Megapundit: No inspirational leaders, please. Were.
In the National Post, L. Ian MacDonald explains why The Almighty CROP poll is better than the Strategic Counsel poll and all the other polls when it comes to Quebec, which in turn explains why La Presse recently announced an. States and China, yes China, ���will be fighting ��� for world domination in alternative energy,��� the Arctic will be ���slush��� and well all be feeling our way along the sidewalks of Canadian cities in a blazing-hot permanent midnight of coal smoke.
Where is Gill Rosenberg? Islamists claim Canadian kidnapped by ISIS, but.
A day earlier, a pro-ISIS contributor posted to an online forum that fighters in Kobani had captured a ���female Zionist soldier,��� according to the SITE Intelligence Group. Jihadi sympathizers suggested the captive might be Ms. Rosenberg, and went on to.
Full Pundit: Communication breakdown on Parliament Hill
In other dreary news, Emmett Macfarlane, writing for Policy Options, cant quite decide what he thinks about Team Trudeau refusing to engage with Sun Media reporters because of Ezra Levants incredible photo-bomb diatribe.. are financially.
Why Old Media Fears the Wente Story | The Tyee
Much of the chatter has been about how old media have failed to cover what the wags are calling Pilferin Peggy. Even the Brits are on it -- The Guardian reported the Canadian kerfuffle Monday. Postmedias Chris Selley��.
4. Henderson the Rain King, by Saul Bellow, pp. 95-135
His first bridge was installed by a woman dentist in Paris after the war. It felt like a water faucet in my mouth and my tongue was cramped over to one side. But the dentist said hed get used to it and appealed to me to show a��.
Newfoundland hit with heavy wind and rain, but dodged a bullet with.
The Canadian Hurricane Centre said about 48 millimetres of rain was recorded at St. Johns International Airport on Sunday morning. Meteorologist Chris Fogarty said the province ���dodged a bullet.. ���Unless its a life or death emergency ��� checking.
Indifference is the new intolerance - Macleans.ca
Which makes all the outrage (or ���barely contained glee��� as National Post columnist Chris Selley called it) about his Pride snub, more than a little bit phony. (Like Whitney Houstons obituary, the newspapers probably wrote��.
Manitoba brothers jailed 16 months for relentless cyberbullying attack on.
The parents of Amanda Todd, a 15-year-old in British Columbia, say she committed suicide in 2012 after being extorted for two years. She exposed herself while on a web chat and the image was used to blackmail her into putting on another ���show��� online.
Jian Ghomeshis hostile work environment
Earlier this month, The Globe and Mail published an investigative account of life behind the scenes at Jian Ghomeshis former radio show Q ��� which was so miserable, apparently, that key staff got together and drafted a memo calling the workplace.
Ice cream may help older women become pregnant, US study claims
Exercising during pregnancy changes the fetal brain in ways that may boost a newborns brain functioning for life, new Canadian research suggests. In what is being described as the first study of its kind in humans, University of Montreal researchers.
Full Pundit: Lets all hate politicians together
Dale Eisler, writing in the National Post, lays out the challenge facing the new National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations: Essentially its to address a ���crisis of legitimacy��� by ���rebuilding the AFN as a relevant, representative and meaningful.
Megapundit: From the depths of Barack Obamas.
The Canadian Alliances ���humiliation��� in Perth-Middlesex in 2003 convinced Harper to pursue a merger with the Progressive Conservatives; Deb Greys victory in Beaver River in 1989 constituted Reforms ���breakthrough���; and last years NDP.. Jonas wont rule any of these dystopias out, but he believes the third is most likely������democracy allying itself with a kind of pseudo-scientific health-worshipping eco-maniacal post-family feminism, culminating in a whopping��.
National Post editorial ruffles feathers in Edmonton - Global.
The piece was part of columnist Chris Selleys ���irreverent roundup of the days punditry,��� as its described on the National Post website. It appears Selley was trying to satirize a Calgary Herald editorial, which praised southern��.
Julian Fantino shuffled out of Veterans Affairs, Erin OToole.
Julian Fantino is out at Veterans Affairs Canada, and former Canadian Forces member Erin OToole is in.. He is now associate minister of national defence ��� his second stint in the post. This time, his focus will be on the��.
Coyne: Fighting ISIS is too complex for timelines | canada.com
Photo: Hadi Mizban/The Associated Press. Indeed, as the National Posts Chris Wattie reported some months later, Canada offered to send a battle group of up to 800 soldiers to Iraq ��� only for the prime minister to change course at the last minute, and reroute them to. Certainly the government shows no great appetite for any such adventurism, with all of the political risks entailed; neither, to be blunt, do we have the capacity... Gloria Seeley �� Top Commenter.
New Toronto mayor John Tory pledges open door and an open mind at first city.
He recalled debates on the campaign trail, before Mr. Ford had to withdraw after being diagnosed with cancer, when Mr. Ford would turn to him and say, ���John, whats on this page right there, its going to lay you out in about two minutes. Youre going.
Think Sun News has been orphaned? Try liberated
In the wake of Mondays blockbuster announcement that Postmedia will purchase all of Quebecors English-language print media properties, one of the biggest questions is: What of Sun News Network, not included in the deal?. wear turbans, for example.
Full Pundit: Beware of Tories bearing gifts
The National Posts Jonathan Kay makes a compelling case for fixing, and the Posts Matt Gurney makes a compelling case for preserving, the bullet holes resulting from last months Parliament Hill shootout. We say split the difference between Kays.
