There were two earthquakes in less than 24 hours in Toronto this week. One of them shook the ground. The other shook the city's confidence in the mayor's office. Everyone now knows about the infamous yet unaired alleged videotape of a man resembling Mayor Rob Ford...

Politicos and pollsters are still nursing their hangover from the 2013 BC provincial election. In what has become a pattern, the pollsters got it wrong. Completely wrong. The story was supposed to go like this: Christy Clark's Liberals, rocked by scandal after scandal, were...

Statistics Canada has finally released its 2011 pseudo-long form census data. While the Harper government hacked the process to dilute its reliability and effectiveness, it is still the best self-portrait of Canada we have (for now).

It is interesting to see how the House of Commons' composition...

You know that feeling when you reach a level you never thought was even possible? When you win a battle that has been lost so many times before? When defeat is such a habit that you forget the sweet smell of success?

While kudos are in order, the celebration that...

The forthcoming Museum of Canadian History has started implementing PM Harper's directives to slaughter the most visited museum of the country in order to make way for a venue where post-Confederation Canadian History is highlighted. The Museum has invited Canadians to comment on what they'd like...

Today, the Sun News Network (SNN) made its final pitch to the federal telecommunications regulator. The fledgling cable news network has an audience as wide as Ezra Levant's narrow mind. The Quebecor-owned network is seeking help in the form of "mandatory carriage" from the Canadian Radio-television...

"How dare he?!"

That is how a feeble-minded reactionary Ice Tea Party member recoils after hearing Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau's comment on the Boston Bombing -- a question he was asked just two hours after the blast.

When an act of terror occurs, it takes time to assess...

The world of provincial politics has yet to fully adjust to the ever changing and ever fleeting high tech nation that we've become accustomed to.

Everyone knows that online conversations are fleeting. One person's views during, say, the dawn of the Iraq war, might be drastically different...

It is sometimes difficult for members of the continent's linguistic majority to fully understand and appreciate the substance of language specificity. A linguistic and cultural haven might view the encircling majority with trepidation. A nation in this precarious position might take steps to preserve its distinct nature.

One such nation...

This week is momentous for legions of moms and women in general: the "Big O" is comin' to town. Yes, the former Queen of Television, the one then-Senator Obama called "possibly the most influential woman in the country," who Life Magazine called "the most influential black person of...

When a world leader dies, a lot of people take notice. Words of sympathy and praise flood in from all corners of the world while critics insist on reminding the masses of the deceased's missteps and blunders.

A leader with a strong personality and an enduring reign will inevitably leave...

1. "I don't think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime." -- as education secretary on March 5, 1973 (six years before ascending to PM's office).

2. "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

3....

HOW IT STARTED

On March 21, 1960, a large crowd of anti-discrimination demonstrators gathered outside the Sharpeville police station on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa. The British colony installed a race-based class system called Apartheid by which people of colour were introduced to unequal access to education,...

The long-standing, pioneering, popular reality TV show, Survivor, still sends tongues wagging. In a télé-vérité genre where 20 contestants vie for a one million dollar prize while surviving in the elements, and above all, each other, the show garners thousands of American (and Canadian) candidates to volunteer for the unique...

Hugo Rafael Chàvez Frias has died.

The Venezuelan President, a fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in his native country and crusaded against the USA's imperial influence, passed away on March 5.

During more than 14 years in office, Chávez routinely challenged the status quo...

As the 2013 edition of Black History Month started, a series of tweets invited Canadians from coast to coast celebs and non-celebs to give a shout out to their favourite black Canadian historical figure. The initiative was meant to incite the Canadian Twitterverse to think about black history in the...

The term "Black Friday" has been hijacked by American consumerism culture as the day following U.S. Thanksgiving. It is regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in America. The original Canadian "Black Friday" is something else entirely.

As indicated in the CBC Archives:...

Even though the sport was invented by a Canadian, the news that a canuk was named top high school basketball player in the U.S. comes at a surprise to many. The award named for Ontario-born James Naismith, previously given to NBA star LeBron James,...

It seems like there is an embarrassing report about hockey and certain fans every other week. The year started with an unfortunate series of tweets about Team Canada's praised Afro-Canadian goalie at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Russia. The pattern goes like this: "why is...

It is oft-implied that the United States had segregation while Canada was above this racial retardment. Hollywood movies dramatize the plight of African-American soldiers who, after defeating the Nazis in WWII, returned home to burned crosses, institutionalised bigotry, and all the vestiges of southern stereotypes. But, here in Canada, we...