Author: Aidan Morgan

Behold the power of journalism! Or something. My Quest For The Drunken Lime article in Prairie Dog’s first ever drink issue prompted a response from Crave Kitchen and Wine Bar: Hey Aidan, Thanks for getting back to me....

1. US TO IMPOSE NEW SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA. Because those North Koreans have it too good. “These measures are not directed at the people of North Korea, who have suffered too long due to the misguided priorities of their...

We live in a truly benighted age, in which search engine optimization and leveraging social networks are starting to replace old timey journalism. Newspaper sales are dwindling and no one wants to pay the same kind of money for...

You’re probably already tired of bumping into co-workers and friends who want to inform you that it’s “so hot outside,” that “this is the quite summer we’re having,”. Usually this...

Up until the other day, I didn’t have too much interest in LeBron James, that crazy Cleveland kid with hoop-targeting skills from Jehovah, apparently. But after his absurd television spectacle in which the only thing that...

CASTER SEMENYA, WON’T YOU COME OUT TO PLAY? It took eleven months and a pile of humiliating articles, but Caster Semenya is now free to compete (and presumably a woman?). Look for her on a podium near you. DISNEY ENGLISH....

POLICE DISPLAY CHAINMAIL TO JUSTIFY G20 ARRESTS. Toronto police, feeling a bit stung by criticism over their handling of the G20 protests, displayed the stockpile of weapons they’d hauled up in their nets. Only some of it...

I’m a huge fan of post-apocalyptic sci-fi novels, where everything is recognizable but just a shade crappier than the world in which we live. Anyway, I’d like to thank BP, a lax regulatory environment and our happy...

1. “BUT I WORE THE JUICE”. Errol Morris, the filmmaker behind The Thin Blue Line and The Fog Of War (and my all-time favourite, Gates of Heaven), has a very long and hugely enjoyable piece in The New York Times on...

It’s well known that the City of Regina hates trees and sidewalks, but less well-documented is the ancient grudge it bears against asphalt. Even as I type, mobile jackhammer devices are tearing up 12th Avenue between Lorne...