Canada’s Most Memorable (English) TV Thing: The Elite Eight
We’re not at the end of our strange tournament to crown Canada’s most memorable TV show in English, which ended […]
Canada’s Most Memorable (English) TV Thing: The Sweet Sixteen
Remember earlier in this when people were choked up about trifling matters like Today’s Special going out in the first […]
Canada’s Most Memorable (English) TV Thing: Round of 32
Things we learned, after a personal lark became a national argument: It's the debate that will bring us together and […]
Canada’s Most Memorable (English) TV Thing: Round of 64
I’ll get straight to the point: you know what hasn’t been done before? A public vote, in the digital age, […]
The 10 best things to do at the PNE
A day at the PNE is wonderful and exhausting for many reasons, but one of them is that there is […]
Ranking every ride and attraction at the PNE: #28-11
The PNE is many things: an institution, a two-week fair at the end of the summer that people from all […]
My 1000 favourite songs: #900-876
#900 — Tell Her About It, Billy Joel (1983) Things that are good: Billy Joel, early 60s Motown, Billy Joel […]
My 1000 favourite songs: #926-901
#925 — Another One Bites The Dust, Queen (1980) Queen is, and always will be, a great gateway rock band, […]
My 1000 favourite songs: #950-926
#950 — I Can See Clearly Now, Jimmy Cliff (1993) So for a while I thought I enjoyed this song […]
My 1000 favourite songs: #951-980
#980 — Dream On, Aerosmith (1973) There was a time that I listened to FAR too much derivative Aerosmith, and […]
My 1000 favourite songs: #981-990
#990 – SOS, ABBA (1975) It took me a long time to like ABBA. Part of it is because they’re […]
My 1000 favourite songs: #991-#1000
#1000 – In My Life, The Beatles (1965) The first hint that my music tastes tend towards that of a […]
He haunts UBC still: on the death of David Strangway
The scope of UBC’s transformation over the last 30 years is almost with precedent in North America. To wit, some […]
A vintage Heritage Minute has been released. Where does it rank?
It's time to celebrate our 14th Prime Minister, Canadian archetypes, and not shooting people.
How often do Liberal MLAs tweet identical things? A journey into the heart of darkness
Some Liberals are better at Twitter than others. And some tweets say more about a government's priorities than others.
Questions for UBC in the wake of Arvind Gupta’s sudden departure
Some things to consider about Martha Piper, post-secondary education planning in the 21st century, and the UBC Board of Governors, as we gaze into the void
Justin McElroy: journalist/ ranker of stuff 