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Katrina’s campaign journal: 20-somethings for democracy

10/13/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

We continue Katrina Kairys’s series on getting to know Canadian politics from the ground up, by volunteering during the 2015 federal election campaign. Previous installments can be read here. By Katrina Kairys “Do we happen to have a sledge hammer? Nope? I guess I’ll have to go grab one tonight.” I give Mira a confused look. […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2015 federal election, Canada, Canadian politics, Katrina's campaign journal, Liberals, Montreal, NDP, Quebec, youth

Katrina’s campaign journal: New kid on the doorstep

08/17/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

With a lot of young people taking a special interest in this year’s federal election — or at least we hope they are — we begin this special series of reports from one recent university grad who decided to get involved at the campaign level. Watch for Katrina’s updates over the weeks to come. By […]

Filed Under: Features, Politics Tagged With: 2015 federal election, Canada, Canadian politics, Katrina's campaign journal, Liberals, Ontario, Toronto, youth

Is this the Conservatives’ new youth strategy? Part 2

01/31/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

Continued from Part 1: By Dave Hall First published on the Port Moody-Coquitlam Election 2015 blog The apparent promotion of these young candidates by party brass and sitting MPs (as noted previously), in addition to the involvement of a well-connected digital agency with clear and deep Conservative party ties, raises a number of questions. Were […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2015 federal election, Alberta, apprentice, British Columbia, Calgary Shepard, Canada, Canadian Parliament, Chris Warkentin, Conservatives, Desmogblog, Erin O'Toole, Ethical Oil, Garnett Genuis, Go Newclear, Hamish Marshall, James Moore, Jason Kenney, Marshall Neufeld, Patrick Muttart, PMO, Port Moody-Coquitlam, Rachael Harder, Ric McIver, Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan, South Okanagan-West Kootenay, Stephen Harper, Tim Laidler, Tom Kmiec, Tony Clement, youth

Get rich quick, or else

11/12/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Between September 2008 and August 2010, Scotiabank received a $25 billion bailout amounting to 100% of the bank’s value – or as Steve and Jim preferred to call it at the time: “liquidity support” ***. Last year Scotiabank made a record $6.7 billion in net profit and CEO and president Brian Porter netted a […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bank of Canada, banks, Canada, Chris Alexander, economy, jobs, Scotiabank, Stephen Poloz, Temporary Foreign Workers Program, unemployment, youth

Fair Elections Act: Getting out the kid vote

03/14/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside The Elections Canada video above, promoting the youth vote, is exactly what the Cons intend their Fair Elections Act to put a stop to, an anonymous gov official told The Hill Times, providing them with a link to the video. As you can see, it shows Xs representing ballot votes moving from a rock concert […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: "Fair Elections Act", Bill C-23, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Elections Canada, Marc Mayrand, Pierre Poilievre, voter suppression, youth

Wonderland

02/13/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Dave Brindle To protect his identity, I’ll just call him the kid. He’s only just turned 19 — 19 going on 13. He’s from a broken home where alcohol was the addiction. He was kicked out of high school in grade 11. He’s no longer allowed in the mall. He gets chased out by […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: addiction, drugs, youth

Start with coats

12/16/2013 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Dave Brindle Last year, at the beginning of winter in Edmonton, where the number of street kids is close to 225, Andrew Gagnon was visiting a friend who works with local at-risk youth. “What can I do? What do you need?” he asked her. “Coats,” she said. Gagnon went to his Facebook page, and […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Canada, Edmonton, homelessness, LGBTQ, Montreal, religion, sexuality, Toronto, Winnipeg, youth

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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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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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