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Why Stephane Dion Has Been Good for the Liberal Party

By James Carruthers In the fall of 2006, when the Liberal party gathered in Montreal to pick a new leader, I mentally threw my weight behind Stephane Dion while feverishly watching the convention from...

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The Liberals need a new leader – and fast

By Rich Garton After a week that saw a potential coalition, a two-day PR blitz and (dare I say for the last time) a prorogation, you think things would slow down in Canadian politics. Au contraire, mon...

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Bob Rae Steps down — stage set for Ignatieff as new Liberal leader

By Rich Garton   Bob Rae, one of two remaining candidates for the Liberal leadership has dropped out of the race, according to Canadian Press.     That leaves Michael Ignatieff as the lone candidate...

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Citizen Journalism

A sample from the videoclips that will be supporting our project, “Who Are You? – An Exploration of Identity on the Edge of Tech” for our Online Journalism course. In this clip: Citizen Journalism.

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To coalition or not to coalition: that is the question

  By Rich Garton    “Coalition if necessary, but not necessarily coalition.”   Those were the words of new Liberal party leader Michael Ignatieff, displaying his stance on whether the coalition should...

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Clothing Swap

By Erin Albert About a dozen women are standing half-dressed in a living room in the Old South community in London. “All right, just dive in!” said the host. The women all rush to the centre of the...

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I Am Nobody

A sample podcast from our online project “Who Are You? An Exploration of Identity on the Edge of Tech.” This episode asks: “Can anyone really be anonymous online?” I Am Nobody

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Santa is a U.S. Republican (and a supply-sider too)…

By Ethan Rabidoux A Christmas tradition in my household is to watch Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer several times during the holiday season. I’m talking about the 1964 animated version narrated by Burl...

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Twitter on the Hudson River

By Rich Garton Around 3:30 p.m. this afternoon, US Airways flight 1549 went down into the Hudson River near Manhattan, N.Y. It was en route to Charlotte, N.C. According to early reports, there were no...

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Riding the GO — the commute from hell

  By Rich Garton   Commuting sucks. Shall I expand, or do you just want to take my word?   Well, this wouldn’t be much of a story if I just stopped there, so I may as well explain the reason behind my...

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