In 1965, Canada was well on its way to making inter-continental travel from sea-to-sea-to-sea a lot more enticing and convenient. The Trans-Canada Highway had linked the otherwise awkward and barely passable sections of Lake Superior in Ontario and the Rocky Mountains between Alberta and British Columbia. And so, my grandparents decided to take a little trek out of province to see that the world didn’t end in Port Arthur, Ontario (merely life as we know it).
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GRAN’S CANADA HIGHWAY – EPISODE 3: LOADED TO BEAR by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Family, life, Opinion, Review with tags Alberta, British Columbia, Buick Invicta, chuck wagon, DBAWIS, Don Valley Parkway, Don't Believe a Word I Say, driving, GPS, Highway 12, Highway 400, Highway 401, Highway 48, Hogtown, Lake Superior, Luggage, Mapquest, Markham, Montreal, Ontario, Ottawa, Port Arthur, road map, Rocky Mountains, Segarini Jaimie Vernon, Toronto, Trans-Canada Highway, Vernons on July 13, 2020 by segariniRoxanne Tellier – Guns Guns Guns
Posted in COVID 19, life, Opinion, Review with tags Alberta, assault weapons, bears, Canada, Charter Rights, DBAWIS, Doug Ford, egg nerds. April, Gun Control, Guns, Jason Kenney., Justin Trudeau, Michigan, militants, Netflix, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Ottawa, pandemic, Portapique, quarantine, segarini, Stephen Lautens, Supreme Court of Canada, Tellier, whataboutism on May 3, 2020 by segarini
May 1, 2020: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced a ban, effectively immediately, on some 1,500 makes and models of military-grade “assault-style” weapons in Canada, including the popular AR-15 rifle and the Ruger Mini-14 used to kill 14 women at Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique in 1989.
Peter Speaks for Old Straight White Men – Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That
Posted in Opinion, politics, Review with tags Ava Young, Boston, Burdizzo, Canada, Canadian Armed Forces, David Murphy, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Home, John Damien, monowhales, New York City, NYPD, Ottawa, Peter Montreuil, Pierre Trudeau, RCMP, Robert Segarini, Royal Assent, Stonewall Inn, Toronto on June 13, 2019 by segarini
Recent events have meant that the column which I was going to write today will appear next week. In it, I will praise the arrival of summer, talk about some upcoming music and events and introduce you to a budding Young filmmaker.
Today’s column is being written from the perspective of an old, white, straight man, which is the only perspective that I can speak from with any authority.
Peter Blount Oops and Blonde…James Blonde
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "Cry Me A River", Billy Gibbons, Boney M, Colin Kaepernick, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Facebook, James Blonde, Julie London, Montreal, Nike., Ottawa, Peter Montreuil, Philadelphia, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Robert Segarini, Toronto, Windsor on November 23, 2018 by segarini
Last week, I wrote about music. This week will be more of the same….but differen
Billy Gibbons of “Z Z Top” fame has released a solo album, and is touring in support of it. He booked an opening act (Benton Blount 1)) and the tour began. Everything was going smoothly……..but then came the mid-term elections. Shortly after voting, the “opening act” went on Facebook and posted a picture of himself wearing a MAGA hat, holding food from Chick fil A and wearing an “I Voted” sticker.
Roxanne Tellier Last One Out, Turn Off the Lights
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Alberta, Bob Segarini, Brent Hultquist, Brian Masse, Canada, Canwest, CBS, Comcast, cream, David MacMichael, DBAWIS, democracy, Dennis Miller, Disney, Don Wanagas, forbidden foreign ownership, Freedom of Speech, Gin Bourgeois, Golden Tree Asset Management, JaceTraz, James Rooke, Jansen Richard, Jeff Healey, journalists, KarolyneLaFortune, leMeow, Mel Lastman, News Corp, newspapers, Only Café, Ottawa, Pat Blythe, Paul Godfrey, Postmedia, Quinns, Relish, Roxanne Tellier, Sam Taylor and the East End Love, Snow, Sun Media, Thomas Richard MacGillivray, Time-Warner, Toronto Sun, United States, Viacom, Voice of the People, Who, Winter on February 7, 2016 by segarini
The Canadian relationship with winter and snow is a lot like marriage; some love it, and look forward to their time together. Others tolerate winter, but spend a lot of time apart during cold patches. Still others grumble, but it’s a loving martyrdom that takes the good (skiing) right along with the bad (shoveling.)
