Many constituents are talking about the Canada-European Union trade agreement. Given the fact that our riding is strongly based in agriculture, we will be one...
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Columnists - Kevin Sorenson
Securing Free Trade with Europe – Parliamentary Report
Columnists - Tamara Gutierrez
Tracking Progress
Look in the mirror, do you like what you see? What kind of mood are you in? That will make a difference on how you see your reflection. Did you have a great...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Seasonal Cheers and Beers
Your intrepid liquor reporter loves this time of year. No, gentle reader, it’s not that I’m partial to the cold weather. Rather, this time of year...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
JFK legacy remembered 50 years later
I was a young university undergraduate when President Jack F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. All the students were shocked to hear of his death...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
Daylight Savings Time can create problems
Since Sunday, November 3, we have entered Daylight Savings Time. Clocks were adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Zwanze Day
Your globetrotting liquor reporter vacationed in Europe this year, and I made certain to schedule visits to each city to coincide with important beer-related...
Columnists - Tamara Gutierrez
Get Off the Scale
Are you obsessed with the bathroom scale? Do you step on it weekly, or even daily, to check your progress? Are you giddy with excitement or downright depressed...
Columnists - Bruce McAllister
Lest we forget
There is a lot going on in the legislature these days so I hope you’ll forgive me for writing about something other than politics this week. On Monday I...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Québécois Beer
Boozing has always been just a little more civilized in la belle province. Back in the dark days of Prohibition, Quebec was the only province to vote a...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
A black mark on the red poppy
I was upset this week to learn that there are people in our society whose conscience doesn’t bother them when they steal poppy funds. Members of the...


