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Ken Zakreski

Hey dude! Where's my internet.

Well the CRTC has discovered the internet. They are now deliberating on the impact of the internet on Canadian Culture content... or is it contentedness? regardless with how you feel about the net ...

Tagged: media, New, CRTC

Started by Ken Zakreski in I am Canadian (and so can you) Dec. 8, 2008.

Frank Moher

Race and the media 3 Replies

Over on the backofthebook.ca Media blog, a lot of people -- most of them visitors from Mark Steyn's website -- have been giving me hell for suggesting a) that a journalist's race might play a role ...

Started by Frank Moher in Talk back to BoB. Last reply by Sandeep Chauhan Nov. 12, 2008.

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Jane Dawson

Paintitpinkcanada.com

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As a supporter of breast cancer research, which I'm sure many of you are, I need to tell you to check out paintitpinkcanada.com to see what Avon is doing. It's such a different approach to raising funds. Please check it out and let me know what you think!!
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Lindsay Szymanski

A Slice of Bankruptcy Pie

Yesterday morning, GM International filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with an estimated debt load of $172.81 billion dollars. GM Chairman Kent Kresa said in a written statement, "Today marks a new beginning for General Motors... The board is confident that this New GM can operate successfully in the intensely competitive U.S. market and around the world." This high-profile industrial bankruptcy comes on the heels of a report last week from the Certified General Accountants of Canada wh… Continue

Posted by Lindsay Szymanski on June 2, 2009 at 1:30pm

Lindsay Szymanski

Generation Lonely

Gertrude Stein wrote of the “Lost Generation”, a generation of disillusioned souls that were caught between 2 world wars, with little direction, stalled ambition and trepidacious hope for the future. Douglas Coupland wrote of “Generation X” and the perils of going through the 90’s bouncing from one McJob to another all the while searching for greater life meaning and a solid place among the counterculture. Millenials, those into their 20’s at the turn of the millennium, may consist of the thrivi… Continue

Posted by Lindsay Szymanski on May 22, 2009 at 3:36pm

Lindsay Szymanski

The Epidemic of Stupid

Now that winter is finally over, and the spring blossoms are signalling renewal and life across the country, some Canadians are looking back at the 2008-2009 season as a paramount failure in the promotion of safe riding, skiing and snowmobiling on many of Canada’s slopes. Last winter alone there were 19 deaths attributed to “accidents” in BC’s backcountry, when they should have been attributed to stupidity.

Mike Wiegele, a founding member of the Canadian Avalanche Association, featured in The P… Continue

Posted by Lindsay Szymanski on May 13, 2009 at 10:17am — 1 Comment

Frank Moher

Oh, that's it: he's actually funny

Two profound questions have been keeping me awake at night lately: 1) why has Seth Rogan lost all that weight?, and 2) why is Seth Rogan successful? Both questions have been answered by this video of him performing stand-up at the age of 13 in Vancouver. Answer 1: that's actually his natural weight, and 2) actually, he's a pretty funny writer.

At any rate, he was when he was 13.

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Posted by Frank Moher on May 1, 2009 at 2:25am

backofthebook.ca: The latest in "Politics"

Abdelrazik: Let the questions begin

By Alison@CreeksideJustice Minister Rob Nicholson announced in Question Period Friday that the government will comply with, rather than appeal, the Federal Court decision ordering it to repatriate Abousfian Abdelrazik, stranded in Sudan since 2003.Good.As Chris Selley writes: "It's all over but the thousands of unanswered questions"Here's one.How much did this July 2006 US Embassy memo figure in

Media

Citizen Kos

There's hope for the internet yet. When Michael Jackson died, the web was quickly flooded with hoax death upon hoax death (Jeff Goldblum, Britney Spears, Billy Mays -- oh wait, that one was true). But it just as quickly self-corrected. For every iteration of a false rumour came a fusillade of Twitter and Facebook replies beating it down.That's the power of the crowd at its worst and best. It's

Culture

In Kate's corner

"Yes, hello, Kettle + 8? This is the Octo-Pot calling. Stop sucking away at my 15 minutes of fame."I've never been a fan of TLC's "Jon and Kate Exploit Their Eight" (or whatever). Being party to their marital spats and exhausted parenting makes me feel uncomfortably like an 11th wheel. Most parents have, in front of friends, called their kid a brat or their spouse a hag, but everything

Technology

Stradivari's secret

What makes the violins of Antonio Stradivari stand out in quality beyond those of any maker since? What is his secret? Perhaps there is none, and this idea that no maker can equal or surpass the Cremonese master is nonsense, hype, a myth. Perhaps Stradivari was simply a master craftsman who produced violins at the level of any master craftsman of any century. Could the average person, or

Living

8 years, 18 moves

By Jodi A. ShawIt's seven o'clock on a Saturday evening and I can't find my toothbrush. Our new bathroom is chockablock with Rubbermaid tubs filled with miscellaneous items that you have to maneuver your way through to get to the toilet. The fridge is empty (with the exception of ketchup and a bottle of 7-Up), and I've spent the last hour searching for a clean pair of pants.This is my 18th move

Arts & Books

Once more with passion

BESIDE STILL WATERSBy Barry CallaghanMcArthur & Company356 pp., $29.95Review by Frank MoherIf Beside Still Waters seems like a bit of a throwback, that’s because it is; Barry Callaghan’s "new" novel is actually a revision of his 1989 The Way the Angel Spreads Her Wings. Oddly, his publisher has decided not to acknowledge this, either in publicity for the book or on its dustjacket. It has already
 
 

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