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Reindeer Games

12/23/2013 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Mark Leiren-Young I was a teenaged reindeer . . . I always wanted to be Santa Claus. When it’s Christmas and you’re in the dressing-up in costumes business, who doesn’t want to be the big guy? But as a gangly teenager — six foot two and maybe 170 pounds, even covered in costume fur […]

Filed Under: Leiren-Young Tagged With: British Columbia, children, Christmas, holidays, showbiz, Vancouver

A Port Alberni Nativity

12/16/2013 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Kevin Annett The last Christmas we were all together hangs over memory like the fog that year in the Alberni Valley. It was a time of gathering, two years and more of labour summoning so many together where once there were but a few. And it was a time of ending. The church stewards […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: British Columbia, Canada, Christmas, First Nations, genocide, racism, religion, United Church of Canada

War on Christmas? I hadn’t noticed.

12/23/2011 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Montreal Simon Well I have to hand it to the Cons at Sun News, because if it wasn’t for them I’d never know that a brutal War on Christmas was raging. Although so far most of the reports flowing in from the front seem depressingly familiar. Mostly more scary Lezra and the endless War […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Charles Adler, Christmas, Ezra Levant, religion, Sun News Network

Hang the holidays

12/14/2010 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Bev Schellenberg What has happened to our celebratory schedule? It seems it was only a few weeks ago that I bought a witch hat and cape for my daughter, a baron costume for my son, and carved a pumpkin. In fact, it was only a few weeks ago. Now here I am surrounded by […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Christmas, family, holidays

‘Tis the season to be jealous

12/20/2007 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

Bev Schellenberg Peace and joy get a lot of airtime during the holiday season, but there’s another seasonal emotion that is sadly left out in the cold: jealousy. That’s right. And it fits right into the Christmas story. Think about it: how do you think Joseph felt when he found out his girlfriend was pregnant, […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Christmas, J.K. Rowling, The Bible

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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...]

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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