Six reasons Canadians celebrated Thanksgiving a month ago
Early November frost usually wipes out our turkey crops anyway. That’s when the Arctic Pumpkin reaches optimum pie-making suitability. Rapidly run out of reasons to be thankful after mid-October. To be polite. Terribly important to Canadians to be the first ones...Remembering Jack Layton
I probably shouldn’t have been so shocked by this morning’s news that Jack Layton has died at the age of 61. At his announcement last July, when he told Canadians he was stepping aside temporarily as NDP leader to fight a new incidence of cancer, you...Want to stop election-night tweeting? Appeal to online culture
Hi, Elections Canada. We go back a long way, you and me. I’m the kid who had your colour-coded riding map masking-taped to my bedroom wall.
So let me offer some friendly advice. You want to stop people from tweeting election results from Eastern Canad…
Five ways to use Twitter to make the most of an election debate
Let’s be honest: election debates are usually pretty awful for voters. They get to passively endure an hour or two of overrehearsed talking points, dodged questions and set-piece arguments… washed down with the kind of analysis that usually boils do…