I did not have Pierre Poilievre and pornography on my bingo card, but here we are
Many of us remember the crystal-clear-yet-somewhat-embarrassing moment when we caught ourselves struggling to see a nipple on a scrambled pay-per-view channel broadcasting an adult film. Or, we can still feel the weird adrenaline rush when we found our dad’s playboy...
Recycled Rage: Olivia Chow’s support to rename stadium after Rob Ford brings out all the crybabies
I’m old enough to remember when death had the final word. Last week, a motion by Paul Ainslie (Scarborough-Guildwood) to rename the Centennial Park stadium in Etobicoke after the late Rob Ford received public support from Toronto mayor Olivia Chow, and every...
Mr. Dressup documentary takes you back to when childhood had a role model
You might have been one of those kids who, especially in hindsight, had the TV as your babysitter. I was. And that wasn’t automatically a bad thing, especially if your babysitter was Mr. Dressup. That’s why I couldn’t help but get choked up while watching the Prime...
Interviewing “literally Hitler” and the art of not being a dick
It happens every…single…time. The other day my news feed was littered with stories about the public inquiry into the Emergencies Act declaration. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had just wrapped up his testimony, and his critics were livid. People who hate Trudeau, and...
Pee-Gate Urinator Mike Terrigno Says He Hired Convoy Lawyer Brendan Miller to Sue David Wallace
Mike Terrigno, the Calgary-based restaurant owner who admitted in an email that he urinated on items belonging to fixer-turned-whistleblower David Wallace, sent this writer another email last night to inform me that he was suing David Wallace for defamation. He did...
Pee-Gate the latest in a long stream of dirty Alberta politics – Part 1
In 2010, writer Martin Patriquin wrote a cover story for Maclean’s Magazine that claimed Quebec was the most corrupt province in Canada. The piece was immediately controversial. Then-Premier Jean Charest had just wrapped up two days of testimony at an inquiry into...