A beloved gentleman of the theatre

10/11/2015 by the editor

By Jim Henshaw David Bolt was the first professional actor I ever met. I was studying theatre at the University of Regina and he was working for the Globe Theatre doing one of their gruelling tours, taking plays to remote gymnasiums and church basements in the dead of Winter. He undertook that cold and uncomfortable […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: Canada, entertainment, Ontario, Regina, Saskatchewan, theatre, Toronto

Katrina’s campaign journal: New kid on the doorstep

08/17/2015 by the editor

With a lot of young people taking a special interest in this year’s federal election — or at least we hope they are — we begin this special series of reports from one recent university grad who decided to get involved at the campaign level. Watch for Katrina’s updates over the weeks to come. By […]

Filed Under: Features, Politics Tagged With: 2015 federal election, Canada, Canadian politics, Katrina's campaign journal, Liberals, Ontario, Toronto, youth

Narendra Modi: Harper’s kind of guy

04/16/2015 by the editor

By Montreal Simon You had to see it to believe it. Stephen Harper welcoming the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Canada. Then travelling on the plane with him to a massive rally in Toronto. Even though Modi is a Hindu extremist, and has been accused of enabling mass murder. Until a year ago, Modi […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: business, Canada, Charles McVety, Christians, Conservatives, corporations, crime, Hindus, India, Islam, Jason Kenney, Kathleen Wynne, multic, Muslims, Narendra Modi, Ontario, religion, Stephen Harper, Toronto, women

Harper’s Perps with Perks #14 & 15

03/31/2015 by the editor

By Alisom@Creekside Welcome Vic Toews to Stephen Harper’s Perps with Perks for “giving patronage a bad name,” as Dan Lett wrote in the Winnipeg Free Press. Appointed to the Queens Court by Justice Minister Peter MacKay in March last year, eight months after leaving the Cons cabinet, Toews — a former Justice Minister, Public Safety Minister, and […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bill C-30, Canada, Chaim Mendelsohn, Conservatives, Dept of Justice and Public Safety, Diane Finley, John Baird, Manitoba, Markham, Mary Dawson, Nigel Wright, Ontario, Ottawa, Peter Kent, PeterMacKay, Phil Harwood, Queens Court, Rachel Curran, Ray Novak, Stephen Harper, Supreme Court of Canada, Toronto, Treasury Board, Vic Toews

Note to opposition: Baird was no saint

02/05/2015 by the editor

By Montreal Simon I honestly thought that I would never have to write another word about the Con clown John Baird. And it was such a great feeling. I thought I had said all I needed to say about his shabby political career in this post. But unfortunately I’m going to have to write another post […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Benjamin Netanyahu, Canada, Canadian Parliament, Conservative Party of Ontario, Conservatives, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Hélène Laverdière, Israel, John Baird, LGBTQ, Mike Harris, Ontario, Ottawa, Paul Dewar, Stephen Harper

Del Mastro: Harper’s latest con

11/03/2014 by the editor

By Montreal Simon Uh oh. Beat a drum slowly. Or if you’re in the Harper PMO beat a gong furiously. The Deaner is DOWN !!!! A judge has found Peterborough, Ont., MP Dean Del Mastro guilty of spending too much in the 2008 federal election and falsifying a document to cover it up. Del Mastro […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Conservatives, crime, Dean Del Mastro, law, Office of the Commissioner of Elections, Ontario, Peterborough, Stephen Harper, Vikileaks

Will the CRA hunt the hunters?

10/20/2014 by the editor

By Alison@Creekside The Canada Con Revenue Agency is bothering birdwatchers now. The Kitchener-Waterloo Field Naturalists pictured at left (membership 300, annual revenues $16,000) got a stern letter from the CRA just after they sent a letter to two federal cabinet ministers complaining about government-approved neonicotinoid insecticides that damage bee colonies. CBC: “The stern missive says the group must take appropriate […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canada Revenue Agency, Conservatives, Dept of Justice and Public Safety, Employment and Social Development Canada, Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, gun registry, Jason Kenney, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, Robert Sopuck, Stephen Harper, Transport Canada

Missing on the jobs

07/18/2014 by the editor

By Montreal Simon Well we all know how Stephen Harper likes to portray himself as a Great Economist Leader. The brilliant leader with the best job record in the G7, or the best growth record since Jesus took five loaves and two fish, and fed five thousand. And the ENVY of the world. But sadly for […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Conservatives, economy, G7, jobs, Ontario, Quebec, Stephen Harper

Ontario is still progressive, and so is Canada

06/14/2014 by the editor

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

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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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