Today marks 25 years since the most famous trade in hockey history. Here is a genealogical chart of how that trade played out over the years…
Found this clip buried in a folder on my hard drive… One thing I’ll always remember about this trip to a writing event I helped organize in Medicine Hat in 2002 – why do event organizers (even other writers who should know better!) often provide a huge meal right before an event when the energy […]
A couple weeks back, I attended the Federal NDP’s full day workshop on their “Prairie Initiative“. This is an effort by the federal party to lay the groundwork for a similar breakthrough on the Prairies to the one they had in Quebec during the last election. The day was filled with speakers, presentations and break-out […]
I’d rather have a shot of a future Prime Minister than a past Prime Minister anyhow. 😉
Yesterday, I said that during Freedom to Read Week, often everything starts to look like a Freedom of Expression issue. I didn’t mention another aspect of this in that sometimes, something that looks like a freedom of expression issue could also actually highlight something else – potentially even something criminal. And lo and behold, something […]
During past Freedom to Read weeks, I’ve noticed that everything starts to look like a Freedom of Expression issue. (That’s probably a good thing that we should keep in mind year-round anyhow.) For example, we’re only halfway through the week and I’ve had three distinct experiences that weren’t official FTRW events but which brought forward […]
There’s a whole sub-genre on YouTube of creative, funny, artistic wedding grand entrance & first dance videos. The one below is right up there in all three categories and bonus, it was shot by a couple in Lethbridge… Their proposal video is pretty good too, evoking one of my favourites of that kind, the World’s […]
This is probably not a great thing to admit to while not only doing a lot of writing about but also heavily volunteering for one of four NDP leadership candidates here in Saskatchewan. But I have to admit that if I still lived in Calgary Centre, I’m fairly certain I’d be voting for the Green […]
Very interesting story about how Nickelback has gone from Hanna, AB to one of the biggest and most successful bands on earth.
