Click “Play” above to listen to an audio segment from a hearing of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage from earlier this afternoon. It’s committee member Charlie Angus asking the Minister of Canadian Heritage, James Moore, whether he would consider opening CBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 for advertising when the CBC’s licence renewal comes […] More »

The details of a UK detainee’s torture at Gitmo still under wraps. Binyam Mohamed‘s case has recently brought pressure on the Obama Administration to clean up more of Bush’s legacy. This past Wednesday it was made clear by a British High Court that secret information concerning the details of Binyam Mohamed’s torture should be kept […] More »

I’m not sure what happened. We waited for days then weeks, but the invitations never arrived. Yes, that’s right, none of us in the office of This were invited to TED2009. If you haven’t heard of TED, don’t despair. The annual invitation-only event brings the best and brightest in Technology, Entertainment and Design together to […] More »

[Editor’s note: To mark the announcement of the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Nonfiction on Monday, we’ll be running reviews of the three nominated finalists, contributed by guest bloggers. This is the first of three; look for the other two next week.] BY JORDAN HEATH-RAWLINGS Like the best of historical narratives, Ana Siljak’s Angel of […] More »

“Sometimes men like women, and sometimes men like men. And then there are bisexuals but some say they’re just kidding themselves.” A line from one of Phoebe’s famously quirky songs in Friends, this actually doesn’t strike far from the mark in terms of how bisexuality is viewed both inside and outside of queer communities. People […] More »

When I was a teenager I spent a lot of time at public rallies and protests. Back then I really believed that if I raised a little hell the world would become a better place. I travelled all around North America, mobilizing other youth and standing up for what I believed was right and true. […] More »

On January 29th, we have a crew meeting on the Sea Shepherd ship, the M/Y Steve Irwin, and the officers notify us that they believe we are close to the fleet. The final battle in southern ocean whaling could be near. After five years of anti-whaling campaigns in the Antarctic waters, three confrontations this year […] More »

The center for Environmental Systems Research at the University of Kassel, Germany, just released a comprehensive mapping system outlining areas that may experience high levels of water shortage stress in the next seven or so decades. These suggestions about projected per-capita water availability follow on the heels of a wealth of new books on the […] More »

Looking for an alternative to carbon offsets to save the climate and go green? Well look no further, the smart grid has arrived. Actually, it hasn’t arrived. And it probably won’t arrive for a very long time, although President Barack Obama recently encouraged congress to pass a bill that could see the beginning of the […] More »

My next couple of entries will offer a book review of the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest #6. If you want to read along and offer your more insightful comments, the journal is available for free online (but it's also very nice in print). More »

The first thing we did when we set out to redesign This Magazine was get together all of our staff to talk about what we wanted at the end of the whole process. The magazine has been around for a while, after all, and you don’t survive in the magazine business unless you’re doing something […] More »