Can an intersectional approach solve CBC’s rating woes?

 This week the United Kingdom’s government announced its plan to end television licenses by the end of 2027. The British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) primary revenue source, the “Telly Tax” is paid annually by every British taxpayer who owns a TV and wants to stream content, including cable services, even YouTube. The

Turkey’s ‘annus horribilis’

 The BBC’s Turkey correspondent, Mark Lowen, recently wrote that 2016 had “exhausted Turkey.” He was referring to the seemingly endless suicide attacks and car bombings that had stunned the country, the deadly but failed July military coup, and the devastating clashes between government forces and the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey’s

The Mayfair Theatre Ready to Do the Time Warp Again!

 Feature image by Petr Maur. Remaining photos by Andre Gagne. Sam Kellerman slips on some fishnet stockings, adjusts the corset and ensures the midnight black lipstick is applied just right. The mirror doesn’t lie. He looks stunning. He looks like a sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania and, tonight, he’s got

A Plan for a Vibrant and Sustainable CBC

 The Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications has released a report on the future of the CBC. I was a part of that study, but I could not support the report. Some Conservative members of the committee spent too much time denouncing the CBC and not enough time on

Cultural Life of Kazakhstan: Preserving the Past to Create the Future

 by Ambassador Dr. Konstantin Zhigalov Kazakhstan has a long and culturally-rich history. Thanks to its geographical location in the heart of the Eurasian continent, it was at the crossroads of many historic events. These include the arrival of the horse-mounted nomads at Eurasia; the bright and dramatic fate of the

Geostationary Satellites, the Internet and Other Prophecies of Arthur C. Clarke

 The funny thing about science-fiction is that, whatever it wants to project about the future, it ultimately reflects everything that’s dated and idiosyncratic about its own time. Watch five minutes of any vintage Star Trek episode (I’m talking about the William Shatner days). Or any B science-fiction film from the

OLM’S Top 25 People in the Capital 2012

 Ottawa Life Magazine’s 2012 listing of who we think are the movers and shakers in the nation’s capital. These people make Ottawa a great city to live in. Dr. Jeff Sherman, Deborah Wyatt and Jennifer Wyatt of TIPES (Thinking in Pictures Education Services) are truly heroic for the work they