John A. Macdonald’s 200th Birthday
Two hundred years ago, two men were born who would grow up to be the founders of our country. Now we celebrate the 200th anniversary of their birth, though somewhat unequally considering how much each actually ...
Plans for Canada’s 150th Celebration: Possibly Partisan
Celebrating a milestone like a country’s 150th birthday can’t be done on the cheap. Nevertheless, people have raised eyebrows over how much our government will spend on remembering the past rather than fixing t...
Canada Day: Some Foreign Diplomats Aren’t Invited
Vlad Putin is a big stinking meany head. He's a big bully and we don't want to hang out with him.
Such is the rhetoric coming out of Ottawa these days. If you weren't yet convinced of just how crass our poli...
Rob Ford Celebrated Birthday At Muskoka Bar
As we reported yesterday, Rob Ford celebrated his 45th birthday. Despite not having attended the festivities at his own campaign headquarters he did decide to celebrate his own birthday in the best way he knows...
The One Person You Won’t Believe Isn’t At Rob Ford’s Birthday Bash
Have you heard the news? No, not about Ford's resurrection, that doesn't happen for a bit. Rob Ford turns 45 today, and John Tory turns 60. Yes, that's right, two Toronto mayoral candidates have the same birthd...
God Save the Queen: A Day to Celebrate?
God Save our gracious Queen,
long live our Noble Queen,
God Save the Queen.
Send her victorious, happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us!
God Save the Queen
See, I know it. At least the verse ...
24/SEVEN: Did you put a filter on that?
Welcome to the True North Times’ interpretation of 24/SEVEN: a recap of the past week in the life of the Prime Minister of Canada, and more.
This week, we've decided to omit the days of the...