Nutrition North: A Partisan Program?

Nutrition North is a program responsible for providing affordable food in northern Canadian communities. That’s what it’s supposed to do, anyway, but reviews vary depending on who provides them. For example, St...

Tina Fontaine and Harper’s Non-Sociology

In August, Stephen Harper claimed that Tina Fontaine’s murder shouldn’t be viewed “as a sociological phenomenon,” but as a “crime” (note: if you want to hear a funny joke, read that last sentence again).  Howev...

Parks Canada (Maybe) Found Lost Franklin Expedition

“It is the most sought after shipwreck in Canadian history, if not the world,” Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq said at a press conference yesterday. Yes, there have been movies, books, plays, and songs writ...

Life of Harper: Vegetables, NANOOK, and Tim Hortons

Each week, Kyle Muzyka sifts through what our PM has been up to in this column, The Radical Adventures of Stephen Harper, for your personal enjoyment. (You can see his archived reviews of 24/SEVEN here.) &nb...

Premiers Celebrate Charlottetown Conference In Style

As most Canadians probably know, September 1, 2014 marks the 150th anniversary of the Charlottetown Conference. The Conference was a milestone in our nation’s history. It marked a time where separate groups cam...

Regional Roundup: News Worth Reporting

TV and internet news networks talk an awful lot about Mike Duffy and Rob Ford, so much so that it’s hard to hear about anything else. This week alone, the CBC featured Duffy, Ford, or both on its list of top st...