Eye on a Crazy Planet: Toronto - the city where stupid leftists.
Its a fascinating phenomenon that only affects one type of political class Ive heard it in conversations, seen it on facebook postings and the National Posts Chris Selley noted in a tweet that the Toronto Stars dunce. It must be incomprehensible for such a gathering to grasp how a modern Canadian city chose to be governed by someone who believes government shouldnt spend more than it can afford.. Brian Lilley and Michael Coren on the media shield.
University of Toronto-Trinity College - Strachan Hall.
The salad bar wont set anyones world on fire but offered crisp veggies to go with mixed greens, a coleslaw that was creamy without being goopy and a primavera-style pasta salad with chickpeas that was downright delicious.. Notes are posted on a wall near the offices of weekly satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in. Is the media fair to York University?. High grades for Canadian schools in subject rankings. From the scene: Photos from the tragedy in Paris.
Charlie Hebdo harsher with Christianity than Islam - Macleans
A few weeks before two gunmen broke into its offices and murdered the near entirety of its staff, the profane geniuses of Charlie Hebdo were busy sullying an established Abrahamic religion with a bloody history of punishing non-believers. Drawn. And, as we know, our Canadian society is in dire need to have journos keep an eye out here, in this climate of deception, fear and lies���our media are not what they once were with limited questions and Harpers control.
Graphic: Remembering 114457 Canadians killed in military operations since.
NATIONAL POST GRAPHICS VAULT · Michael Den Tandt: After recent scandals, look to our veterans for honour this Remembrance Day · From typical teen to jihadist: How Martin Couture-Rouleau became radicalized after converting to Islam · How Michael .
Chris Selley: Why Canadas media wont show the Charlie Hebdo pictures
The National Post printed the Charlie Hebdo covers; but back in 2006 (before my time) it did not print the Jyllands-Posten cartoons, which played precisely the same role in the story. The glory of a free press is that no outlet ��� no privately held one.
Hey, Media: Instead Of Lionizing Charlie Hebdo, Support.
Guardian Media Group pledges ��100,000 to sustain Charlie Hebdos publication, sees no need to publish its cartoons ��� The Guardian view on Charlie Hebdo: show solidarity, but in your own voice ��� Journalists were murdered for. A Close Call on Publication of Charlie Hebdo Cartoons ��� Was The Times cowardly and lacking in journalistic solidarity when it decided not to publish the images from the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that precipitated the��.
Theres an orgy in Edmonton, but its not what you think.
There are plenty of reasons to believe Robert Baltovichs acquittal is ���almost certainly deserved,��� Colby Cosh writes in the National Post, but the wholesale discrediting of evidence obtained through hypnosis has been the ���single worst. because residents ���have no strong feelings about black Americans,��� but not in ���states with sizable black and white populations living together in industrial cities, ��� because too many working class whites wont vote for a black man.
Show him the door: Opposition grills Julian Fantino over government legal.
Seven plaintiffs are trying to sue the government for changes to their Canadian Forces compensation regime ��� including Major Mark Campbell, who lost both legs above the knees in a Taliban ambush. Major Campbell says he has been stripped of $35,000 .
Full Pundit: Canada vs. ISIS ��� Churchill moment or disaster in the making?
The Sun Media editorialists share NDP leader Thomas Mulcairs concern that Canadas mission against ISIS ���could turn into a lengthy engagement,��� but they note that Stephen Harper isnt overpromising: This isnt about eradicating ISIS, he says, but.
Canadian soldier shot outside of Parliament Hill: Timeline of events
Outside near the National War Memorial, construction worker and witness Barry Willis said a man pointed a gun at him. He said he heard five or six shots and the shooters headscarf was blue and white. Meanwhile in Parliament, witnesses report hearing.
Edmontons own worst enemy - Macleans.ca
Youve probably already heard about the contretemps between Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel and the National Post, but in case you havent, Ill recap. June 24s edition of the Post contained an instalment of Chris Selleys long-running ���Full Pundit��� feature, in which he summarizes the work of other columnists and editorialists and occasionally notes where their command of language or logic has abandoned. Charlie Hebdo and the revenge of the old religion.
Jonathan Kay and Chris Selley - Bloggingheads.tv
I however would strongly argue that the National Post comes off a lot more like what would happen if the editorial staff of the National Review and the Weekly Standard got together and compromised on producing a daily. With that FWIW, and bearing in mind that Bloggingheads appears to have at least a few regular Canadian viewers, Im going to boldly go out on a limb and suggest its not at all the case that Olivia Chow would be considered by most Canadians as��.
This Week in Review: A limp response to plagiarism, and a.
Plagiarism and traditional medias crisis of confidence: The parade of plagiarism scandals extended to Canada this week, when Margaret Wente, a popular columnist at The Globe and Mail, the countrys largest national newspaper,. it ���frantically defensive,��� former Ryerson j-prof John Gordon Miller said it had ���irreparably compromised��� Steads integrity as public editor, and the National Posts Chris Selley said the Globe needs to ���stop treating its readers like fools.
Chris Selley: With Doug Ford backing them, Ontario PCs better work on a.
He is singularly unsuited to an era in which one unguarded remark can derail a campaign in the space of a 12-hour social media cycle. One can only wonder what fellow. but not often this quickly. National Post. ��� Email: cselley@nationalpost.com.