At Home: Loonie is on a roller coaster Financial news is grim worldwide these days, mostly due to the American banking and mortgage crisis. While the Canadian economy is no longer as closely tied to the ups and downs of the US economy as it once was, our financial world is suffering from the falling… Read more »
Release Date: September 9, 2008 Label: Epitaph Tracks: 9 Rating: 4 This recent release from Epitaph Records, headed up by Bad Religion’s Brett Gurewitz, is another voyage into the unknown by the largely underground band The Sound of Animals Fighting. The Ocean and the Sun features masked band members who represent various new wave bands,… Read more »
At Home: Saskatchewan Needs Workers to Support Boom Saskatchewan is booming and they need workers?lots of workers. Saskatchewan’s Premier Brad Wall was off to Ontario last week to spread the word that there are plenty of jobs (about 10,000 of them) waiting for people who need work. These jobs encompass everything from the service industry… Read more »
At Home: New Brunswick committed to green solutions While many Canadian government agencies and representatives talk about getting greener and greener, New Brunswick has been standing out as a prime example of putting your money and effort where your mouth is. This week Herménégilde Chiasson, the lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, went green by opting out… Read more »
At Home: Green Party wins place in federal debate Canada is once again facing a national election and therefore will be putting the leaders of each political party into a televised debate of the issues and election promises. As a general rule, we can expect to see the leaders of the Conservative and Liberal parties… Read more »
Release Date: July 22, 2008 Label: ANTI- Tracks: 5 Rating: 4 One Day as a Lion is a five-track introductory sampler for the musical duo sporting the same name as the album, and this 20-minute record features two artists who have made a name for themselves within the music world from their respective headlining bands:… Read more »
Release Date: August 18, 2008 Label: Fat Wreck Chords Tracks: 7 Rating: 7 Lagwagon is in many ways the flagship of Fat Wreck Chords. The first band to sign to the label aside from the obvious inclusion NOFX, Lagwagon has been one of the most loyal bands to Fat Wreck Chords, and the five California… Read more »
Release Date: April 1, 2008 Label: RCA Tracks: 12 plus 1 bonus Rating: 9 It seems like a mere few months since the whole Anti-Flag controversy over the switch from independent record labels, like Fat Wreck Chords and A-F Records, to major label RCA (Radio Corporation of America). As it turns out though, For Blood… Read more »
At Home: Science helps define Arctic border of Canada While most Canadians probably aren’t familiar with the area called the Lomonosov Ridge (an underwater shelf), it is nonetheless the most important piece of Canadian land in the matter of our Arctic sovereignty as of late. While our neighbours to the south have often disputed our… Read more »
At Home: Foreign-trained doctors not finding work in doctor-starved Canada While Canadians suffer from a severe shortage of medical doctors across the country, many immigrant doctors are finding it difficult to find work in the medical field here. The issue is that Canadian medical licensing bodies have not yet determined what kinds of training and… Read more »