By Nathaniel Moher I’m sure most of you have heard about the madman Lynden Dorval, an Edmonton schoolteacher who thought it was okay to give students a zero on assignments they failed to turn in. Don’t bother checking your eyes, you read that right! These poor students received a zero out of 100 on assignments […]
Edmonton prof schools Omar Khadr
A BoB short Former child soldier Omar Khadr has been receiving more than a lesson in international politics while jailed at Guantanamo Prison, awaiting his return to Canada. He has also been studying a curriculum devised by 15 Edmonton academics, led by King’s University College English professor Arlette Zinck. Now 25, Khadr receives lessons in […]
Why the Best Gore owner shouldn’t be arrested
By Frank Moher Now that Luka Rocco Magnotta has been arrested, the biggest danger posed by his alleged murder-dismemberment spree is that it will be used to push through internet surveillance measures by the likes of Vic Toews. The Public Safety Minister has already used the incident to try to revive his stalled and widely-derided […]
Lady Gaga twats Edmonton
By Frank Moher Could Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel have been any more humourless in his response to Lady Gaga’s cheerful twit-pic from Rexall Place on Saturday? (That’s it to the left.) Crews had removed the letter “O” from a sign to position a spotlight; our lady, or one among her entourage, grabbed a shot of […]
Calgary Jazz Festival plays itself off
By Brian Brennan Chick Corea was supposed to play Calgary this Friday night, followed by Ben E. King on Saturday night. But that won’t happen now because C-Jazz, the local organizers of the Calgary Jazz Festival, have abruptly pulled the plug on the annual event. Is it possible the shows will still go on? Likely […]
Mr. Ignatieff misses the point
By Nicole Walyshyn Michael Ignatieff was once again out west this weekend, telling the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce all sorts of things he thought they wanted to hear: that they were prescient and progressive, having been the first CoC to admit women as members; that they were right to label Stephen Harper’s response to the […]
Holding out for a real hero
Marni Ko Last week, Edmonton came to a virtual standstill as Alberta’s capital city honoured a “hero.” Was the two day love-in to honour a firefighter who rushed into a burning building at his own peril to save the life of a trapped child? Or perhaps to remember fallen police officers who died in the […]
The empty moral space
Let me get this straight: the prairies experience a turn in the weather cold enough to take the lives of a homeless couple (who asphyxiated from carbon monoxide poisoning while trying to keep a bus warm) and Edmonton’s response is to dispense second-hand mittens? Seriously? Are they serious? Meanwhile, Edmonton’s spanky city hall with its […]
