January 29, 2010
Last weekend’s No Prorogue in pictures (coast-to-coast edition)
Last Saturday saw thousands of people rally in cities across Canada (and around the world) to protest the proroguing of parliament. On Monday we brought you a gallery of signs we saw in Toronto, but that was just what we managed to snap first hand. Ever-resourceful, not to mention generous, This readers across the country also sent in their photos of rallies and demos from all over, which we collected... [More >>]
January 29, 2010
Friday FTW: Forget your stupid iPad. Radio Canada’s the gadget we want
Front of proposed "Radio Canada" prototype by Science + Sons. The only two stations you need. Toronto-based beautiful-tchotchke makers Science + Sons have a proposal for the legions of CBC-only listeners out there: a radio that only tunes into Radio One and Two. The Canadian Design Resource blog seems to have caught this first: Obviously inspired by the CBC’s iconic logo, Radio Canada also... [More >>]
January 27, 2010
Wednesday WTF: VANOC tells you to sit up straight, stop fidgeting
City of Vancouver tells you how to shake hands. The Olympic madness just keeps on rolling in Vancouver. It was just two weeks ago that the Vancouver Public Library was sending out helpful reminders to confiscate guest-speakers’ Telus jackets and cover Sony logos with electrical tape. But now the micromanagement has exploded to a whole new level. Vancouver city officials this week issued a 140-page... [More >>]
January 25, 2010
A gallery of protest signs from Saturday’s anti-prorogue rally
We took our cameras to Saturday’s anti-prorogue rally in Toronto and snapped pictures of some of our favourite signs (or, in some cases, the zaniest ones). Click through the gallery to see what the people were proudly waving in the air last weekend. These are just the signs we snapped personally — a bunch of trusty This readers helped us get additional shots from across the country, which you... [More >>]
January 25, 2010
Followup: Scott Gilmore on Peace Dividend Trust’s work in post-quake Haiti
As soon as we tore our eyes and ears away from the news on Jan. 12, those of us who could donate to Haiti quickly did so. Indeed, the aftermath of the Haitian quake has been marked by one of the fastest and largest fundraising campaigns in modern history. But as world leaders meet in Montreal to talk about strategies to rebuild Haiti, many of those on the ground are only cautiously optimistic about... [More >>]
January 22, 2010
Friday FTW: A pop-up prorogue poetry project from Mansfield Press
Among the many responses to a prorogued parliament, we’re tickled by this project from a Toronto small press publisher, Mansfield Press — one that co-stars our own Fiction & Poetry editor, Stuart Ross. He, along with Ottawa’s Stephen Brockwell and Mansfield publisher Denis De Klerck, put out a lightning-fast call for poetry about the proroguement of Parliament, and will publish the... [More >>]
January 22, 2010
This Magazine’s map of Saturday’s anti-prorogue rallies
View Anti-Prorogue Rallies in a larger map Tomorrow is the big day all across Canada, as thousands of Canadians will be gathering to protest Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision to prorogue parliament until March 3. There are going to be many ways to participate in this peaceful, non-partisan event, both on the street and online. This Magazine intern Luke Champion made this helpful Google... [More >>]
January 21, 2010
Body Politic #6: Mental health systems are failing foster children
Mental health care for foster children is desperately needed, but patients are being failed by an underfunded system. Illustration by Graham F. Scott. Susan Chamberlain says she’s reluctant to complain about money. We’re talking about the difficulties in providing mental health care for foster children, and the problem is essentially one we hear from so many reaches of health care policy.... [More >>]
January 20, 2010
Wednesday WTF: Just what Haiti needs: 600 solar-powered talking bibles
The "Proclaimer" solar-powered talking bible. For serious. Haiti suffers its worst natural disaster in hundreds of years. An estimated 200,000 people are dead or missing. Aid agencies from around the globe rush to stem deadly post-quake effects like malnutrition and cholera. And U.S. evangelical group Knobs for Jesus Faith Comes by Hearing® in the U.S. sends what? A wind-up, solar-powered... [More >>]
January 19, 2010
Interview with Peace Dividend Trust’s Scott Gilmore
[Editor's note: today we launch "Verbatim," which will be a regular feature where we provide a transcript of our new podcast series, Listen to This. We'll put these up on the blog shortly after each podcast goes online.] In the first installation of our new, relaunched podcast series (Oh! And we’re now on iTunes!) Nick Taylor-Vaisey interviewed Scott Gilmore of Peace Dividend Trust, a development... [More >>]
