Photo by Sue Thompson/Flickr As the staredown continues between the Trudeau government and digital giants Meta and Google, the awful reality seems to be finally sinking in that the Online…
“If you’re not straight, white, and conservative, it doesn’t feel safe” – Raineesha Day, California teacher. Having had a career as a teacher, I have always believed in educations’s mitigating…
According to a recent Abacus poll, a large number of Canadians don’t like any of the party leaders. Michael Harris writes: Here are the numbers: 33 per cent Liberal; 22…
From MPP Catherine Fife: “Ontario’s Budget Officer has found that the Ford government failed to spend $7.2 billion of its budget last year, including $1.7 billion unspent on health as…
It is often worth a minute or so to answer the polls run by our local Barrie Today Internet Newspaper. The publication hardly gives the Toronto Star or Globe and…
Seems like its been one of those crazy weeks, so I found some interesting comments to share. First,Trump just cannot seem to shut up, and everyone is down for it:…
As I’ve mentioned I am a frequent train traveler, usually between Ottawa and Toronto. With them extending the eligibility during COVID I was able to achieve the highest tier of…
Over the years, clean renewable power costs have decreased steadily and efficiencies have improved. The British Columbia government and the main public utility offer few incentives for creation of energy…
Does the United Conservative Party Government’s intention to create a “specialized prosecution unit to address deteriorating safety in Alberta’s major urban centres” indicate there’s problem with the Alberta Crown Prosecution…
Where are we going, and why are we in a hand basket? This is the summer that we can say climate change is affecting our lives, wherever we are in…
There’s a new type of minimizer article out about climate change: concern with it indicates a mental health disorder! It’s the same tactic people use to get the public to…
This is something I complained about a year ago. These people who think they are doing something good by saying they are protecting Lake Simcoe and they want to stop…
Over the next few decades, as we push towards decarbonizing everything, every new project is going to be asked one question: can this good or service that you are offering…
Recent polls show that Donald Trump and Joe Biden are tied in this very early stage of the 2024 presidential race. Each has just over 40 percent support of registered…
New one. Around Brighton. That's the mood. pic.twitter.com/50Gr3wY8jp — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 5, 2023
Long ago, when emailing first became widely used, I had several long-distance friendships that were conducted entirely by email. I noticed that almost every email began the same way: “Sorry…
The rabbits at the Technoparc don’t seem very concerned about the humans walking around. This one just stayed there for quite a while, looking at us while we looked at…
“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any…
When the air quality was particularly bad from the smoke from so many fires, my son decided it would be a great time to fry up some burgers on the…
