BigCityLib Strikes Back (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
...at CanWest and Morrow Walker , after a story in a local paper went CanWest wide. You can read the details at Walker's place, but here's the apology Cowichan Valley Citizen eventually published: On October 9th, 2009 the Cowichan Valley Citizen published a column titled "Questionable conduct of CHRC". In this column, it was alleged that investigations were begun, not only by the RCMP, but...
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Canwest talks to the current warden of Sarpoza prison in Afghanistan. Prisoners were tortured at Sarpoza Prison in Afghanistan, but not in nearly the numbers alleged this past week by a Canadian diplomat, the prison’s chief warden has told Canwest News Service. “Yes, there was torture and people were certainly beaten,” chief warden Col. Abdullah Bawar [...]
Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
When I was a child there was a soap ad that spoke of a brand of soap being 99 4/10th % pure (or something like that). I remember thinking "so 6/10th % is what? Poison?". So here, yes, "we tortured but far fewer than alleged". Perhaps the Conservatives are wise to distance themselves from the Afghan government. Of course, that doesn't justify abandoning the Afghan people ... . http://www.ottawacitizen.com/mobile/news/national-news/Prisoners+tortured+fewer+than+alleged+warden/2251880/story.html...
Jay Currie (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Canada’s hate sniffer in chief is threatening to sue Walker Morrow, Cowichan’s 17 year old writing wonder (and home schooler). I commented over at Walker’s blog, Canwest is not in a financial position to defend itself at the moment. It is an ugly position to be in. Warman is flailing about suing bloggers. Now he’s picking on a [...]
- Are You Riled Up? - (Free subscription) | yesterday
By David Wylie, Canwest News ServiceNovember 17, 2009 StoryPhotos ( 1 ). It’s time to play video games like it’s 1986. With the release of New Super Mario Bros. Wii this month, Nintendo has gone back to the popular plumber’s roots with a … Raccoon Mario introduces flight to the series in Super Mario 3, [...]
Vulture (Free subscription) | yesterday
In an article about HIMYM , which has 700,000 viewers in Canada, the CanWest news service addressed the show's constant teasing of its Canuck character, Robin Scherbatsky, played by actual Canadian Cobie Smulders, quoting her co-star Neil Patrick Harris: "By the end of (last) season, Cobie was like, 'All right, dudes, enough with the Canadian jokes." The article is good-humored about the...
The Gazetteer (Free subscription) | yesterday
SellingCanadiansDownTheirOwnPrivate CrazyRiverVille From the Big Willbowski: The story starts in 2008. Liberal MP Gerry Byrne prepared a motion calling on the government to introduce an airline passenger’s bill of rights. Travellers would be guaranteed remedies for lost bags, unreasonable delays or overbooked flights. The model was similar to protection in Europe... {snippety-doo-dah} ...MPs...
Little Green Footballs (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Here’s some good news if you live in Canada and you’ve been waiting for Amazon to release their terrific Kindle e-book reader in a Canadian version: your wait is over. In addition to having full access to more than 300,000 titles in the Amazon store, Amazon announced that Canadian newspapers The Globe and Mail and The National Post will be available in Kindle editions, with the newspapers...
Pension Pulse (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Norma Greenaway of Canwest News Service reports that pension expert proposes fix for Canada's retirement saving shortfall : A supplementary pension plan is needed to give middle-income Canadians without workplace pensions a better crack at securing a comfortable retirement, says Keith Ambachtsheer, one of the country's leading authorities on pensions. Ambachtsheer, director of the Rotman International...
Applelinks Release News About iColl (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
• MacWorld Releases Macintosh Buying Guide For The Holidays • Windows 7's Dirty Secrets Revealed • Netbooks 'Not Just A Consumer Fad' - Business Keen On 'Em Too • Addressing Nonfunctional "Turn Airport On/Off" Settings • Google Holding Chrome OS Event Today. Complete Overview And Launch Plans To Be Revealed • Apple Launches MacBook, iMacs and Magic Mouse In Taiwan...
Accidental Deliberations (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
On Monday, the Sask Party "notified the media" that RCMP officers would be entering the NDP caucus office at the legislature - insinuating that the opposition as a whole was somehow under police investigation. And the RCMP did indeed turn up - to invite the opposition to participate in a fund-raiser. The media reaction: a verdict of "boys will be boys". On Wednesday, the NDP raised...
TO411 Daily (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Cable companies have gained so much power they have become a threat to Canadian broadcasting, and the national telecommunications regulator is mostly to blame, says Canada's second-largest private broadcaster. Canwest Global Corp. president Leonard Asper blamed the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for setting ground rules that have impoverished broadcasters and put cable...
Silly Little Country (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
My rough translation: CanWest Global: We want money. Please give us some. CRTC (the Pope speaking): Any ideas on how we can give it to you? As the stomach turns.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
WINNIPEG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Canwest Global Communications Corp. is pleased to announce that renowned country-rockers Blue Rodeo are supporting Canadian literacy through the Canwest Raise-a-Reader Concert Series. Partial proceeds from ticket sales from the tour will benefit local literacy groups in Canadian communities. As exclusive sponsor of the Raise-a-Reader Concert Series, Country Inns and Suites...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Canada has once again finished well in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, the Berlin-based NGO announced yesterday -- in eighth place, tied with Australia. This is good news: Only 50 million or so people on Earth trust their governments more than we do to act in good faith, and in their best interests. Unfortunately, the same day, a Canwest News Service report demonstrated...
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