In 2013, Girls Rock Camp Toronto held three sold out camp sessions and had a long waiting list of kids that never got in. Not only should this never happen but the kids should be able to come back every year. Girls Rock Camp has been one of my favorite things to happen in the…
Check out the aboriginal “powwow step” of A Tribe Called Red
This post is, primarily, for readers outside of Canada. For the last two years Ottawa, Ontario’s A Tribe Called Red has been gaining steam by doing the “impossible” – getting young people in clubs to dance to aboriginal folk songs, some of which are thousands of years old. They’ve taken traditional native powwow songs, and…
British man does Canadian things, shares “What I did in Canada” video
A British man visits Canada (primarily Ontario I think) and films himself doing many stereotypically Canadian things. Although I wasn’t aware that some of these things were stereotypical (welding?) anyway … he’s posted this wonderful little collage to commemorate his travels. Via England
Rob Ford’s Facebook Look Back Video
Sure, Rob Ford has gone from a scary rageaholic to a sort-of sad, pathetic substance abusing rageaholic who doesn’t know when to quit. Facebook for its part has gone from a cool social media platform, to an annoying advertising platform. Now it is becoming a bit Fatal Attraction with it’s “hey you remember the good…
Sober Second Thought: Fixing the Canadian Senate
No one likes the Senate, but no one has a plan to fix it either. Justin Trudeau grabbed headlines this week by booting all of the Liberal members of the senate out of his caucus. NDP leader Tom Mulcair wants to abolish the Senate outright but under the parliamentary system, such a move would make…
Elections offer a chance to improve government transparency and accountability
It is a good time to be a political junkie. I’m a dual (US/Canadian) citizen and the next three years will feature almost constant elections. 2014 will bring local elections here in Oshawa, Ontario as well as Congressional elections in the US. 2015 will bring federal elections in Canada and 2016 will bring the US…
If You Are Also Using Controlled Substances, This is the Rob Ford Update You Want
When the folks at Taiwanese NMAWorldEdition report a story, they don’t seem to play by the same rules as Western news organizations, but they do make it entertaining and it’s hard to miss their points, even without speaking the language.
Which Middle Class is Justin Trudeau Targeting?
Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have made it clear that their plan for the 2015 election is to target the ‘middle class’. The phrase is probably the most commonly used in recent political history. Everyone wants to court the middle class because nearly everyone thinks that they are part of the middle class. It will be interesting…
New Video from Dating Myself Starring and Directed By Luvia Petersen of Continuum
Dating Myself (Facebook), featuring Laurda (guitar/vocals), Jessi✰ (bass) and Jen6 (drums), originally formed in 1995 during the heyday of west coast grudge. For their latest video ‘Amnesia’ the band has teamed up with Luvia Petersen and Omari Newton from the Showcase sci-fi drama Continuum. In addition to starring in the video, Petersen also co-directed it…
Was the CBC Paid for News Coverage?
Former CBC host Jesse Brown is among those claiming that the CBC was paid, through parks Canada, for news coverage of the search for the Franklin Expedition. This would not be the first time this has happened in journalism, notably the Bush administration was found, several times, to have paid for favorable news coverage. CBC…