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A beloved gentleman of the theatre

10/11/2015 by the editor 2 Comments

By Jim Henshaw David Bolt was the first professional actor I ever met. I was studying theatre at the University of Regina and he was working for the Globe Theatre doing one of their gruelling tours, taking plays to remote gymnasiums and church basements in the dead of Winter. He undertook that cold and uncomfortable […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: Canada, entertainment, Ontario, Regina, Saskatchewan, theatre, Toronto

I get it, Cesena

08/08/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Jim Henshaw I’ve come to call the last day of the week “Satur-dusty,” a combination of Saturday and the name of my dog. That’s because after putting up with my chaotic work schedule for a week, I make time for her and we go somewhere to hike or swim or do stuff dogs like […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: Canada, Italy, music, Regina, rock, Saskatchewan

Bad first compression

04/26/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

A BoB Short When residents of a Northwest Saskatoon neighbourhood heard their street was slated to receive its own piece of public art, many were ecstatic. But when the big reveal finally came last November, the piece was greeted with overwhelming confusion. The result of the city’s $4300 investment, titled Found Compressions One and Two, […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: Canada, cities, public art, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, urban life, Vancouver, visual arts

The Newfoundland solution

02/08/2013 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Rachelle Stein-Wotten Any actor, writer, director, or producer will tell you the film and television industry is unstable: The feed bag is either overflowing or has just enough grains to sustain you through the lean months. But with the B.C. film industry on the verge of collapse, as Hollywood productions head to Ontario and […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: British Columbia, CBC, Edmonton, film, Hollywood, Ottawa, Saskatchewan, St. John's, television, video

Idle No More: The overnight YouTube roundup

12/22/2012 by backofthebook.ca 6 Comments

The Idle No More movement approached critical mass yesterday, as tens of thousands of First Nations people and their supporters rallied across Canada, and as far afield as New Mexico and Ukraine. Many of the peaceful protests, featuring round dances and drumming, struck at the very heart of the dominant culture — shopping malls. Others […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Alberta, BC, Bill C-45, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, First Nations, Idle No More, Manitoba, native issues, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

The Plan, Part Deux

07/25/2012 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher Previously on The Plan, I explained why, despite the depredations of the current federal government, the Canadian political universe is unfolding as it should — or at least as I hoped it would when I was a young journalist in Alberta in the 1980s. The Harperites are doing what they can to […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canadian politics, Elizabeth May, Green Party, Liberals, NDP, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, separatism, Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair

Volunteers aim to avoid 200,000+ book-burning

06/19/2012 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

A BoB short: Maybe it has something to do with the recent death of Ray Bradbury, and memories of Farenheit 451, but Shaunna Raycraft has found lots of help with her 200,000+ books. Seven years ago, the Pine Lake, Sask. woman rescued the massive literary hoard from a neighbour, who had threatened to burn it […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: books, Canada, good behaviour, literature, Saskatchewan

Why Mulcair is winning

05/16/2012 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Montreal Simon OK. So I was wrong. When Christy Clark became the latest Con stooge to denounce Thomas Mulcair,  for simply pointing out that the Dutch Disease is killing our manufacturing sector, I said it could only mean one thing. Big Oil and its Con puppets were scraping the bottom of the barrel. But […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Alberta, Canada, Christy Clark, Conservatives, Liberals, Mike Duffy, NDP, oil sands, Ontario, Pamela Wallin, Saskatchewan, Stephane Dion, Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair

Robocalls: Who was hiding behind the proxy server?

05/11/2012 by backofthebook.ca 3 Comments

By Alison@Creekside Despite Wednesday’s somewhat dampening headline, Pierre Poutine robocalls trail goes cold in Saskatchewan, the main story here is not that Elections Canada’s Al Mathews was unable to secure phone records from a proxy server company in Saskatchewan a whole freakin year after the fraudulent election calls were made. No, the main story is: Why did […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2011 election, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Elections Canada, robocall scandal, Saskatchewan

Carbon capture: Opportunity cost; opportunity, lost

05/02/2012 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Saskboy One of the more ridiculous logical fallacies that climate change denialists use is that carbon dioxide can’t be pollution because it can also be breathed by plant life. It’s really sweet they care so much about plants’ respiration, but I’m a little more concerned with the survivability of humanity. (Never mind that most […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: business, Canada, climate change, Conservatives, industry, Regina, Saskatchewan

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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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