The Conservative Party threw a tremendous tantrum today when they finally figured out that 37% is not more than 62%. Harper did what comes naturally to him, he started lying. His basic theme is that the Liberal/NDP coalition includes the Bloc and is therefor anti-Canadian. The Bloc is not, of course, a formal part of…
R.I.P. Ted
I haven’t loved everything that Rogers Communications has done. But Ted Rogers was a shrewd businessman with great forsight and was willing to take risks to be a part of what he saw as the future. There is also no comparison between Rogers and their chief rival (in most areas) Bell. With Rogers there was…
Ottawa Councilor Moves to Stop Arts Cuts
According to the CBC Clive Doucet, councilor for capital ward is going to attempt to remove the 4.1 million dollars in cultural funding cuts from the City of Ottawa’s budget. Those who got up to speak said it was irresponsible for the city to put arts and culture groups in the position of having to…
Arts and the City (of Ottawa) – Part III
I think I’ll let the pix speak…taken yesterday at Ottawa City Hall. The proportion of the civic budget. Waiting in the Hall Ottawa Councillor Clive Doucet Doucet’s opinions shared An exhibit at City Hall: The Last Wooden Hockey Stick Made in Canada Mayor Larry O’Brien having points driven home
New Diableros Demos
The Diableros are working on material for a new album and have two new demos up on their Myspace. “In the coming months, we will be preparing to record our next release. To give you a taste of what’s to come, we’ve posted two demos we recorded “motown style” this past weekend. What that means…
Kids in the Hall Returning to CBC
If you’re having trouble figuring out what works now, go with what worked before. According to Canoe the Kids in the Hall are returning to CBC Television with an 8 episode mini-series tentatively entitled “Death Comes to Town”. “”We’re going to start writing that very soon,” Foley said recently from the Gemini Awards, where he…
The New Canadian Street Team
For those of you who don’t know I’m something of a supporter of Canadian Arts and Culture. Along with publicbroadcasting.ca I run Facebook group for CBC Radio 3 TV (R3TV), the CBC Radio 3 Sessions (also a page for that one), a group for the new CBC Radio 2, a group for upcoming Events in…