This is important. Not because it's true — it really isn't — but perceptions count. We have to figure out how to be seen as trustworthy and competent again. I…
It’s only 13km more than I’ve cycled so far this season, but the trouble with those extra kilometres is that they always come at the end of the ride.
Several weeks ago, a journalist from the Montreal Gazette called me up for a conversation about a feature she was writing about the increasingly polarized nature of Canadian politics. We…
Several weeks ago, a journalist from the Montreal Gazette called me up for a conversation about a feature she was writing about the increasingly polarized nature of Canadian politics. We…
Several weeks ago, a journalist from the Montreal Gazette called me up for a conversation about a feature she was writing about the increasingly polarized nature of Canadian politics. We…
Several weeks ago, a journalist from the Montreal Gazette called me up for a conversation about a feature she was writing about the increasingly polarized nature of Canadian politics. We…
It's reached a point where I almost can't bear to read or watch any MSM coverage of the Quebec student strike. Because all I usually see is a bunch of…
I wonder why? Guilty conscience? If they have any? Now it was John Baird’s turn. Read the story in The Huffington Post
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An underexplored or ignored aspect of nursing professional life: how nurses working in a Labour and Delivery unit grieve over the loss of their patients, and how this grief affects…
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I am proud to call myself a feminist. I take it as a first principle needing no further derivation that all people deserve equality of freedom and opportunity, and that…
The right in this country is becoming unhinged over something. Harper called the NDP pro-Hitler, which would be passing strange even in American politics. Last week an Ontario business leader…
We all know what the big problem with planet Earth is—people. Homo sapiens. The most destructive of species. Ever since we walked out of Africa 70,000 years ago, we have…
We can spare time to talk about newspaper columns today because there’s almost nothing in the day’s Moncton Times and Tribune worth reading – except for the columns by Bill…
After the anger I felt yesterday, I have been thinking. Is it not strange that we equate today’s “wars” with real wars of the past? How has this happened? I…
A great report by Postmedia of that chronicling style that lets the facts speak for themselves: “Three days from Alberta vote, cracks in Wildrose were showing.” It really stands out…
We’ve got: 1. One daughter, ranked competitive swimmer 2. One son, GTHL “A” forward 3. One son, GTHL “A” goalie 4. One son, snowboarder, swimmer and lacrosse nut I’ve decided…
I was very much looking forward to seeing 'A Separation' last night. From everything I had heard, it was a moving and emotionally complex film experience that even its competitors…
I was very much looking forward to seeing ‘A Separation’ last night. From everything I had heard, it was a moving and emotionally complex film experience that even its competitors…
