CBA opposes C-10
Since their election in 2006, the Harper government has held steady on several themes. One of the most prominent, “tough on crime,” is on the…
Greg Sacks
A lack of focus
Anarchists can be a funny lot. Just when you think you have them pegged — distrust of authority, distaste for hierarchy, a far-more-than-healthy suspicion of…
Apple founder dies at 56
Steve Jobs, the man who founded, lost and then reinvented Apple Inc. (née, Apple Computers), died last week at age 56 of complications relating to…
Alarm bells sound at UN
Last month will always be remembered as the beginning of an historic new chapter in the Israel-Palestine saga. On Sept. 23, an application from the…
Another month another loan
Another month, another loan. That’s a decent summation of the ongoing crisis in Greece and the “Eurozone,” and it might almost be cute if it…
A world changed
For most people, the subject of history is a straightforward affair. In grade school we’re taught that A happened before B, which preceded C. There…
Public Grief
There should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that Jack Layton, like any politician of his stature and seniority, touched the lives of many. He…
If it ain’t broke . . .
Just about everybody has heard the phrase, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” and as with most proverbs, it’s a pretty sensible sounding philosophy….
Happy days for Winnipeg
These are joyous days for the city of Winnipeg: the weather is finally warming up, potholes are retreating into hibernation until next February and camping…
Real inspiring stuff
In the final days leading up to the confidence motion which brought an end to the 40th Parliament of Canada, the prospect of an election…