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Peladeau kicks Sun TV to the curb

03/10/2014 by the editor

By Montreal Simon Well it wasn’t a total surprise, but it was still a stunning sight. Pauline Marois and her new star candidate Pierre-Karl Péladeau. Pierre-Karl Péladeau, controlling shareholder of the Quebecor media empire, on Sunday announced he will run for the Parti Québécois, saying his top motivation is to make Quebec independent. “My joining […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Brian Mulroney, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, newspapers, Parti Quebecois, Paulette Marois, Pierre-Karl Péladeau, Quebec, Quebecor, Stephen Harper, Sun Media, Sun News Network, Sun TV News Channel

A Modest Opinion — It’s a Liberal Party

10/25/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By Nathaniel Moher Are you sitting down? Well  . . . answer the question. Whatever. If you’re not sitting down, you should be sitting down, because I’m about to blow your mind. Did you know that there are other Liberals that aren’t Justin Trudeau? And I’m not talking about his father Joseph, I’m talking about […]

Filed Under: Modest Opinion Tagged With: Ben Mulroney, Brian Mulroney, Canada, Canadian politics, Deborah Coyne, Justin Trudeau, Liberals

The Muldoon and The Oliphant

05/18/2009 by backofthebook.ca

By Alison@Creekside “The time has come,” the Oliphant said,“To talk of many things:Of envelopes stuffed with wads of cashAnd if they came with strings —Perhaps you only beat the rapBecause the pigs were schwings*.” “But wait a bit,” the Muldoon cried,“Before we have our chat;I have complaints to make,” he said,“Regarding Steve the Fat.”“No Hurry,” […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Brian Mulroney, Canada, Canadian politics, crime, Progressive Conservative Party, RCMP

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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...]

Nathan Cullen

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...]

Stephen Colbert on Late Night set

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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