"...a growing body of research has found that sexually explicit styles of dancing do not lead to casual sex. To those who study human sexuality, modern dance club culture is actually more indicative of an evolution in courtship."
Another non-lethal taser death. In Nova Scotia this time.
Canadian Peter Raymout is in the running for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar - from the Vancouver Sun
"Raymont was recognized for A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman, a look at the life of the Chilean writer who was forced into exile after Augusto Pinochet's military coup."
Whistler festival focuses on Canadian film - from the Vancouver Sun
"...to fully enjoy this alpine adventure, you have to have a love of Canadian film in all its eclectic wonder. That is really what is at the heart of this festival. There are stories about whales, about Somalian immigrants to Canada, about homeless girls and dominatrixes and about the wonders of growing old in Quebec. Canadian films, which tend to get buried in other big festivals, are the crowning jewels of this festival.
Halton's Catholic School Board has pulled a series of books for being 'anti-God' it is not apparently the books that are 'anti-God' though the author has stated in interviews that he is an athiest. -
"(The complaint) came out of interviews that Philip Pullman had done, where he stated that he is an atheist and that he supports that," said Scott Millard, the board's manager of library services.
"Since we are an educational institution, we want to be able to evaluate the material; we want to make sure we have the best material for students."
Adbusters on the new book What Is Canada For by Michael Byers
The first thing to understand is that Mr. Harper is an economist, so he thinks that economics are of paramount importance. And I’m pretty sure that he buys Grant’s thesis, and that there’s not really much we can do to avoid it because we are so dependent on the US economically. So the question for Mr. Harper would be how to manage dependency. I really don’t think that he’s capable of believing that Canada can chart an independent course. Add to that the fact that ideologically he is essentially an American Republican, he wouldn’t see a whole lot of downside to going along with the policy decisions of the Bush administration. For him, it’s a convenient default position.
Via Inside the CBC new sites are up for the CBC's new winter shows: the Border, jpod, Sophie and MVP
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