James Brotheridge & I did a piece on Rah Rah for this week’s issue; we had to interview them last month, however, because their busy touring schedule meant that an interview closer to their shows in Regina at the tail...
Read MoreFederation of Canadian Municipalities president Karen Leibovici just finished presenting the Canadian Infrastructure Report Card, and while it’s pretty bare-bones in terms of what it addresses for now – water systems and...
Read MoreMy phone just died, so I can’t post a picture, but Mayor Pat Fiacco just finished killing time at the podium by talking about boxing, and Karen Leibovici, the president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, has...
Read MoreVenerable independent heavy metal label Hydra Head Records – along with, presumably, its imprints Tortuga Records and Hydra Head Noise Industries – is no more. According to a blog post by label head Aaron Turner, the New...
Read More1 BUSH DIDN’T DO IT But he did fail to act. Just as he failed to act when Katrina hit New Orleans, and when the American housing market collapsed into mush and the economy tanked, &c. &c. &c. Which we, by...
Read MoreLast year’s summit, according to the organizers, was about analyzing the scope of the infrastructure problem; estimates, including the one in the IBM Smarter Cities presentation today, range from $300 to $400 billion. For...
Read MoreWell, here we are. Right now I’m posting from the ballroom in the Delta Hotel, where Canadian Construction Association President John Schubert is discussing asset management and public-private partnerships. The language...
Read MoreYeah, okay, you might have already heard that I’m pro-union. But as James pointed out this morning, Canadian unionization is on the decline. That’s not a bad thing because I’m pro-union; it’s a bad thing...
Read More1 HITLER: THE STORE! I mean, the swastika dates back to like the bronze age, but naming your store “Hitler” and putting a dot with a swastika in it over the I – that’s just not going to go over well,...
Read MoreHooray! Out of 2,970 project reviews that were stopped by the legislation that rewrote Canada’s environmental laws and weakened federal oversight on industrial development, 678 involved fossil fuel energy and 248 involved a...
Read MoreWell, I mean I have it going on. A busy day, that is. Last Architects & Builders record released today, last show tonight. Things get sort of hectic! 1 ROB FORD IS A SITCOM CHARACTER I mean, he seems like he was created by...
Read More1 FREE PUSSY RIOT Russian prosecutors today called for three-year jail terms for the members of feminist punk band and activist collective Pussy Riot. A Russian lawyer arguing, like lead prosecutor Alexei Nikiforov has, for...
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