It is proposed that: in the interest of fostering better understanding of the Canadian identity throughout the world,The Geist Foundation sponsor the Honorary Canadian Awards Program (HOCAP) by identifying and rewarding non-citizens who “act in a man

The Great Canadian Search for a New National Motto has come to a close. Many thanks to those of you who took up the challenge. From the hundreds of entries received in the Geist office and at Basic Black (Arthur Black’s Saturday morning show on CBC A

From "6 Lists Detailing Worst Case Scenarios," included in Hell Passport, Vol. 5, Published by Perro Verlag Books by Artists in 2007.

A glossary of acronyms and initialisms designed for the note-passing phases of high-school courtship, from 2gether 4ever: Notes of a Junior High School Heartthrob by Dene Larson, published in 2004 by Chronicle Books.

From Gone But Not Forgotten: Tales of the Disappearing Grain Elevators, a study of life in and around prairie grain elevators over the past century.

When Al Purdy got up for his turn and peered down at us, the crown of his head almost grazed the bank of fluorescent tubes on the ceiling, or so it seemed to us—or seems to me now. In a big, barging voice he prefaced his reading by asking what we had

louis riel liked back bacon & eggs easyover   nothing’s as easy as it seems tho   when the waitress cracked the eggs open louis came to his guns blazing   like dissolution like the fingers of his hand coming apart as he squeezed the trigger

Literary sounds from The Don Martin Dictionary.

Carl Bernstein. Reporter. Author. Political analyst.Jackson Browne. Singer. Songwriter. Eagles enabler.John Daly. Golfer.Daniel Day-Lewis. Actor. Academy Award winner. Crazy Irish guy.

. . . who came on his Vespa wearing an army cap and fatigues, and smelling of rose attar, and I asked him, look, I had this problem in the States . . .

This poll was prepared for Geist by Wreford & Associates. Depositions were taken randomly at major Canadian intersection.

In the short film Night Work: A Sawchuk Poem (based on the book Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems by Randall Maggs), director Justin Simms explores the question: What kind of man puts himself in the path of a rubber missile travelli

This video of Pierre Berton teaching the basics of joint-rolling originally aired on the Rick Mercer Report (CBC Television) on February 21, 2005.

Quotations from The Little Grey Flannel Book, compiled and annotated by Oline Luinenberg and Stephen Osborne (Arsenal Pulp Press).

Charles Prince of Wales; admiration for Diana; age difference and Diana; appearance; Arabian Gulf tour; assistant private secretaries; Australia-New Zealand tour; Australia tour; at Balmoral; Beaufort Hunt and; birth of Harry and; birth of William an

Wreford & Associates has been dormant for several quarters, so this poll is prepared for Geist by Ross Rosebery Mediatech, which continues to operate in non-dormant mode. Depositions were taken randomly at a major Canadian intersection.

Hear the song "All Star Wrestling" by Sister DJ’s Radio Band. Listen for the names of some of your favourite extreme wrestlers: Haystack Calhoun, William Muldoon, the Fabulous Moolah, Kenji Shibuya, Gene Kiniski, Hardboiled Haggerty, Bill Dromo, and

These facts about the mating rituals of garden-dwellers were gathered from Guests in Your Garden: Facts and Folklore About Bugs, Slugs, and Other Garden Creatures, written by Michele Davidson and illustrated by Eve Corbel, published by Arsenal Pulp

I can measure you more or less In years, you in the shadows Of myself, and don’t I sometimes feel your Fingers round my throat?

Canada’s new five-dollar coin features the world-famous Canadian actor William Shatner. The new 9.2-gram coin shows an effigy of Shatner, star of film and television.

Sayings from a bag of Sweethearts Conversation Hearts opened on Valentine’s Day, 2007

In the pre-time being, in the rehearsal period for the real, Marj wrote to Kate, "I’ve been doing exercises between visible and invisible, between imagining touch and really touching." At the moment of meeting they are not surprised by the alchemy th

Anita slept with a tourist named Hans. He was a German gymnast who had trained for the Olympics for eleven years and gave it up. Now he was driving a vw van across Canada. St. John’s was his starting point.

The Pope wanted somewhere to crash at night, and he remembered my futon fondly from years past.