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Sunny day

11/06/2015 by the editor

By Montreal Simon It couldn’t have been more of a fairy tale beginning. Prince Justin, his princess Sophie, and the Liberal cabinet marching up the driveway to Rideau Hall to be sworn in, after having toppled the tyrant. And yes what a difference a day makes … One moment we were living in his grim Harperland, […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Jason Kenney, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, newspapers, Pierre Trudeau, Sophie Gregoire, Stephen Harper

Justin Trudeau further lowers expectations

10/03/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By Frank Moher Justin Trudeau is such an easy target, so easy to reflexively dismiss, that the wait-and-see attitude taken by much of the media towards his candidacy for the Liberal leadership is only prudent. However, we have now seen him, on the night when he had his best shot at presenting an image of […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian politics, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, Pierre Trudeau

The Globe’s cracked Alberta history

09/06/2011 by backofthebook.ca

By Brian Brennan Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives are celebrating 40 uninterrupted years in power. A Globe and Mail reporter talks to some unnamed “Tory stalwarts, opposition leaders and observers.” He concludes that the PC dynasty was “forged in the fire of Alberta’s hatred for Pierre Trudeau and his national energy policy.” Sorry, Globe and Mail, but […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Alberta, Canada, Canadian politics, Joe Clark, Liberals, Peter Lougheed, Pierre Trudeau, Progressive Conservatives

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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...]

Trudeau on quantum computing

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...]

Rick Meyers in Nanaimo Pride Parade

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...]

Stephen Colbert on Late Night set

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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