Author: Cathie from Canada

A commenter on Christie Blatchford’s latest Duffy story says: Duffy should have been put in charge of payments to veterans and thalidomide victims so efficient is he at getting the money out there. Yes, at least then Duffy’s greediness would have done somebody some good.And earlier I predicted that the

I think it is wonderful that Hillary Clinton is running again for president — after her last experience, I had been concerned that she wouldn’t try again. She came through Saskatoon a few weeks ago on a speaking tour and the auditorium was packed — she was warm, intelligent, extremely

I have been saying for months that the Harper Cons are going to call a snap election this spring.Of course, what do I know about it really.But I believe all the signs are there — First, the Harper Cons have all their nominations made and retirements announced. Second, the federal

A minor quibble in the larger scheme of things, but I found it offensive that Air Canada would try to “spin” the Halifax crash as merely a “hard landing”.The plane came in too low and slow, touched ground behind the runway, hit a landing guidance tower that sheered off the

Thousands of Canadians marched against C51 today, including here in Saskatoon And across the country:Vancouver St. Johns Toronto Calgary Nelson, B.C. Montreal Toronto Victoria Ottawa

I always thought it was very clever of my mother to have me and my twin sister on International Women’s Day, too.

I don’t know where this is, but isn’t it great?It was posted on the #LeonardNimoy thread at Twitter, where William Shatner is doing a tribute. Saw this a few minutes ago. I involuntarily gasped and had a hard time holding it together. #LeonardNimoy pic.twitter.com/3XYy69gkGg — Neil Shurley (@ThatNeilGuy) March 1,

Daniel Nestor and Rohan Bopanna have won the Dubai doubles championship in straight sets, 6-4 and 6-1 Canada is always proud of you, Daniel!

So yesterday I got into an argument about who was responsible for the tragedy of two children dying while adults squabbled: While the house burned early Tuesday, the truck sat in the snow outside the home of the band’s mechanic. The volunteer fire department in nearby Loon Lake didn’t respond, because

Canada’s commentariat is going crazy over what a VERY BAD decision Justin Trudeau has made in welcoming Eve Adams to the party.But it wasn’t Adams that Trudeau wanted, it was Dimitri Soudas. The commentariat is also deriding this choice, but Soudas will frighten the Harper Cons the way no mere

I know everyone is hyping the Duffy trial, but I think its likely going to be a big pile of nothing.For the life of me, I cannot see how Harper will be tainted by this. Basically, Harper and his aides can argue that they did the right thing for Canadians

One of the great things about being retired is that I can stay up til 3 am watching the Australian Open, on TV or just tracking scores on my tablet — the “big name” matchew are televised, but few of the doubles matches are broadcast on TSN, even with their

Our one-word resolution this year: Clean.We have had a difficult fall and winter due to dealing with the illness and long term care of a relative, including cleaning out a two-bedroom apartment, and it was even more complicated because we needed to travel to another city to deal with it.

Three Dog Night – Joy To The World – Live – YouTube:

Tom and Lorenzo review the world’s dumbest Christmas movie: Musical Monday: White Christmas , with the worst costumes ever worn on a fake stage.

Joe Cocker, RIP — dead at 70 due to lung cancer.

Canada’s newest Harper-picked Supreme Court Justice may well turn out to be another Mike Duffy or Pam Wallin in the making.In this Toronto Star article, she sounds like an entitled and egotistical nut case: …Madame Justice Suzanne Côté battled five years with Revenu Québec, the provincial tax agency, after she claimed

Just a little bloggy roundup of some really bad gift ideas from here and there on the web.First, a jolly old elf, from Mock Paper Scissors: From Dr. Grumpy, a really cute little toy giraffe which you should definitely give to someone with really awful kids: And what real guy

Shorter US torture report: Bush and Cheney corrupted the soul of the United States when they adopted torture as a state policy — and in return all they got was a s**t sandwich.