hikers in a gloomy woods, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. Hiking the Baden-Powell trail through the decidedly murky rainforest of Vancouver’s North Shore.
Month: July 2007
“what a drag”, indeed
On the Canada Day theme, I just want to harp on one of my favourite targets: bad statistics in the media. The Globe and Mail has a prominently featured article, Canadian citzenship and the generational divide, which claims that something called “The Dominion Institute” has found there are “remarkably different attitudes among those between older…
happy 140th, you big ol’ country, you
Is it shallow to feel a tinge of national hipster-geek pride just because my country happens to be producing a lot of great indie music right now? Probably, but still, I’m listening to the CBC Radio 3 all-request Canada Day podcast, and frankly, we rock. My recent proudest moments as a Canadian were when I…