Dear Professional Journalists...

...it's called burying the lede..."He offered few specifics on what he would do to boost the economy — assuming he gets the opportunity."Sorry, it's just that I remember actual ne...

One in the back... one in the head...

...must be Thursday... -- TORONTO -- Shots rang out on King at Portland Street around 2:30 a.m. Thursday after a fight erupted inside the Loki Lounge. The fight spilled out onto the sidewalk where one man, said to be 19 or 20 years old, was shot in the head. A second man, said to be around 23 years old, was shot in the back. The younger victim remains in critical condition in hospital. The other...

The Community Organiser-in-Chief

Hope, Change and... the future's so bright, I gotta wear kevlar...The video raises significant questions in the wake of reports that the Department of Homeland Security, headed by Janet Napolitano, recently purchased around 2,700 MRAP trucks that many believe are to be deployed to local law enforcement agencies around the country. It is clear that the DHS does have fleets of armoured vehicles intended...

Here's a wakeup call...

...if everybody you know is getting toasted... maybe it is you...Toronto’s latest homicide victim is the younger brother of the man fatally shot in the Eaton Centre last year, a homicide detective confirmed Friday, but so far no evidence has emerged to connect the two killings. Nisan Nirmalendran, 21, died in hospital after he was shot late Thursday at the entrance to a public-housing seniors’ residence...

How exactly is it...

...none of these guys ever finds his personal Lord & Saviour BEFORE they end up with blood on their hands... The federal government announced last October that it would not be renewing contracts for part-time chaplains, the court document says. The decision came shortly after the Correctional Service...

Try to remember, folks...

...electing someone solely on the basis of their DNA is, at its very best, a double-edged sword... Never mind actual policy... does the heir transparent have a single original thought in his head? ********** RELATED: Forgive me, dear readers... ...turns out there is policy after all. Of course,...

Dateline: Hogtown

Must be Tuesday... •• TORONTO •• A series of shootings and stabbings over the course of four hours has sent five people to Toronto hospitals Tuesday night.Betcha can't wait for the weeke...

Jobs for Canadians?

Not in the People's Republic of British Columbia... •• VANCOUVER •• "A partner in HD Mining was granted permission to bring in nearly 100 temporary foreign workers using documents listing Mandarin as a language requirement, a Freedom of Information Act request has revealed." "Ninety-five of the LMOs (Labour Market Opinions, a prerequisite required by Service Canada) — to prove the company made sufficient...

Really Concealed Carry

What's the reciprocal of Quick-Draw McGra...

Send in the Clown

I suppose, strictly speaking, lusting after power IS a Liberal policy..."Justin Trudeau has been criticized for his lack of concrete ideas, but former prime minister Jean Chretien said he thinks the Liberal leadership front-runner has "a very big policy" that is fundamental to Canada." "'He wants to replace the Tories,' Chretien said during an interview on the Global News program The West Block with...

FROM THE COMMENTS:

********** RELATED: Burying the lede?"The University of Illinois has received grants since 2009 for its project, 'Cumulative Stress and Hazardous Drinking in a Community of Adult Lesbians,' which aims to develop 'culturally sensitive' strategies to prevent lesbians from being drunks."Maybe 'My two...

Because, of course...

...the last thing we want are the fittest, fastest and most capable people possible..."Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a retired Canadian Forces member also questioned the decision to apply the test equally to all men and women regardless of age, wondering how the military can increase the number of women in the forces while prescribing a test that is measurably more challenging for women...

Never let the facts...

...stand in the way of a good shiny-pony story...The leadership hopeful has among the worst records for missing votes and has come under fire for skipping his responsibilities and ignoring his constituents to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars moonlighting as a "professional speaker." In this session of Parliament, only three MPs have a worse voting record than Trudeau who has missed 221 votes,...

Your CBC... your billion dollars

One of these things is not like the others..."Shortly after noon Thursday, the four — dressed in black, hooded sweatshirts and some wearing masks — entered Thistletown Collegiate and robbed two female students and attempted to rob a male student, Supt. Ron Taverner told reporters Thursday."Comparison 1..."One shot was fired, hitting another vehicle, but no one was injured. Police say they are searching...

Hope, Change and...

...that new flexible truth...I guess it all depends on who you're trying to kiss up to... "I have SAID CONSISTENTLY that I believe that the Second Amendment is an individual right."RELATED: Who needs piddly little guns... ...when you have Hellfire missiles? "Obama has the power to authorize lethal...

Toronto Homicide Squad rounding up...

Woodcarvers, butchers and angry Sous-Chefs as we speak...A man who was stabbed multiple times in the city’s west end on Monday night has died of his injuries. Police were called to the Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West area at around 9:30 p.m. where they found the man, believed to be in his 20s, suffering stab wounds to his back and torso.If only we could ban all knives... rig...

A slew of murdered teenagers...

...right in their own bailiwick and the Toronto "Red" Star reaches back three years to publish heart-wrenching "Man bites Dog" (complete with cutesy pictures) allegations. Of course, there's just one small fly in the ointment...The Niagara Falls Regional Police told the Star the allegations were “unsubstantiated.”A...

The new nicey, nice journalism

Step one, in all multicultural stories, trot out all the familiar, shopworn cliches...“The suspect, he was a young guy, nice guy, a popular guy. It’s not something you would EVER expect.”Or how about..."You NEVER hear about this kind of thing.”Eventually, though, you actually have to actually say something factual..."Kuujjuaq has a disproportionately high crime rate for a town of its size. A total...

Dear FAA... I'm thinkin'...

...you did this in a public library, they'd toss your ass out the front door..."Something aboard a Frontier Airlines flight across the Rocky Mountain West caught the attention of federal investigators last week. Perhaps it was the passengers banging on the ceiling, walls and floor of the cabin, or maybe how most of the passengers were out of their seats, jumping up and down."How is this considered...