Aug 22
On Friday I quoted The Toronto Star‘s reference to Rick Mercer as one of Canada’s great educators.
They must be right, for this morning I woke to the sad news of Jack Layton’s death, and my first thoughts were of Rick Mercer.
No, not really.
But a lot of what I remember about Jack Layton came through The Rick Mercer Report.
Aug 19
This Friday I bring you another great, sadly unread, Canadian book.
Well, its not really a book. It’s a paper version of what you could watch every Tuesday night on the CBC at 8 pm. Well, every Tuesday between October and April, that is.
“No one on TV has done more to teach Canadians about their own country than Mercer,” says the Toronto Star.
And, despite the Toronto Star’s recent gaffe claiming Canucks GM Mike Gillis called Rick Rypien ‘crazy,’ (the writer quoted a vandalized Wikipedia article rather than the actual interview with Gillis), I think they got this one right.
There’s a good reason my niece’s Social Studies teacher used clips from The Rick Mercer Report in her Friday classes.
Rick is one of our national educators. And frankly, we could use one. Read more
For those of you who missed the July 1st edition of The Globe and Mail, you missed out on this.
Is anyone else as excited as I am that you could actually skate some sections?
Do I even have to explain why?
Yes, I know you’ve heard me say this before, but I need to say it again: Hawaii would make everything better. How do I know? Putting aside the amazing smell of island air – just one breath of which, even from the plane, is enough to bring me down ten notches – and forgetting the stunning beauty of the beaches, the soothing repetition of the waves, or the feeling of pure serenity that I have while sipping coffee on the lanai, it really boils down to one thing.
Sun. Read more
Lana Meredith 