Editor’s Picks: Some recent stories you may have missed
It’s time for our summer break. We won’t be posting again until mid-August, but you may want to explore some of the almost 600 articles that are already up on…
It’s time for our summer break. We won’t be posting again until mid-August, but you may want to explore some of the almost 600 articles that are already up on…
Robert ''Bob'' Topp, a true gentleman and a fine lawyer, has passed. He is now reunited with his wife of 35 years, Helene Topp (nee Pilon). Robert was born in…
A grande dame of American acting died earlier this week. Celeste Holm, New York born and bred, was best known for her Academy Award-winning performance in Gentleman’s Agreement*, her memorable…
Columnist says a decision to scrap a fund that helps pay for local television programming will save cable and satellite TV subscribers about the cost of a coffee a month,…
Revolutionary thought of the day: It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don’t want and get it. Eugene…
Michael Harris writes this morning that Stephen Harper suffers from MOUS — Master of the Universe Syndrome. Harris lists the symptoms of the disease: Here are the main symptoms of…
Sorry, this is the wrong decision. Story here Boy Scouts decide to stick with ban on gays, irking its critics NEW YORK, N.Y. After a confidential two-year review, the Boy…
Yesterday I wrote a post on the contempt for the rule of law evident in the Harper regime’s refusal to thus far repatriate Omar Khadr from Guantanimo. Following are two…
Swimming away Story here Chris Wex, the wildlife officer in Kimmirut, said the bears passed through the hamlet in about 20 minutes on their way to the sea. On runway…
Or where ever you get your libations. 94 candles on Nelson Mandela’s birthday cake today. Give ‘er. WFDS
Is definitely not going to be William May of Toledo, Ohio.Shutterstock.com reports that Mr. May’s daughter, four-year-old McKenna May, who has had leukemia since she was two, was picked by…
The Clown Apocalypse was not universally grim, unless you were coulrophobe with a debilitating fear of clowns. Apart from the moments of hilarity you’d sometimes get when you saw someone…
Toronto in all it’s glory! So, today is my first day back to work after 10 days of vacay and I must say….it was pretty awesome! My girlfriend and I…
Now here’s something we don’t see every day, although we should, and we could. The police are called to investigate “a vicious pit bull”… and they don’t assume the story…
With over half of the U.S. in a drought, concerns about what this will mean for food prices. Farmers are starting to feel the impact, and consumers will soon, too.…
The gun violence in Toronto at a party that tragically ended up with 2 people being dead and being possibly gang-related did not occur because gang members saw that judges…
Working backwards from the most recent: July 2012: Peter Mackay forgets who we fought against in War of 1812 April 2012: Peter Mackay is outsmarted by bureaucrats. January 2011: Peter…
In the wake of the Toronto shootings on Monday night, Vic Toews took the opportunity to criticize the courts for rejecting his government’s mandatory minimum sentences of late: Mr. Toews…