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Parks Canada’s Prospective Internet Installations Make Nature Lovers Cry “Why Oh Wi-Fi”

You have 1 new voicemail Banff National Park Remember those awful afternoons where your mother had to disconnect the internet and order you to get some fresh air instead of spending the whole day ...

Rob Ford is taking a moment to step back. Should we do the same?

The Ford phenomenon is unending. Francis Mariani | | News has just broken that Rob Ford is “ready to take a break” from his election campaign to focus on addressing his issues with substance abuse. ...

A Beginner’s Guide: The New Quebec Cabinet

New Quebec Premier Phillipe “not-separatist” Couillard has unveiled his new Quebec cabinet. Since we no longer have the ability to understand politicians who do not mindlessly pander to ...

Stop Telling Us What We Already Know

People have every right to be confused. One day, the government introduces legislation that would allow it to see everything people do online, and, a little while later, that same government says,...

Philippe Couillard: The New Pope Francis?

Our holy father, Philippe Couillard The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot This Wednesday marked the beginning of Quebec’s Couillard government. After a mere 18 months of governance, the Parti ...

SCC to CPC: “The Senate Isn’t Burger King.”

Stephen Harper, Canada’s Commodus, has every reason to throw a temper tantrum. For the first time since his reign began, an authority figure has told him that he can’t do whatever he wants with his dollhouse—ou...

What if?: The Charter of Canadian English

'What if' is a series that imagines what would happen if the tables were turned. Today: what if the other provinces established their own language charters in the spirit of Bill 101? At a recent meetin...

Politicians Exercise

On Good Friday, 2014, the CBC broke a story that would forever change the way Canadians view politics. It detailed a special meeting in downtown Ottawa between officials from four of Canada’s five major politic...

Deceivin’ Stephen’s Other Half: Laureen Harpurr

The Prime Minister’s wife isn’t usually much of a public figure. She receives far less attention than the First Lady does down south (NOT a double entendre). This is probably a good thing since much of the atte...

10 Ways Studying is Just Like Running Canada

It’s that time of year again. The snow maybe-possibly-perhaps starts to melt, crowded bars boast rowdy hockey fans who cheer on the only Canadian NHL team in the running, and children run outside in mud slicke...