• A tax by any other name...
    July 21, 2010
    The Bard once wrote the immortal words, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” spoken by one of his best-loved characters, the beautiful but...
  • Live better electronics-free
    July 15, 2010
    Former Canadian Olympian Silken Laumann has been campaigning to pry youngsters away from their screens. It seems our children are spending an...
  • Whose rights are being violated?
    July 7, 2010
    While the G8 and G20 conferences may have accomplished great things, the image that will remain with most of us is a burning police cruiser. As...
  • World Cup soccer opens our eyes to Africa
    June 24, 2010
    World Cup soccer coverage is opening our eyes to a country and continent that have remained unknown to most of us. Our knowledge of South Africa...
  • We need to keep our eyes open
    June 16, 2010
    The billion dollar security price tag for the G8 and G20 summits taking place respectively in Huntsville and Toronto June 25-27 started to make sense...
  • Attack of the killer blob from the deep
    June 9, 2010
    It reads like a bad science fiction novel – a disgusting blob from the ocean’s floor that ruins everything in its path, creeping onto what used to be...
  • The problem is not bicycles versus cars
    June 3, 2010
    The courts have decided not to proceed with the case against Michael Bryant, Ontario’s former attorney general, who had been charged in the August...
  • The price of living beyond one’s means
    May 27, 2010
    Many of us have the somewhat unnerving feeling that the financial crisis in Greece (that is also affecting Portugal and other European countries...
  • No margin for error in protecting our water
    May 20, 2010
    This Victoria Day weekend is a milestone of sorts – the 10th anniversary of the Walkerton water tragedy. Half the residents of that small...
  • Do emergency planning before the storm hits
    May 13, 2010
    Emergency Preparedness Week is well-timed, coming at the beginning of May – the end of the spring flood season and the start of tornado season. ...