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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

Komagata Maru: The story behind the apology

05/19/2016 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Rod Mickleburgh At long last, a formal apology has been delivered in the House of Commons for Canada’s racist behaviour in its shameful treatment of Sikh passengers aboard the Komagata Maru, who had the effrontery to seek immigration to the West Coast more than a hundred years ago. Not only were they denied entry, they […]

Filed Under: Features, Komagata Maru: The story behind the apology Tagged With: Asia, bad behaviour, Britain, British Columbia, Canada, history, immigration, India, law, racism, Sikhs, Vancouver

Lynton Crosby: Two can play the attack game

09/13/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Montreal Simon When the story broke that the Australian attack dingo Lynton Crosby was working for the Cons, I was struck by how angrily the political thugs in the PMO reacted. The Con flak Kory Teneycke tried to play down the news, claiming first that Crosby was not here, and then that all he […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2015 federal election, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, crime, elections, Elections Canada, Kory Teneycke, law, robocall scandal, robocalls, Stephen Harper

Stephen Harper’s phony regionalism

08/21/2015 by the editor 1 Comment

By Frank Moher Benjamin Perrin’s testimony on Thursday reminded us that, regardless of what Stephen Harper knew or when, every tendril in the Duffy scandal leads back to the Prime Minister, and his insistence that hapless Mike pretend he lives in P.E.I. When Duffy’s Senate appointment was first mooted, it was Harper, not Duffy, who decided […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Alberta, Benjamin Perrin, Canada, Canadian politics, Canadian Senate, crime, law, Mike Duffy, Nigel Wright, Ottawa, Preston Manning, Prince Edward Island, Ray Novak, Senate scandal, Stephen Harper

Wright: The Bible told him so

08/14/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Montreal Simon It couldn’t be a more outrageous statement, or if you are a Christian a more blasphemous one. But there was Jesus Harper’s fallen but still faithful disciple Nigel Wright, citing the Bible to defend his actions in the Mike Duffy scandal. A star witness of the Mike Duffy trial cited a Bible […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canadian politics, Canadian Senate, law, Mike Duffy, Nigel Wright, Ray Novak, religion, Senate scandal, Stephen Harper, The Bible

Gay allies: Are you really on side?

07/16/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Dave Brindle We’re in the middle of Pride season. The biggest of the top 10 festivals – Toronto, New York and San Francisco – are over now, but that leaves Montreal and Vancouver still to come in Canada, and a host of smaller ones around the world. They’re everywhere these days. Port Alberni, BC, will […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Canada, civil rights, Facebook, family, GLBT, good behaviour, law, marriage, Pride, sex, sexuality, social media, Supreme Court, U.S.

Afraid of the scaremongers

06/24/2015 by the editor 1 Comment

By Frank Moher Now that the Conservatives’ Bill C-51 is law, having been boosted over the wall by 44 compliant Senators, it’s time for the RCMP to get to work and start arresting people. They can begin with the Conservatives. Because if any organization has been instilling fear in Canadians lately, for blatantly political and ideological ends, it hasn’t been […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2015 federal election, Bill C-24, BIll C-51, Canada, Canadian Parliament, Canadian Senate, Conservatives, family, law, Stephen Harper, terrorism

Think the Quebec student strikes aren’t about you?

04/10/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside A one minute time lapse of the start, last week, of the student strike against austerity in Montreal: Austerity — that’s when your government impoverishes its citizens by decimating public services like education and health in order to balance its lining of corporate pockets with tax breaks. “Our services are worth more than your profits” is the slogan […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2015 Quebec student strike, austerity, BIll C-51, business, Canada, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Conservatives, corporations, education, health, law, Montreal, Quebec, Temporary Foreign Workers Program

Duffy trial: Harper is the tie that binds

04/09/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Montreal Simon If Stephen Harper thought he could run away from the trial of Mike Duffy, as he was trying to do on Tuesday at a photo-op in Vancouver . . . Which is about as far away as you can get from Ottawa, and Ol’ Duff’s even more massive photo-op . . . The look […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canadian Senate, Cnada, crime, Duffy trial, law, Mike Duffy, Nigel Wright, Prince Edward Island, RCMP

“I am more afraid of Harper than the terrorists”

03/15/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

Photos from protests against Bill C-51 across Canada on Saturday, March 14th, from leadnow.ca. Bill C-51 protest on steps of Vancouver Art Gallery, March 14th, 2015

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: BIll C-51, Canada, Conservatives, law, Leadnow, Stephen Harper, terrorism

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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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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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