I usually don’t tune in to watch the Academy Awards. I sometimes take a peek at the red carpet gong show, and every now and then I watch the opening montage—except last year’s Seth MacFarlane and his particular brand of bullying in the name of entertainment turned me off completely […]
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Last week we saw the Harper government once again use government levers to further its own electoral interests through a foreign delegation. The situation in Ukraine has been astonishing to watch unfold. The people are rising up and demanding an end to the government of Victor Yanukovych that always seemed […]
Bit coin? Having a bit of coin is something I used to understand. Big Pie, up in Rat Portage, explained it as having enough cash to make a down payment on another piece of equipment without sending his wife, Sweet Charlotte, into a frenzy about pending financial ruin. Hollerin’ Harold […]
Winter certainly is the topic of most discussions—and rightfully so! With minus-40 temperatures and 14-foot snow banks, we have every right to talk about it! It certainly is hanging on, and all forecasts are indicating it is going to be colder than normal for most of March! • • • […]
This is officially the worst winter ever! That is the only way I can describe it in a non-offensive way. Over the past weekend, my parents sent me a photo of the seven-foot tall snow banks in their front yard. It’s depressing. Down in South Carolina, where I am this […]
When our family gets together, we have very interesting conversations. My husband and my son are veritable encyclopedias of interesting facts and statistics, and always are willing to share them. I, on the other hand, am more interested in people–remembering their names, what their grandchildren do, and what they said […]
George Home once said, “Patience strengthens the spirit, sweetens the temper, stifles anger, extinguishes envy, subdues pride, bridles the tongue.” Obviously he never spent a long, cold winter cooped up in this part of the country awaiting signs of spring. I don’t know about you but my patience is pooped […]
I believe the whole country is talking about the cold and length of this winter. In fact, I would suggest that most of North America has experienced more cold this year than in the previous 35. Historically, one of the coldest days recorded across Ontario happened on March 3, 2003, […]
I’m not a fan of hockey, or at least I should say I’m not a fan of NHL hockey. Please don’t run me out of town on a rail; I have other redeeming qualities (I hope). I feel as though I will be stripped of my status as a Canadian, […]
The 50-year mark has just passed since the Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. Undoubtedly, most of us are well aware of this fact and tuned in to “The Night That Changed America,” a CBS-hosted look back on the Beatles, who they were, and where they came from. […]
I spent the weekend reading through the decision of Mr. Justice J.S. Fregeau, who presided over the trial of Couchiching FN et al v. AG Canada et al. I didn’t attend any of the court hearings, which ran here from Feb. 19 through March 28 last year, and now I’m […]
Last week saw me host a pair of town-hall meetings on veterans’ affairs in Thunder Bay and Fort Frances at the same time the NDP began our push for public consultations on the so-called “Fair Elections Act.” I was happy to have been joined by Peter Stoffer for our town-hall […]
