Lies: safe for public consumption
If the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has its way, the trademark modesty and civility for which Canadians are so well known could be in…
Canada
Thinking big about the boreal
Most Manitobans have been to the boreal, but many are unaware that it’s called that. It’s the place with the pines, spruce and birch trees,…
Can’tada
Canadians have a longstanding tradition of complaining passionately but privately about the country we love. We will suffer the future with the same grace that…
Stop killing children!
What lengths would you go to in order to protect your child? How about a child that was not yours? You may not know this…
Supply and motherfucking demand in northern British Columbia
What would you say if a company with an arguably poor environmental track record asked to put a pipeline to pump some of the most…
Royal Dutch Shell shock
No longer a topic that people can take for granted, oil issues have leaked into all facets of society. The result has been increased environmental…
Decade to remember
It’s hard to believe that we’re already 10 years into the new millennium. Since we’re on the cusp of a new decade in sports history,…
Peeling back the façade of our collective myths
A couple weeks ago, Spencer Fernando wrote a piece called “Good & Evil,” which made the argument that moral relativism is at fault for cultivating…
The last of sober second thought?
The Senate of Canada was once famously referred to by John A. Macdonald as the house of “sober second thought.” In this view, the upper…
What the Bull? Part 2
The bulls and the bears, though the most recognized and respected, aren’t the only animals running around the financial districts of the world. There are…