“Brenting his Rath”
Canadian MP Brent Rathgeber resigns from the Conservative caucus and attacks the Prime Minister and the Conservative Government for betraying its principals and “morphing into what we once mocked”
Super Mario: Passing the Baton
Famed Canadian Mario Bernardi, conductor of National Arts Centre Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic and CBC Radio Orchestra, dies at age 82
Queen Elizabeth: 60 years on the throne
Britain’s Queen celebrates the 60th anniversary of her coronation.
Farewell to Henry Morgentaler
We all walk taller thanks to Morgentaler:
From Forests to Boards
Eco-activist, Tzeporah Berman, once branded an “enemy of the state” and a “whacked-out nature-worshipper” receives honorary doctorate from UBC for her work taking her environmental message into the boardrooms of the most powerful corporations.
May 29th: Happy 100th Birthday to Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring”
Diaghilev to Stravinsky: “Don’t worry Igor. They’ll love it in 100 years!”
The Fall: Apple’s Cooked Books?
Apple CEO Tim Cook testifies before a Senate Committee about his Company’s tax-avoidance practices.
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
Senators Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin, Prime Minister Harper remain evasive on Senate expense scandal.
Johnny Depp: from Oscar to Ossifer
Newly discovered 505-million-year-old marine fossil named “Kooteninchela deppi” in honour of Depp’s “Edward Scissorhands” character.
Disorder of Canada
Senators and Order of Canada recipients Pamela Wallin and Mike Duffy resign from Conservative caucus over Senate expense-claim scandal
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 