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Just don’t call it Radio Drama

04/10/2016 by the editor 1 Comment

By Frank Moher The CBC has been given its money back. That is to say, the immediate infusion of $75 million announced in the Liberals’ budget last month, plus the promise of a $150 million increase each year through 2021, more than makes up for the money leached from it by the Conservatives. Various ideas have […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: audio, Canada, Canadian culture, Canadian media, Canadian television, CBC, CBC Radio, Conservatives, digital media, Hubert Lacroix, Liberals, Melanie Joly, radio, theatre

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

The Video: Jian Ghomeshi Inspired Makeup Tutorial

11/10/2014 by the editor 1 Comment

“. . . People love this shade, but if you use it too much it’ll go to your head and make you think you can get away with anything, even a crime . . . The blush I’m using today has been misidentified as a colour called ‘BDSM’ in a lot of other makeup tutorials, […]

Filed Under: The Video Tagged With: Canada, CBC, crime, Jian Ghomeshi, Media, radio, violence

The shootings: How the media fed our inner monster

10/29/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Montreal Simon You think you know the story. You’ve seen the pictures on TV a million times. Over and over again. You’ve seen how the media have tried to explain what happened, and how they’ve framed the narrative, complete with more heroes than you can count. You know what Stephen Harper wants you to […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: addiction, Canada, Canadian Parliament, crime, law, mental illness, newspapers, Ottawa, Parliament Hill shootings, radio, Stephen Harper, television, terrorism

Jian Ghomeshi: Why I was fired by the CBC

10/26/2014 by the editor 1 Comment

Jian Ghomeshi, no-longer host of CBC’s “Q”, today issued the following statement on why he was fired: Dear everyone, I am writing today because I want you to be the first to know some news. This has been the hardest time of my life. I am reeling from the loss of my father. I am […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Canada, Canadian, CBC, celebrity, gender, Jian Ghomeshi, law, radio, sex, television, Toronto, Toronto Star

Radio Caroline, all over again

10/22/2014 by the editor 2 Comments

By Jim Henshaw By now, virtually every Canadian is aware of the stare-down going on between Netflix and our broadcast regulators, the CRTC. But there’s a similar confrontation concurrently flying under most of our media’s radar between the self-same CRTC and a group of radio stations in Vancouver. These stations, unlike Netflix, have their offices, […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: BBC, Britain, British Columbia, Canada, CRTC, film, law, Netflix, radio, television, Vancouver

Curiously convenient: Canada’s me-too bomb plot decoded

04/29/2013 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

Last week, U.S. talk show host Jack Blood offered a dissection of a recent New York Times article about the arrest of two Canadian residents charged with plotting to attack a VIA Rail train. While we haven’t been able to source everything he has to say (we’ve done our best), Mr. Blood is smarter and […]

Filed Under: Curiously Convenient: Canada's me-too bomb plot decoded, Features Tagged With: Al Qaeda, Boston Marathon bombing, Canada, Canadian politics, CIA, crime, FBI, Iran, law, Mexico, North American security perimeter, North American Union, Osama Bin Laden, police, radio, RCMP, terrorism, Toronto, U.S.

Kevin Annett’s unfinished testament

05/05/2011 by backofthebook.ca 8 Comments

By Frank Moher Kevin Annett lives in a small white house facing onto a ramshackle street in downtown Nanaimo, BC. The local RCMP detachment, with its lot full of solid, square cop cars, is just around the corner. Inside, on a watery day in mid-January, the living room is lit only by the gray light […]

Filed Under: Kevin Annett's unfinished testament Tagged With: aboriginals, British Columbia, Canada, crime, Indian residential schools, police, radio, RCMP, religion, Robert Pickton, Vancouver, women

Kevin Annett’s unfinished testament — page 2

05/05/2011 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

Continued from page 1 On August 9th, 2010, Annett took a phone call on his long-running radio show, “Hidden from History.” The caller wanted to discuss rumours of police complicity in the murders committed by Robert Pickton. “I have specific evidence of what you’re talking about,” Annett replied. “There’s a man, Les Guerin, he’s a […]

Filed Under: Kevin Annett's unfinished testament Tagged With: aboriginals, British Columbia, Canada, crime, Indian residential schools, police, radio, RCMP, religion, Robert Pickton, Vancouver, women

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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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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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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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