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April 21, 2008 News and Trends

Former PM still plugs for Kelowna deal (Nunatsiaq News)

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:54:20 PDT
Paul Martin, the former prime minister, is finding surprising success in his one-man crusade to revive the defunct political commitment known as the Kelowna accord.

This doc hip hops to the top of the world (winnipegsun.com)

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:04:46 PDT
One hundred Inuit teens. Ten hip-hop dancers. Five days. Sheesh, we just have to start getting more sleep. But wait, this isn't a really weird dream after another cherished soiree of beer and extra saucy wings.

SATC star reveals fight with breast cancer

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:24:42 PDT
A brief history of homosexuality, played out in Vauxhall Billed as a shambolic evening of informative entertainment, audience participation and politics, the House of Homosexual Culture and Timberlina will present A Brief History of Homosexuality later this month. Popularity: 55% ?] Commissioner's horror at extent of homophobia in Europe The Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights has called for more protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people. Popularity:

Fight hate crime with a springtime walk in Brighton

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:12:38 PDT
Fight hate crime with a springtime walk in Brighton Gay and lesbian people and their friends have been signing up for a major gay day out in Brighton during the May bank holiday. The 5th Annual Equality Walk is a demonstration of solidarity against hate crime. Popularity: 26% ?] Neo-Nazi who attacked gays loses appeal The leader of a neo-Nazi group in southern Sweden, jailed for beating five men at a gay rights party, lost his appeal yesterday. National Socialist Front (NSF) lead

CBC: It’s a “bungle”! No it’s a “blunder”! Hang on: it’s a “gaffe”!

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:43:41 PDT
CBC: It’s a “bungle”! No it’s a “blunder”! Hang on: it’s a “gaffe”! It ain’t good, that’s for sure! Just yesterday I had to update my Monday blog entry because the fair and balanced state-owned CBC Newsworld kept changing its mind about the Conservative government’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Bernier, and how to officially describe his, um, verbal malfunction. On Monday I showed you how Canada’s cable news networks—the state-owned one and the citizen-owned one against which t

Oil up! Freak out! Dow up? Shut up!

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:50:34 PDT
Oil up! Freak out! Dow up? Shut up! The state-run media in Canada (and the citizen-owned media who do their best to compete with them) all lament, daily (with intra-day lament updates, all day long), the price of a barrel of oil, and the resulting price of gas. (Of course they don’t have the foggiest clue what they’re talking about, but they pretend they do.) Even as I was writing this, the state-owned CBC did a story about the latest rise in gas prices. Apparently it’s getting h

TV tonight: Five worth watching (Toronto Star)

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:44:58 PDT
Oprah and Jen give it up: Oprah's Big Give pulls out the big guns for its season finale, with a special appearance by Jennifer Aniston, who will apparently deliver "big news" in this closer (CTV, ABC at 8).

Troubling trends springing forward - Dubuque Telegraph Herald

Troubling trends springing forward
Dubuque Telegraph Herald, IA - 7 hours ago
By Alan Guebert Spring finally found the legs to arrive in central Illinois nearly a month after the calendar alerted us to be on the lookout for it. ...