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Why I won’t pray for Paris

11/18/2015 by the editor

By Kenneth Brown In the aftermath of the Paris killings, the Facebook world has been, as is only appropriate, afire with opinion, speculation, ire and sympathy. I do not have the kinds of Facebook friends (I’m happy to report) who leap to make bigoted statements about Muslims, or to publicly indulge in revenge fantasy. I […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: bigotry, Christianity, Christians, crime, France, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Judaism, middle east, Muslims, Paris, religion, terrorism, war

A choice between emotion and reason

11/16/2015 by the editor

By Montreal Simon It seems only too tragic that just 10 days after being sworn in as Prime Minister, after promising to restore our Canadian values, and bring back sunnier days, Justin Trudeau should be hit by the darkness of the Paris massacre. Only too ironic that the son of Pierre should have to choose so soon […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 9/11, Canada, Canadian military, Canadian politics, Conservatives, France, ISIS, Jason Kenney, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, middle east, NATO, Paris, Rona Ambrose, Saudi Arabia, Stephen Harper, Syria, terrorism, U.S. military

Allen Ginsberg, photographer

04/21/2015 by the editor

By Rod Mickleburgh I met William Burroughs once. It was during my magical year in Paris (sigh). I’d read in Libération that morning that the legendary icon of the Beats would be at the City of Light’s annual Salon du Livre at the Grand Palais. I thought ‘”What the hell,” and went down to catch […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: books, British Columbia, celebrity, literature, Paris, photography, poetry, U.S., Vancouver

Why I was Charlie Hebdo

01/22/2015 by the editor

By Mark Leiren-Young I’d just read the news about Charlie Hebdo when CBC Radio contacted me. They wanted me to come on the air the next morning and talk about what happened, share a satirist’s perspective. They did a pre-interview with me. I burst into tears. I’ve had people threaten to kill me for my […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: British Columbia, Canada, CBC, CBC Radio, Charlie Hebdo, crime, France, Ian Ferguson, journalism, magazines, Mark Leiren-Young, Paris, religion, terrorism, Victoria, writing

Unintelligence sources

01/11/2015 by the editor

By Frank Moher The Prime Minister, in his role as Chief Scarifier, performed as expected on Thursday, once again using an atrocity for political gain, and to serve his government’s agenda to reduce Canadians’ civil liberties. No surprise there. What was surprising — or, if not surprising, then wall-to-wall evident in the 24 hour news […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: 9/11, Canada, CBC, CIA, CNN, crime, CSIS, FBI, France, Globe and Mail, Islam, magazines, Muslims, Paris, parliament, Parliament Hill shootings, RCMP, television, terrorism

Stephen Harper and Mr. Hyde

01/09/2015 by the editor

By Montreal Simon Even for a man like Stephen Harper with so many screaming voices in his head, it was an astonishing transformation. Something right out of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One moment he was telling a group of young people in B.C. about how he planned to create gazillions of jobs for them. […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, crime, France, Michael Harris, Paris, Parliament Hill shootings, RCMP, Stephen Harper, terrorism

Canada AWOL at eG8

05/29/2011 by backofthebook.ca

By Frank Moher PARIS – It is a curious thing, to host the lions of the digital world in a series of tents in a public park. But that is what French President Nicolas Sarkozy did this week in Paris, for the so-called eG8 forum, a prelude to the G8 forum 173 km to the […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Bertelsmann, Facebook, France, G8, Google, Nicolas Sarkozy, online media, Paris

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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...]

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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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