When I was young, like many kids – that would grow up to write blogs I’m sure – I was a fan of the exciting and vivid world of comic books. While I’d spend my afternoons pouring through the occasional Batman or Green Lantern comic, my favourite was…
What do you suppose the motive is behind this? BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Eleven Sunni insurgent groups have offered to halt attacks on the U.S.-led military if the Iraqi government and President Bush set a two-year timetable for withdrawing all foreign…
Today, Blogging Tories started to feature a new banner advertisement for the Liberty Summer Seminar. The advertising comes free of charge for my friend Peter Jaworski who runs this annual event, now in its sixth year. So, what is the Liberty Summer…
You know her from her opiniated columns in the Calgary Herald and from her days as host of Canwest Global’s popular talk show Global Sunday, now Danielle Smith has returned to advocacy work for the cause of liberty with the Alberta Property Rights…
Two events left the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation looking silly this week. First, a questionable decision was made to preempt its flagship national newscast program by an U.S. American Idol copycat called The One. This comes after Peter…
The blogosphere is buzzing with the release of a poll from Environics about Childcare. Surprisingly, many MSM outlets are reporting the results of the survey without noting the flawed methodology. CTV even goes so far to conclude that 50% indicates…
…I’m watching the wall-to-wall coverage of the Liberal leadership debate on CBC Newsworld (Ken Dryden is speaking some french!) and I’m reminded how Newsworld treated the Conservative Party leadership debate back in 2004 (Antiques Roadshow anyone?)
I caught this clip around lunch-time yesterday as Nancy Wilson of CBC Today was celebrating the second largest surplus in Canadian history. Wilson was setting up the story for business reporter Jeannie Lee and advised Canadians to pat themselves on…
A couple of quick questions for the good folks at Google… Why is the Liberal Party of Canada a news source in Google News while the Conservative Party is not? Google News lists LPoC press releases Google News does not list CPC press releases It…
CTV News has just confirmed a detail which I broke on this blog 7 days ago. Last week, I explained: “Today, I learned that new improprieties by Liberal Senator Raymond Lavigne may land him in trouble with the RCMP. This morning, the Senate board of…
