A BoB short Presumably torn between his roles as a Canadian icon and politically-active celebrity, rock-icon Bryan Adams has adamantly kept the seal-hunting debate out of his shows. But while promoting his tour of Atlantic Canada, he was asked by The Telegram if performing in Newfoundland and Labrador was hypocritical, given his ties to PETA […]
Bryan Adams, Newfoundland, and The Holocaust
Penashue: Vice is virtue
By David@Sixthestate.net Well, at least we have it confirmed for us. The reason that Vic Toews is a Cabinet minister despite being convicted of election fraud, the reason that Peter Penashue is allowed to stand as a Conservative candidate despite being responsible for similar violations of the law, the reason Peter Van Loan is still […]
Pie: the new anthrax
By Alison@Creekside Liberal MP Gerry Byrne says he believes the federal government should investigate whether the pieing of Fisheries Minister Gail Shea by a woman opposed to the seal hunt constitutes an act of terrorism. I think Gerry should at least get a cupcake for that. Byrne hails from Newfoundland Labrador where, according to Fisheries […]
“Books are a big Frankenstein monster”
backofthebook.ca editor Frank Moher talks with Kenneth J. Harvey, author of this Fall’s Giller-nominated novel Blackstrap Hawco. Read Frank’s review of the book here. Moher: Were you born in Newfoundland? Harvey: I was born in St John’s, grew up in St. John’s. My folks are from Bell Island, which is a small island off the […]
Tattletales have more fun
I wasn’t much of a snitch as a kid, even though my older brother tormented me. It was a pact, a point of honour not to tattle. So perhaps my enjoyment of telling on the bad guys now is a release from the strictures of childhood. Or perhaps they are just so much worse than […]
