Zachary Aidan

Zachary Aidan is my new nephew’s name. Sounds like a perfectly serviceable name to me, but wouldn’t have been my...

Toronto director wins animation Oscar

Local filmmaker Chris Landreth won an Academy Award Sunday for his animated short film Ryan. The film tells the story...

Urban Legend: Is Clint Eastwood the son of comic Stan Laurel?

No. Urban legendry abounds with rumors concerning famous people who are supposedly the unacknowledged (and usually illegitimate) children of other...

AOL blocks music-copying feature

The company’s Winamp software was identified by bloggers this week as part of a process that transformed copy-protected music downloads...

FCC Censorship

When the Federal Communications Commission fined Clear Channel Communications $27,500 last year for each of eighteen incidents of “indecent material”...

Standing up to U.S. will gain us respect abroad

It’s now clear how the Bush administration sees things: Canadian sovereignty exists only at its pleasure. If we do what...

Iran, Russia Sign Key Nuclear Fuel Deal

Russia and Iran signed a nuclear fuel supply deal long opposed by Washington on Sunday which will pave the way...

“Mother of the Matrix” not quite “Victorious”

From the (student newspaper) Salt Lake Community Globe: CORRECTION REGARDING PREVIOUS STORY In reference to the recent article entitled “Mother...

Justifiably Paranoid

So, it’s been a couple of days and I’m still a little shaky about the whole “break-in that was not...

Peterson to be honoured on postage stamp

Canada Post plans to honour jazz icon Oscar Peterson this summer by issuing a postage stamp in his honour on...