Media Release January 15, 2014 For immediate release. After careful consideration, I have decided to announce my candidacy for Peterborough City Council as a representative of the Ashburnham ward. Peterborough currently finds itself in a period of great transition. Important decisions are being made in the areas of regional growth and development, infrastructure creation and […]
Mother Jones has published an interesting article on the extreme cold, wind, and snow being served up by the Polar Vortex™. Spoiler alert: experts suggest that Climate Change may be the culprit. They use a humourous, if comically dated, graphic to illustrate their point (further proof that science writers might be a tad behind the […]
The other weekend, the Montreal Canadians hosted the Toronto Maple Leafs on that most storied of Canadian television institutions, Hockey Night in Canada. This, I should tell you, is as close to heaven as I can get on a Saturday night. It’s as close as I can get on most nights, actually. Oh, you must […]
A woman at the grocery store stopped me to tell me she disagreed with my Sentate Scandal piece on the CHEX Daily show. “Harper didn’t know anything!” she snorted before storming away. At the butcher store, another woman said she saw me on TV. I jokingly asked her if I was up to no good. […]
Back in May, I surmised that the Toronto media’s long tradition of RoFo bashing (in particular, the Toronto Star) was going to cause for backlash — perhaps even causing for Ford to become embraced by a dangerous number of people/voters. With his post-crack poll numbers continuing to climb, I’m willing to say that part […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCtXwuMAoTA#t=345 As previously mentioned in the Small Print blog, the fine folks at CHEX Television have been silly kind enough to bring me on board as their political correspondent on the brand new CHEX Daily Show. What were they thinking? I’m very excited. The Daily promises to be a fast-paced interactive show that engages members […]
Facing the always tricky budgetary problems of caring for our little family, I’ve decided that neither Krista nor I will go to work. I’ve put my foot down. I’m refusing walks and food for Cedar the Dog, the lawn will grow up and over our ears, and our addition will be left to fall off […]
The autumn edition of Trent Magazine has made it’s way out to the world. You can read the e-edition by clicking on the cover image. The theme this time around is life and society. My editorial strays away from the main theme of the edition and touches on Trent’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, taking place next […]
I’m honoured to have been named the political correspondent for the new Daily Show on CHEX TV — a Corus Entertainment Station and CBC affiliate. The CHEX Daily is an update on the existing 5 O’clock show — featuring “fresh, live, and interactive programming.” I hope to bring a creative non-partisan approach to political coverage, […]
Whenever I contemplate the woes that I faced with my student loan experience — such as with my previous blog entry, The Student Loan Racket: The Failure of Canada’s Post-Secondary Educational Funding — I always fondly look back on Peterborough filmmaker (and Trent grad), Mike Johnston’s wonderful film, “My Student Loan.” From the Hot Docs […]