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May-June issue now online

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Hot off the digital presses, it’s the May-June issue of This Magazine! Tired of hearing about how hard cities have it in Canada? In this issue, Geoff Heinricks implores us to get with the program and move back to the land, where sustainability really lies. Meanwhile, we profile Blake Hunter, a 25-year-old Saskatchewan farmer who […] More »

The Webbys, Spinal Tap and Saturday is going to be a great day!

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Ah, we remember when the Webbys were a little niche award, this year David Bowie is going to be at the gala in June. We want to draw your attention to two winners: Greenpeace’s Green your apple site won a Webby for activism. Their site tries to take Apple to task for using toxic materials […] More »

shame on whom?

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Some intriguing details coming out of Britain surrounding the resignation of Lord Browne as head of British Petroleum after revelations of, among other things, a gay affair. The intrigue? No-one’s all that intrigued. “Gay stories are just not appealing to the masses it seems.” — so says PR consultant Max Clifford in The Guardian, attempting […] More »

Who Would Strombo Do?

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Our friends at The Beaver, Canada’s history magazine, are running a competition I can get behind. The Worst Canadian You can fill out a two-question survey or email your nomination to [email protected]. Hurry, you only have a few days left to nominate the nastiest, vilest, murderous and dishonest Canadians you know. Thanks to DB Scott’s […] More »

Fundie newsflash

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According to last week’s edition of the Hill Times, Darrel Reid, former director of Focus on the Family Canada, is now the deputy director of policy and research in the Prime Minister’s Office. Reid was most recently chief of staff to Rona Ambrose (when she was Environment Minister). Just FYI, FOTF maintains that homosexual people […] More »

tooliganism

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(image courtesy Toronto FC) In case anyone was wondering… watching Toronto FC lose an action packed thrillfest of a home opener last Saturday afternoon with over 20,000 other screaming, chanting, singing idiots was without question the best time I’ve had at a pro-sports event in many, many years. The final score was 1-nil for Kansas […] More »