Minister, Oliver!
“He won’t ask for more when he knows what’s in store, he will Rue the day Harper named him Finance Minister!”
Giving “Butterball” a new meaning
An Ontario turkey farm will install video monitoring cameras after hidden camera footage showed employees kicking and throwing birds and using shovels and rods to bash in heads
TED comes to Vancouver
Networking at the TED conference.
Phantom of the Arena
Heard but not seen: Vancouver Canucks Hockey Organist Mike Kenney is one of a very few remaining live keyboard performers in NHL arenas.
Whiz-Kid Bieber
The Miami Beach Police have made public the video of Justin Bieber giving a urine sample for a drug test after his DUI arrest
More sex please, we’re Canadian!
The Canadian Broadcast Regulator, [CRTC], is demanding more Canadian content on X-Rated Porn Channels.
Canada’s Middle Class in bad shape
An internal Conservative Government report shows the income of middle-class Canadians has only risen 1.7% over the last 15 years. At the same time, obesity rates have risen 30%!
At the Public Trough
The Speaker of the B.C. Legislature, Linda Reid, has spent tens of thousands of tax-payer dollars on frivolous perks including: $48,000 for a touch-screen terminal in front of her chair, $14,000 for new drapes and $733 for a food display case for MLA’s free muffins and snacks.
Farewell to Molly Lamb Bobak
Molly Lamb Bobak, [February 1922 – March 2nd 2014], was a renowned artist, teacher and writer and was the first Canadian woman to be sent overseas as an official war artist during WWII
Harper Government: Gone fishing?
The Cohen Inquiry into the disappearing Fraser River Sockeye Salmon took 18 months, cost $26 million, heard from 179 witnesses and came up with 75 recommendations, all of which have been ignored by the Canadian Conservative Government.
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 