What’s on the immigrant voter’s mindStéphane Dion announced a comprehensive immigration policy today at the Shiang Garden restaurant in Richmond, B.C. It was a...
’Slumdog’ leads underdog prize-winnersUnlike Cannes, Berlin and Venice, TIFF does not have an official competition, but there’s a passel of sponsored prizes given...
Weekend Viewing: "Ballot Box Bunny"Since nobody can think of anything except elections (even those of us in ridings, districts or states where the winner is already...
election08: caption challenge #3It’s the weekend. I’m supposed to be writing a speech for an important client. But you know what’s more fun than writing a...
Loving Rachel McAdams in a post-Iraq rompYou know that the Iraq war has draggged on too long when Hollywood is making a jaunty road movie about returning soldiers. In The...
I Am Nicole Eggert, And I Wish I Wasn’tHere’s something I only just recently realized: My name is Jaime . My younger sister’s name is Sarah . The names of the two...
Agnès Varda: auteur as 80-year-old starlet on the beachAs the festival winds up, despite the glut of stars in town, it’s now clear that TIFF 08’s cinematic vintage was far from...
Heckling, Burnaby styleAnnouncing incentives for energy-efficient home retrofits this morning in verdant Burnaby, B.C., Stéphane Dion was heckled. A...
Dmitry Medvedev out-poops our puffinsRussian President Dmitry Medvedev says Georgia’s invasion of South Ossetia was his country’s equivalent of September 11. He also...
bringin’ on the heartbreakIf you’re enjoying the schoolyard incompetence of Stephen Harper’s campaign, you’re going to love the wholesale ineptitude...