Category Archives: Canada

MoneySense magazine ranks Hawkesbury 150th out of 190 cities, people ask ‘what the fuck is MoneySense magazine?’

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Gabriel

. For a few years MoneySense, a Toronto-based magazine, has been ranking cities in Canada from best to worst. For the third year in a row they’ve decided Hawkesbury is one of the worst places to live in Canada, and … Continue reading →

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How the death of Steve Jobs could save Canadians

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Gabriel

. This originally appeared as a column in the November 3 print and online editions of the North Bay / Nippissing News, the weekly newspaper I’ve been writing for recently. I’ve been recovering from some fairly serious illnesses over the … Continue reading →

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The 2011 Liberal Party election results might count as ethnic cleansing

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Gabriel

. . So… that was interesting. I am blown away at the collective humph to the nuts Canada has given to the Liberal Party of Canada. Seriously, it’s about time. The past fourteen years have been like being trapped in … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Canadian Politics, Conservative Party of Canada, Eastern Ontario, Liberal Party of Canada, NDP of Canada, Politics, Quebec Politics, Vankleek Hill, Writing | 6 Comments

Vote Nobody and play the Wendy Mesley drinking game instead

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Gabriel

I found this brilliant piece of awesomely cynical graffiti eleven years ago beside a Chinese restaurant in Guelph, Ontario. Just like every election cycle as far back as I can remember there has been talk recently, mostly on CBCNN, about … Continue reading →

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Canadian Inventions — Hollywood

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Gabriel

A long time ago in a state far, far away… and at least sixty years before Scientology took over, Hollywood was invented by Canadians. Mary Pickford, who starred in 248 movies between 1909 and 1950 as well as co-founding United … Continue reading →

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White v. Red: Remembering what Remembrance Day is about

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Gabriel

. There’s a move on now to turn Remembrance Day in Ontario into a holiday. I don’t think it’s a good idea, for the same reason I think people in Ottawa are misguided to think it’s cool to sell white … Continue reading →

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