Tag: Canada

Oliver Swain’s Big Machine tour hitting West Coast this summer

Beacon Reporter AB | June 17, 2013 | 0 Comments

Oliver Swain touring with Jaron Freeman-Fox, Emily Braden Oliver Swain’s Big Machine tour is an ever-evolving musical contraption, the product of folk-noir and Americana multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Swain. This tour sees Oliver collaborate with one of Canada’s top young musical innovators including demon fiddler Jaron Freeman-Fox, award-winning vocalist Emily Braden and guitar virtuosos Adam Dobres and Quinn Bachand. During a [...]

Cutting Through: Brent Rathgeper won’t run in by-election

Beacon Opinion | June 17, 2013 | 0 Comments

Brent Rathgeper doesn’t have courage to run in by-election By Norman Leach “The Conservative party doesn’t own this seat just because I won it for them in the last election. I don’t think they have any authority to make that kind of suggestion,” Brent Rathgeber told reporters at a news conference after resigning from the Conservative caucus [...]

Margaret Wente Senate scandal column height of hypocrisy

David Climenhaga | June 9, 2013 | 0 Comments

Plagiarist Margaret Wente not fit to comment on ethics S’cuse me! We ex-journalists are permitted to do whatever we like! And if Prime Minister Thomas Mulcair wants to appoint me to the Senate, I’m taking the job! The same thing goes for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau if he makes the offer, if you must know. But then, I [...]

Stephen Harper hurt by failure to produce cheque

Bruce Stewart | June 9, 2013 | 0 Comments

Public trust in Stephen Harper broken Thirteen per cent. That’s how low Stephen Harper has fallen during the past month’s unfolding of the Senate expenses — Mike Duffy payoff/Nigel Wright cheque — escapade. Only 13 per cent of Canadians say they trust Stephen Harper to lead the country. Only 13 per cent of Canadians think he makes [...]

Online entertainment rapidly gaining popularity – study

Kharl Prado | June 8, 2013 | 0 Comments

Entertainment and media companies spending more on online entertainment Entertainment and media companies are investing more capital on digital and online entertainment services, according to a new study. Spending on digital and online services, particularly online entertainment, is up according to PwC Canada’s 14th annual Global Entertainment and Media Outlook. While traditional media still command the most [...]

Energy East pipeline promoted in Maritimes by Alison Redford

Christopher Walsh | June 8, 2013 | 0 Comments

Alison Redford says Energy East pipeline already ‘capturing the imagination’ of New Brunswickers Premier Alison Redford was in New Brunswick Friday to drum up more support for the proposed Energy East Pipeline that could see Alberta bitumen piped to Saint John, and to global markets from there. Redford toured the province as she pushed for the pipeline [...]

Brent Rathgeber – Do Canadian political parties hate Parliament?

Bruce Stewart | June 8, 2013 | 0 Comments

Case of maverick MP Brent Rathgeber shows principle, party conflict when everything managed from centre When Brent Rathgeber made his walk from the bankbenches of the Conservative side of the House to the far corner in the chamber, where the Independents sit on Wednesday night, he illustrated one of the key problems in democracy as [...]

Alberta government applauds CRTC wireless code

Beacon Reporter AB | June 4, 2013 | 0 Comments

Alberta government reviewing CRTC wireless code in more detail The Alberta government is praising the direction taken by Canada’s telecommunications regulator to protect cellphone users. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has issued a wireless code that will allow Canadians to to cancel their cellphone plan after two years without a fee. The CRTC wireless code [...]

Mike Duffy scandal demonstrates no accountability for MPs, Senators

Markham Hislop | May 31, 2013 | 0 Comments

Mike Duffy and other senators do little or no reporting of expenses By Gregory Thomas Senator Mike Duffy certainly isn’t the first Ottawa politician to get some unwanted scrutiny from RCMP investigators. But unless politicians of all political stripes get serious about accountability soon, it’s certain that Duffy won’t be the last either. It’s [...]

Canadian energy industry has not created an energy superpower

Troy Media | May 30, 2013 | 0 Comments

The Canadian energy industry on brink of being energy “superproducer” By Gerry Angevine and Kenneth P. Green In a speech to the Canada-UK Chamber of Commerce in London on July 14, 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper referred to Canada and the Canadian energy industry as the emerging “energy superpower” that his government “intends to build.” [...]