April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
“A national political campaign,” wrote H.L. Mencken, “is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.” After four federal elections in the seven years ... Read More »
Canadian forensic anthropologist Debra Komar spent decades helping the United Nations solve mysteries involving mass graves in the former Yugoslavia, Darfur, and other international political hot spots. Lately, Komar has been metaphorically exhuming Canadian graves ... Read More »
April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Taken from Stephen Vincent Benét’s epic Civil War poem John Brown’s Body, the title Fists upon a Star refers to the tenacity and forbearance of indefatigable theatre producers Florence Bean James and husband Burton James. ... Read More »
February 20, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
In 2008, JL Savidge was a 33-year-old intelligence officer aboard the HMCS Ville de Québec, patrolling the Mediterranean on a NATO counter-terrorism mission. However, a call from Ottawa drastically changed the Ville de Québec’s mission, ... Read More »
February 20, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
When thousands of demonstrators shut down the World Trade Organization talks in Seattle almost 15 years ago, a small group of black-clad, masked window smashers captured significant media attention and kickstarted a heated debate in ... Read More »
February 20, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
When thousands of demonstrators shut down the World Trade Organization talks in Seattle almost 15 years ago, a small group of black-clad, masked window smashers captured significant media attention and kickstarted a heated debate in ... Read More »
February 20, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
The ongoing saga surrounding Toronto’s scandal-saturated mayor, Rob Ford, epitomizes the term “sensational.” The story has virtually everything: illegal drugs, gangsters, political infighting, a whiff of sex, and a hubristic, outsized, fascinatingly flawed leading man. ... Read More »
February 4, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Written by Brad Lavigne, the NDP’s campaign director for the 2011 federal election, Building the Orange Wave is an excellent case study in how to build momentum, promote an agenda, and get a candidate noticed. ... Read More »
December 9, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
The image of Canada’s iconic RCMP has long been burnished by strategic marketing, culminating in the recent release of Mattel’s limited-edition RCMP Barbie doll. While the toy has proved to be a hit, its timing ... Read More »
December 2, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
To the exaltation of many Canadians, the outrage of many others, and the sheer incomprehension of most in the country’s chattering classes, Stephen Harper has survived and prospered as prime minister for the past seven ... Read More »
November 20, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs