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From “Our Rape Blog”: Shooting the Moon

06/29/2016 by the editor

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="324"] From ‘The Red Tree’ by Shaun Tan[/caption] Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, the important part is this: every card in the heart suit is worth points, and (just like golf) players want to avoid those points. I played a lot of Hearts as a […]

Filed Under: From "Our Rape Blog": Shooting the Moon Tagged With: crime, Jian Ghomeshi, law, men, police, rape, RCMP, sexual assault, violence, women

Hatred on an Alberta golf course

06/20/2016 by the editor

For years I have been warning that hatred kills. Like it did in Orlando last Sunday. Or like it did in Britain last Thursday. When the gentle, decent Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death by a another cowardly bigot. And I’ve also warned that the same poison was spreading in Canada. Where […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Alberta, Alberta New Democratic Party, Brian Jean, Britain, Canada, crime, Ezra Levant, GLBT, GLBTQ, Justin Trudeau, Rachel Notley, U.S., violence, Wildrose Party

My friend, Rick, at the Pride Parade

06/12/2016 by the editor

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, across the water from the island I live on. He’s been a celebrity there for a long time, first as the city’s […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: British Columbia, Canada, crime, gun violence, LGBTQ, Nanaimo, Pride, U.S., violence

ISIS rampages, artists fuss

08/29/2015 by the editor

By Jim Henshaw It wasn’t the first time somebody has died on stage. Two of recent theatre’s great comedians, Dick Shawn (The Producers) and Sid James (pick any Carry On . . . movie) both did final pratfalls that convulsed their audiences –- until the realization dawned that they were never getting up again. Genesius, the […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: Conservatives, crime, humans, Iraq, ISIS, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, middle east, NDP, showbiz, Stephen Harper, Syria, theatre, Thomas Mulcair, United Nations, violence, war

The Video: Jian Ghomeshi Inspired Makeup Tutorial

11/10/2014 by the editor

“. . . 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

Parliament shooting: What the leaders said

10/23/2014 by the editor

Stephen Harper: “My fellow Canadians: for the second time this week, there has been a brutal and violent attack on our soil. Today our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Cpl. Cirillo was killed today — murdered in cold blood — as he provided […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Conservatives, crime, Elizabeth May, Green Party, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, NDP, Ottawa, Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair, violence

The Video: Cell phone footage after shooter entered Parliament Building

10/22/2014 by the editor

Video shot by Globe and Mail reporter Josh Wingrove on his cell phone moments after a shooter entered the Parliament building in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.  

Filed Under: The Video Tagged With: Canada, crime, Ottawa, violence

Steve’s soldierly pantomime

03/14/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By Montreal Simon Ever since he came to power Stephen Harper has tried to use the military for crass political purposes. First he wanted to use it to change his image from nerdy policy wonk to Great Warrior Leader. And when that failed miserably, for obvious reasons, he set out to change the military’s image. […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Afghanistan, Canada, Canadian military, Libya, Stephen Harper, theatre, violence

It’s Rihanna’s business

03/05/2009 by backofthebook.ca

Super-ultra-pop-star Rihanna is a lot of things: model, former beauty queen, Barbadian youth cultural ambassador (!), frequent Billboard presence, wackadoo fashion icon, and a scant “score-and-one” years old. After an alleged argument that ended in alleged violence with boyfriend-singer Chris Brown a few weeks ago, however, it seems the media would like to cram a […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: celebrity, Chris Brown, entertainment, gender, Media, music, Rihanna, violence

Little Ms. Cobain celebrates a birthday

09/28/2008 by backofthebook.ca

Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of the late Kurt Cobain, recently decided to throw herself a “Suicidal Sixteen” birthday party. Now look, I’m all for themed parties, and if any other teenage girl planned this macabre festivus, I suppose we’d just shake our heads and mutter something about kids today before returning to our “Murder She […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: celebrity, family, music, violence

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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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