"On December 15, the Toronto punk band is hosting a "special holiday event" at Sonic Boom Records to benefit the Toronto Food Bank, as well as George Herman House, a transitional housing program for women living with mental health issues.
The show will feature a special F*cked Up set that includes "David Christmas", the first single from the David Comes to Life LP, as well as Christmas covers, musical guests, and "a very special holiday vocalist." You can also have your picture taken with a yet-to-be-revealed "Santa.""
From Art Threat : what's better than Wal-Mart at Christmas time? Only one thing really:
"Walmartopia, the Off-Broadway musical that targets the happy yellow face, has been playing in NYC since the end of September. As the good reviews keep coming in on this political comedy for the stage, I wonder, will it take off? This is a challenge to any theatre directors out there - bring the Big Box farce off Off-Broadway, way off, to other cities and towns. This topic is way more universal than Miss Saigon, so lets see some franchising! "
Senator Colin Kenny, chair of the Senate Committee on National Security and Defense has called for a moratorium on RCMP taser use.
"A moratorium on Taser use by the RCMP should be imposed until everyone is assured that officers issued the weapons are properly trained"
Iceland is now the best place to live according to the United Nations.
"Rich free-market countries dominate the top places, with Iceland, Norway, Australia, Canada and Ireland the first five but the United States slipping to 12th place from eighth last year in the U.N. Human Development Index."
New bill to address native land claims put forward. The bill is co-authored by Phil Fontaine, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (who obviously supports it):
""I'm confident this will work because it's our process as well," said Fontaine, who was joined by Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl in Ottawa for the announcement. Fontaine added that if the bill becomes law, it has the potential "to revolutionize the claims process.""
Ontario premeire Daulton McGuinty has decided it's time to target poverty in Toronto. Mayor David Miller sounds like he might have some suggestions for where McGuinty should start.
"Long-standing federal government rules make it more difficult for workers to qualify for Employment Insurance (EI) in Toronto than most other Canadian cities – even booming Calgary.
Only 22 per cent of unemployed workers in Toronto qualify for EI, compared with 36 per cent in Montreal and 26 per cent in Calgary.
That means unemployed workers in Toronto are more likely to be pushed onto welfare – which is partly funded by the city – than workers in other cities."
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