Roxanne Tellier: Nothing But the Tooth
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 24 Sussex Drive, 25, Adele, AOL, Arianna Huffington, Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Donald Trump, Drake, Elaine Benes, Ellen DeGeneres, Gin Bourgeois, Halloween, Hello, HotLine Bling, Huffington Post, iTunes, James Corden, James Rooke, Joe Canada, Justin Bieber, leMeow, Mike Holmes, New Zealand, Ottawa, Parris Goebel, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, RCMP, reality tv Bryan Baeumler, ReQuest, Rideau Cottage, Roxanne Tellier, Sorry, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Wars, Stephen Harper, teeth, The Six, Wesley Crusher, Wil Wheaton, YOLO, YouTube on November 1, 2015 by segarini
Most of us take our clever bodies for granted, assuming that all our bits and pieces will do as they are told. The wonders of how all of our actions and bodily functions come together are something we don’t really think about.
Until something goes wrong.
Roxanne Tellier: The Mondrian on Coxwell Avenue
Posted in Opinion with tags 157 Coxwell, architecture, Bob Segarini, British.Rohan Walters, Calgary, Cowtown, Daniel Karpinski, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, East Berlin, Group of Seven, individualism, Mandelbrot, mansions, Mondrian, Montreal, Newfoundland, Ontario, Ottawa, Reading Toronto, Roxanne Tellier, St. John’s, The Beaches, Toronto, Triangle House on May 17, 2015 by segarini
A few years ago I was walking down Coxwell Avenue, below Gerrard, and saw an amazing house. Snuggled between two very ordinary residences, 157 Coxwell was a jewel shining amidst trash, an exotic bird in four story flight. I stopped dead in my tracks to contemplate how this beauty came about in a city more known for uniformity than individuality.
JAIMIE VERNON – TOM HOOPER & THE UNEXPLORED COSMOS
Posted in Opinion with tags 2002, 54.40, Bob Segarini, Brutus, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Cardboard Man, Dan Nullmeyer, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, George Harrison, Goddo, Grapes of Wrath, Greg Simpson, Hamilton, Jaimie Vernon, Jeff Jones, Kitchener, KOCH, Lava Hay, Lisa Millar, London, Much Music, Ottawa, Ranbach Music, randy bachman, Same Old Me, Suzanne Little, Takin' Care of Christmas, Taste of The Danforth, The Kings, The Unexplored Cosmos, Tom Hooper, Toronto on April 25, 2015 by segarini
excerpted from the forthcoming book Bullsography: The Bullseye Records Story 1985-2010
Roxanne Tellier – The Things We Leave Behind
Posted in Opinion with tags 1-800-GOT-JUNK, backpack, Bob Segarini, clothesline, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, downsizing, Family Guy, love letters, memories, Ottawa, passion, People, precious, purging, Roxanne Tellier, Tiverton, WWF wrestling on March 1, 2015 by segarini
The battle continues to rage over what stays and what goes in the purging of my suburban bungalow. And if you think you’re sick of hearing about it, try living it. It’s mindboggling. It’s the longest and most brutal ride ever.
Roxanne Tellier – Remembrance Day
Posted in Opinion with tags Agent Orange, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Big Sugar, Bob Segarini, Bruce Cassidy, Canada, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, Cuban Missile Crisis, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Downton Abbey, Eric Bogle, Gordie Johnson, Harry Leslie Smith, Helen Dreyer, ISIS, Isla St. Clair, James Sloan, Kieron Donovan, Korea, National War Memorial, No Glory In War, November 11, Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Remembrance Day, Roxanne Tellier, Royal 22nd Regiment, Ryan Kelly, The Trews, Tom Waits, Tomb of the Unknown Solider, Van Doos, Vietnam War on November 9, 2014 by segarini
My dad was a Korean vet. He met my mum through her brother, with whom he served in the famous Van Doos (the Royal 22nd Regiment.) He was from Alberta, and she from Quebec. It’s unlikely they would have ever met if it hadn’t been for the war. They married a few weeks after attending my Uncle Leo’s wedding, and I was born nine months later.
