Last month, the world lost a true hero in Rosa Parks. But as our editor, Emily, pointed out, you wouldn’t know it from reading today’s Canadian newspapers. It was fifty years ago that Parks refused to give up her bus seat, prompting her arrest, a reaction of outrage from the black community, and the birth […] More »

In presenting his party’s platform yesterday, Gilles Duceppe said he wants Quebec to have its own hockey team in international competition. If ever there was a reason to worry about the Bloc Quebecois, this is it. I’ve often wondered how Team Quebec would fare against Team Canada, and I daresay it wouldn’t be pretty. In […] More »

Here’s a bizarre report on the contentious Liberal riding association meeting in Etobicoke Lakeshore last night, in which Michael Ignatieff was acclaimed over the protests of two local Liberals who also sought the nomination, but were apparently not allowed to stand on the ballot. Check out the full story in the Toronto Star. A couple […] More »