Now this is interesting ... the "Canadian Transit Company," which sounds like a coalition of the urban public transit providers in Canada but is in fact the Canadian face of…
From the Ottawa Citizen: “There’s nothing wrong with being pro-choice or pro-life, both are honourable positions. What is wrong is a potential premier dodging the issue. That’s gutless and misleading…
Last Wednesday afternoon GC and I stopped by the Baseline Cowboys’ base camp at 1605 Baseline Road, and gave them an antique Mr. Peanut jar filled with peanuts. They gave…
Here’s a look at RIM’s stock price over the last 5 years, noting when I entered and left the company. Coincidence? However, noting where I bought RIM stock and where…
I heard on Jay Leno last night that big Yankee booksellers Borders have pulled the plug. This morning WWNY News 7 on Watertown's The Wolf that the chain, 399 stores,…
As we learned last election, when the political wave rises, it's hard to avoid it. If ever you wanted evidence of just how powerless local campaigns are, look no further…
Critics accuse Mayor Ford of getting all Shock Doctrine-y | Ford Focus | torontolife.comWriting in Toronto Life, John Michael McGrath draws the comparison but then appears to soften it:... but…
One of the few things I've been able to read lately--too much physical labour, it seems, makes you fall asleep at 9:30 p.m.--was Claire Messud's novel The Emperor's Children from…
Toronto City Councillor Doug Ford thinks his city has more libraries than donut shops. In fact:When the Urban Affairs branch closes, Toronto will have 3.9 libraries per 100,000 people, which…
I just read with interest, your editorial on iPolitics, regarding public sector pensions and I need to clarify some things with you. Is it your contention that the best way…
Poor guy. Some “rogue” employees at News of The World decide to hack into some phones, and he’s forced to shutter the 148 year old tabloid (the first newspaper he…
Further to my last post, how can we build a world without hate when the people in power are moving in the opposite direction?Last year I stumbled on a CPAC…
April 12, Jungian Analysis Swollen cheeks and brass protuberances strike the crew of the Good Ship Plotkin. It is the worst outbreak of Bugler’s Mouth I’ve seen since the Great…
Here's some food for thought. A security guard working at the "Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories" exhibition at San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum last Sunday afternoon told a lesbian couple…
Last week, there were calls for a new national energy strategy, with greater engagement from the federal government. And now this week, Premier Brad Wall says he wants the federal…
After much prodding from the Sixth Estate, the Fraser Institute has kicked the last stiff from their editorial advisory board. Somehow I have the feeling this will have no salutary…
I remember appearing before Justice Issac many times when he was an Ontario judge and a few times in Federal Court. He was a slow and careful judge; some (perhaps…
In Texas, the survivor of a vicious hate crime is campaigning to spare the life of his assailant, who murdered two other people and is scheduled to be executed today.I…
Without new oil and gas discoveries, the Newfoundland and Labrador petroleum industry will dry up within a couple of decades. There hasn’t been a significant discovery in the offshore since…
