Richard Hughes–Cowichan Conversations I have always been amazed as to how the BC Liberals along with their far right conservative friends in Ottawa manage to snow the citizen taxpayers with…
It was yesterday’s editorial that put me in a bad mood – that smug, patronizing, asinine comment about how we mustn’t tax the rich because if we do, they might…
Trying learn a song from an old songbook or sheet music can be difficult unless you already know how the song goes. Many of our group are introduced to the…
Michael Coren, who at times can seem appallingly stupid, has written a column on Ontario’s new sex ed curriculum (here).
As usual, Star readers get it: Re: Doubling is troubling, April 11 Eleven million people with TFSAs seems like a lot of lost tax revenue. It is simply another way…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Canadians for Tax Fairness offers a checklist to allow us to determine whether the federal budget is aimed at improving matters for everybody,…
The progression of spring flowers is upon us. Last week the snowdrops came up, this week it’s the turn of scylla. Tulip leaves have emerged also and my neighbor’s crocuses…
For once I am inclining to agree with a publication ban. I base this on the assumption the judge likely had a pretty good reason to place a ban. Courts…
Fascinating weekend edition of the influential daily Le Devoir: nearly all the news and features are about environmental topics. Sure. there’s the latest about the Stanley Cup–no Montreal newspaper could…
I listen to classical music a lot, even more than before since the arrival of the new classical FM station in Collingwood. But while my listening at home is through…
Part 3 of our series for Canada’s federal candidates. These spring days are golden times for canvassing. No political candidate worth the name can ever waste a single day without…
This guy doesn’t just deserve to lose. He deserves to be dispatched by a Gorn. As reader Darcy Dupas said: set phasers on stunned.
I wrote this for an audience of adults with disabilities who want to get started using a tech tool to coordinate the help of friends and family in a circle…
Normally the Globe’s Parliament Hill coverage is pretty good. But this Bill Curry item makes the unattributed claim that seniors organizations support the trial-ballooned proposal to double the annual contribution…
The essay below was in the Globe and Mail on April 10th. On Jan. 28, 2011, in the middle of a popular uprising, the president of Egypt turned off the…
Yesterday was the nomination deadline for political parties in Alberta, meaning that everything should be set in stone by now. Here are the final numbers: Progressive Conservative: 87 out of…
The Calgary Flames are preparing to host their first playoff game since 2009 in a matter of days. While the Flames are working hard to even up their series, the…
Yesterday I wrote about how Stephen Harper is invoking a clause in the anti-terror act to try to prevent a court from revealing his family's secrets, in a case brought…
Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo Justin Trudeau appears to have ruled out any coalition arrangement with the NDP. But Chantal Hebert believes that such an arrangement is…
National Autism Center Completes Most Comprehensive Review of Autism Interventions Identifies Established Interventions for Children, Adolescents, and Adults on the Autism Spectrum National Autism Center Press Release 0.1 Randolph, Mass.…
