Canadian Shame-Based Heritage Moment

By stacey

In an end to my homage of the political comedy stylings of Rick Mercer, I give you a moment in our shame-based heritage. Enjoy… we invented it!

Extra! Extra! No More Bookstores in Downtown Regina

By stacey

In case it’s not a place you go regularly, downtown Regina’s largest mall, the Cornwall Center, has been undergoing several changes over the past year. Some stores have been moving to other locations in the mall, while others are being renovated. However, it was during my last visit to the Cornwall Center that I noticed the gravest change of all. It appears as if only one store amidst all these changes has actually *closed*… and it’s the bookstore.

As a longtime resident of downtown Regina, let me tell you what this means – it signifies the closure of the last book store in the downtown area. That’s right, you didn’t hallucinate that last sentence, and it’s not a typo. If you want to BUY A BOOK you must leave the downtown area. Read more »

K’Naan on the Origins of Somalian Pirates

By stacey

This is a brief and very interesting interview with K’Naan, a hip-hop protest artist from Somalia now based in Canada. His music speaks to the struggle people face living in his home country, and the government and warlords that prevent peace and prosperity. In this interview he talks about the origins of Somalian pirates from an angle that no other media source has addressed… watch on.

Food for thought

By stacey

I read an interesting study the other day, and then watched news services light up their opinions on it. The study wanted to know whether there was a nutritional difference between organic and non-organic produce. This study was carried out over almost fifty years, and included numerous doctors, scientists, and researchers from around the world. One of their most widely discussed results was the following – in 7 of the 10 nutritional factors that were examined, there was almost no difference in nutrition between organic and non-organic produce. Read more »