Conservative Leader Stephen Harper said last week that Canada's military operation will definitely end in Afghanistan by February 2011.

The Taliban plan to still be going strong at that time.

From the BBC:

Figures from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights show a sharp increase in the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan.

They show that August had the highest number of deaths since the overthrow of the Taleban almost seven years ago.

The figures, released in Geneva, follow the killing of two World Health Organisation doctors in Afghanistan.

The UN says that from January to August 1,445 civilians were killed - a rise of 39% on the same period last year.

The Globe and Mail's Colin MacKenzie, managing editor (news), on how the Internet has changed election coverage at his organization.

I didn't really see any newspapers build a post-TIFF list of films one should keep in mind, so I built my own.

Late in that process, I noticed that Eye Weekly convened some TIFF-watchers at the Duke of Gloucester to discuss the festival. The results were videotaped. See the video here.

It's a good idea hurt by bad production values, but at least they tried.

Quick question: What's the problem with presenting listable information in a video?

Answer: It should be self-evident.

You can't see 'em all. Here's some TIFF 2008 screenings I missed, but I will be watching theatre schedules and DVD shelves for them in the future:

Pakistani soldiers fired into the air to stop U.S. troops from entering South Waziristan from Afghanistan's Paktika province.

Some in Pakistan say the newfound aggressiveness of American troops may come at a cost.