Sheldon Birnie is a writer, editor, and song & dance man living, working, & partying in Winnipeg, MB.
A completely-normal-in-every-possible-way couple from Winnipeg has received a public apology from a Marion Street pub for being identified by staff as “weirdos.”
In a rare admission of knowing what the environment is, Tory minister Joe Oliver has said the government “could be doing more.”
Brave skiers in Kananaskis Country are getting the gears from park officials for disregarding closure signs and disturbing the monster known as “Grizzly Bear 94.”
German environmental group Global Nature Fund has singled out Lake Winnipeg, Canada’s sixth largest freshwater lake, as the world’s Threatened Lake of 2013. This dubious honour has previously been held by poisoned lakes in Colombia and Peru.
Watch out, bad guys! The RCMP are about to have a shitload more remote controlled spies up in the sky.
Ever proving themselves useful as a public broadcaster, the CBC launched a live blog yesterday to keep Canadian residents abreast of developments in winter weather.
In a dick move that defies logic, the City of Vancouver is looking to increase fines on bylaws targeting the poor to a truly staggering rate. Included in the 42 changes is a maximum fine of $10,000 for being homeless.
The Conservative government loves to throw money around, especially when it’s in Tory ridings. Have a playground that needs a fix-up? Maybe a park that needs benches replaced or a pool that needs a new diving board? All you have to do is ask and a whole fleet of government ministers will show up in your small town with briefcases of cash.
I’m hoping to impart some Life Lessons I’ve Learned the Hard Way this year. And of course, by the Hard Way, I mean drunk and/or on drugs, which I guess is really The Only Way.
As of this morning, you tweeps won’t have Pat Fucking Martin to kick around anymore. The foul-mouthed NDP MP quit Twitter after his latest anti-government tirade in which he called the Conservatives “rat faced whores.”
Last week, many Canadians found themselves confused at events in Ottawa, prompting more than one concerned citizen to question whether they had awoken in a Bizarro Canada: A terrifying country where all Albertans were vegan, where Newfoundlanders spoke intelligible English, and where the Conservative government actually gave two shits about the environment.
The Bear Problem reared its ugly, rotten head again this week. An elderly couple were out walking near Kimberly, British Columbia, when they were savagely attacked by a mother bear as the cubs looked eagerly on and cheered the violence.
Shovels are itching to plow hard into the virgin earth of northern British Columbia, and it looks like there won’t be any pesky federal environmental assessment to slow these mothers down.
Just when you think it’s safe to turn your back on the Bear Problem, our Ursine enemies strike again.
Who needs a “tough on crime” agenda in Ottawa when we’ve got a God on Crime program kicking ass here in Winnipeg?