A former sniper and world record holder explains why Canadian snipers continue to excel on the battlefield
Tag Archives: Canadian
Tom Green on stand up, social media, and Trailer Park Boys
The Canadian comic’s Q&A with Emma Teitel
Five important Canadians you probably didn’t learn about in school
A history lesson in five points
Top 5 Canadian designs making the world a better place
1. Lucky iron fish: When Cambodian villagers were hemorrhaging during childbirth due to a lack of iron, University of Guelph researcher Christopher Charles found an answer—throw a small chunk of iron, designed to look like a local river fish, into cooking pots. The result: a huge decrease in anemia. “The iron fish is incredibly powerful,” says Charles.
Rick Mercer: Why I rant. And why you should too.
Ranting is a ‘skill’ the comedian learned from his mother—and he says Canadians don’t do it enough
Christine Girard lifts a nation
We now know that weightlifters sometimes cry
10 (fictional but not wholly unbelievable) Canadian sex acts
We wonder what Pierre Berton would make of this imaginative list.
7 scientific discoveries named after Canadians
Would you believe there’s spider named for Neil Young?
Fake CanCon
I was glad to see the Globe and Mail‘s Kate Taylor run a piece about an issue that is becoming more and more important in Canadian TV: shows that are, technically, Canadian Content, therefore fulfilling CanCon quotas, but aren’t actually Canadian in any meaningful sense. I’m not talking about point of view or perspective or any of those subjective things; shows like The Borgias (which was just renewed for another season) and The Tudors are not Canadian because the creative people on them are not Canadians; Canadian involvement is financial, plus a certain number of Canadian actors. But by that standard, Star Wars is an English film.
The missing half of Yann Martel’s new novel
His plan for his long-awaited follow-up to ‘Life of Pi’ didn’t quite work out