Transition Planning for Your Child with Special Needs: Ten Top Tips
I’m sitting in Langley, British Columbia, and when I look out my hotel window, I see the skyline punctuated with the tips of pine trees. Mountains are snow-capped in the…
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Fight The Right in Ireland!
From longtime friend, Chretien loyalist, and future Prime Minister Chris Collenette, who now resides in the land of my ancestors: Fight The Right takes the Emerald Isle by storm! “Warren:…
From Montreal, Cancun is More Expensive then flying Anywhere Else: $398, return, taxes in.
Flying to Florida, Cuba and even Puerto Rico is cheaper, but they don’t have pyramids. Montreal (YUL) to Cancun (CUN): $400, return, all taxes included. (At time of writing, only…
Travel Deals, Brought to You by Google Flights
Dear Readers, my name is Altavistagoogle, and I'm addicted to shopping for travel. My actual travel addiction was mitigated by my bank account and inability to borrow money. However, nothing…
Flying to Puerto Rico is cheap!
If the prices are higher when you click on the link, try changing the dates. However, is also very likely the prices have gone up. You don't need to book…
Cowichan NDP MLA Bill Routley Stood Up For Cowichan Seniors And Won!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The BC Liberal attack on seniors through their wrong headed policy of forcing Seniors to take computer driving tests and or road tests in unfamiliar vehicles on…
"all they talk about is taxes, but all people want is jobs": thoughts on why there are no good jobs and why no one is creating them
We visited family in the US this past week, and because of this, ended up hearing more about the election in two days than either of us have read, seen,…
Heritage Minister Wants High-school Students To Suffer Through Cdn. History
I remember a university prof that told me in first year that the sum of Cdn history was a battle between the feds and the provinces over who could sell…
Inflight Magazines of the World
The problem with in-flight magazines is they generally talk about stuff you are not interested in at the time you are travelling: travel. When you are in a cramped seat,…
Debate 3: President Obama’s Last Chance to Channel Moses
Moses: Model for Obama? Alan Schroeder, Journalism Professor at Northeastern U, has an interesting post in Huffington Post entitled The Dramatic Arc of the 2012 Presidential Debates. It is worth…
Spirit Bear, Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada
This shot was specially commended by London's Museum of Natural History. An amazing photography
The imagination, art, and activism of Herman’s House
by Chanda Chevannes | Troy Media Last week I attended the Toronto theatrical premiere of Herman’s House, a thought-provoking documentary written and directed by Angad Singh Bhalla. This Canadian film…
It Is Time For Our Politicians To Legalize Marijuana-No More Bullshit!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The growing list of politicians that are calling for the legalization and or decriminalization of marijuana has just gained another truth teller. The latest to join that…
Saturday Photo: The Last of the Roses
Roses are related to apples. I always that was an interesting fact, one of those things to tuck away to bring out when playing a trivia game. But this picture…
Trial delay
R. v. Papandrea O.J. No. 4880 has disturbing language about delay: 43 Trial dates are now being set in this jurisdiction at the outer limit of tolerable delay. Trials are…
The swan song of the Round Table on the Environment
As part of its monstrous budget bill earlier this year, the federal government trashed the National Round Table on the Environment. The Round Table, established in 1988, brought together leaders…
Says the courageous minister who won’t also call for the Canadian flag to be flown in Quebec
This Conservative government occasionally makes me want to throw up. This is one of those times.
Common sense in the kitchen.
Yanno, I do agree that the whole XL debacle is a great example of how important food safety and regulation is. Totally. I get it. If we are going to…
Oct. 20: Transit lockout: The reason wny…
The story doesn’t appear in The Moncton Times and Transcript. You had to be listening to the CBC that Norbert despises to be able to catch it. Mayor Leblanc has…