Weekly Recap Archives - Page 34 of 79

Canadian Painter Howard Fox Nearly Dies Before Toronto Exhibit

"Lending a Hand" Howard Fox Cézanne. Gauguin. Van Gogh. One need not dig very deep through the canon of classic art to realize that many of the people we consider legends of the craft never had...

RCMP Developing Anti-Radicalization Program

And here I was thinking that “radical” was a good thing. This skateboarding alien may be under investigation by the RCMPDr Snafu Boy, was I wrong. A recent report has revealed that th...

My Lonely 7-Weeks Away from Canadian Politics

This summer I was offered a cushy job in the beautiful Quebec countryside. It was relaxing, with access to some amazing and oh-so-Canadian outdoor activities and, best of all, I was raking in the Benjamins (wel...

No Trade Agreement, But Booze Flows from Premiers’ Conference

BC Premier Christy Clark said this morning "we still need to hammer out all the fine details but broadly it will mean it is no longer illegal to bring into for personal use." Clearly, she meant "we'll still n...

Women Force Sunwing Flight Diversion After Drinking, Smoking, Fighting

Two women, seen here enjoying being young and alive, are out on bail after causing a disturbance on a Cuba-bound passenger aircraft. Their behaviour was so bad, and their threat to the airplane’s security so "n...

Conservatives Still Ignoring the Dire Conditions at the Baffin Correctional Centre

Welcome Mr. Harper to the Gulag Archipelago! Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press As if it was plucked directly from an Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn novella, news concerning one of the most notorious prisons (r...

New Quebec Separatist Movement Rises in Blanc-Sablon

The Parti Quebecois was destroyed in Quebec’s most recent provincial election. Bloc MPs are leaving their party to sit as independents. Traditional separatists are jumping ship left and right. So separatism is ...

Harper Affirms Arctic Sovereignty and Defence on Northern Tour

Prime Minister Harper addressed the largest crowd of supporters he has ever gotten in the north. Granted they were being paid to listen to him as members of our Armed Forces. He spent much of the ten-minute sp...

Rob Ford Gains in Polls After Making Kids Roll in Geese Feces

The Toronto mayoral race is like The Lion King in the Theatre of Politics- the damn thing never ends. The voting public is tired, so let’s mirror their fatigue by starting this article with a cliché. There’s n...

Canada Gains Corporate Tax Haven Status as Burger King-Tim Hortons Deal Surfaces

In a story that reads like the thrilling absurdity of a Dan Brown novel; one that twists and turns your heart and forces you to the edge of your seat, Burger King has announced it will buy the quintessence of C...