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From “Our Rape Blog”: Shooting the Moon

06/29/2016 by the editor Leave a Comment

[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

The CBC is not its board

01/22/2015 by the editor 2 Comments

By Montreal Simon Ever since the CBC was hit by the Ghomeshi scandal, and now the Amanda Lang Affair, the CBC haters in this country have been having a ball. Trying to use the scandals as just another excuse to kill the corporation. For those Cons hate it so much with a zealotry that borders […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Amanda Lang, Canada, Canadaland, CBC, Jennifer McGuire, Jian Ghomeshi, journalism, Kathie Tomlinson, Peter Mansbridge, Stephen Harper, television

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

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

What I’ve learned as an online publisher

10/30/2009 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher backofthebook.ca turned three a few weeks ago. We launched on October 16, 2006, and I would have marked the occasion back then, but I’ve been busy piecing our archives back together after our recent redesign. I’m almost done; I’ve got the photos loading in on old stories again, and pretty soon all […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: advertising, Jian Ghomeshi, journalism, online media, online publishing

Y’all come out west, Billy Bob

04/08/2009 by backofthebook.ca 2 Comments

By Frank Moher You have to give Jian Ghomeshi credit for the way he handled Billy Boob Thornton’s meltdown on his radio program “Q” on Wednesday morning.   Respeck, too, to his long-suffering bandmates, who have obviously become practised in the fine art of prima-donna handling. At least they understood they were there to try […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: Billy Bob Thornton, Jian Ghomeshi, music, Q

Top 10 web searches of 2008

12/29/2008 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Frank Moher We’re a bit sniffy about top 10 lists at backofthebook.ca, for the reasons outlined here, but we’re very big on checking our web stats. Or at least I am, in my capacity as publisher/editor/chief lackey. Now you may suppose web stats — that is, the numbers showing how many visitors a site […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Barbara Amiel, Canadian politics, Jian Ghomeshi, online media

From Toronto? Here, have a CBC show.

04/21/2007 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher Jian Ghomeshi admitted at the top of a recent broadcast of the new CBC Radio arts show “Q” that some listeners were finding it a bit “Torontocentric.” Gosh, what a surprise. The CBC appoints yet another young man from Toronto as host of a program produced from Toronto, and it turns out […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Canada, CBC, Jian Ghomeshi, radio, Toronto

Dumb and dumber

01/12/2007 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By guest blogger Brian Brennan Update to story below: CBC Radio announced on January 18 that it is cancelling the pop-culture show “Freestyle” effective mid-March and replacing it with an as yet unnamed daily arts magazine program hosted by Jian Ghomeshi. A CBC executive told the Globe and Mail “this does not mean an increased […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Calgary Herald, CanWest, CBC, Edmonton Journal, Jian Ghomeshi, newspapers, Vancouver Sun

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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...]

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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