One of the few things that went right at the Opening Ceremonies – slam poet Shane Koyczan delivered an inspired version of his poem, “We Are More”. It brought tears to our eyes. It could actually be Canada is Better’s theme song (if we could get April Wine to write the music).
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It’s time to get snowy, people! We’ve spent 7 years, and $1.75 billion precious dollars. We’ve given the first nations “head of state” status, cleaned up East Van for the tourists, and trucked in thousands of tons of snow to make Cyprus Mountain skiable. Nikki Yanofski is waiting in the wings to sing the anthem, [...]
Nobel Prize in Economics winner and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has very nice things to say about the boring state of Canadian banking. Turns out all those Reagan-era banking reforms that allowed Yankee banks to take unsustainable levels of risk were resisted north of the border, leaving our banks in good shape while [...]
