Warren Kinsella is writing a book about punk? A bunch of us are seeing Franz Ferdinand this Friday – and, yes, Tony Clement will be among us. A former Conservative cabinet minister who I happen to like, guys like Tony are a puzzle to me – as are all punk-loving conservatives. Punk, y’see, is essentially […] More »
Despite Stephen Harper’s best intentions, the PC Party is far from dead—it’s alive and coveting the right-wing vote. In fact, in this past election, 16 candidates across the country battled Harper’s new Conservatives for Tory support under the PC Party banner. It was just like old times—sort of. Turns out, this PC is not like […] More »
You have to wonder what the staff at Canada’s medical schools are smoking. At least one quarter of the schools have accepted money from Big Tobacco to fund their operations, according to a study conducted by the University of Toronto’s Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health in May. Four […] More »
It must be so nice to be a Liberal MP, especially a Liberal MP from Quebec. You’re almost guaranteed a spot in Cabinet, no matter how boneheaded you happen to be. To boot, you get to treat the entire country as your own little sandbox, wherein you can build and destroy sandcastles as the whimsy […] More »
Ah, the singular talent of caption writing. Donald Rumsfeld as karate master. I appear to be behind the times, but this is some fine funny stuff. Rumsfeld Fighting Technique Thanks to Christine for sharing this one. More »
American spy-master Alan Furst wrote a very entertaining book called Blood of Victory, about the central importance of Romanian oil reserves in the Nazi war machine. During WWII, oil was literally the lifeblood pumping through the expansionist German corps. With it in large quantities, there’s no telling how far Hitler would have gone. When he […] More »
This Magazine alum Sheila Heti and Carl Wilson are involved with this worthy event taking place in Toronto tonight. Wednesday September 29, 2004: Gladstone Hotel, Toronto An event to benefit Medecins Sans Frontiers “All the money will go to their work on the ground in Darfur, Sudan. We hope this event will raise money for […] More »
I know, I know, this is a Canadian blog and I’m supposed to talk Canadian politics. Okay, so the Globe reports Chretien knew something about the misspent sponsorship money. Shock and horror! And now, on the international front, it looks like China may be sending their first ever UN peacekeeping force into the Western Hemisphere. […] More »