I looked forward to greeting the lilies each day. “My my, aren’t you looking dainty today? You’re absolutely dazzling! Those tiny pollen...
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Female premiers role models for women
Ontario premier-designate Kathleen Wynne’s recent victory has been described as historic in may circles. Wynne is not only the first female premier of...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Robbie Burrrrns Day
Your humble narrator recently explored his inner Scotsman. There was haggis. There was fine scotch. There were hairy legs poking out of a kilt. No, gentle...
Columnists - Jai Murugan
(City)
So my cousin phones me up all panicky. She has to come to the city for a specialist appointment and there’s been another murder in town. Being the...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
Can Obama’s gun control plan reduce violence in U.S.?
Politics makes strange bedfellows, as they say. A classical example of this is the U.S. where the nation is divided in coming up with gun control proposals...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Vintage Alberta Beer
Your globetrotting liquor reporter has returned home from a whirlwind of international travel, and let me tell you, I missed our local Alberta beer. Perhaps it...
Columnists - Jai Murugan
(Safe)
“Out!” yelled Blindy, as I slid home. I never understood how my imaginary ump could be so darned incompetent. Just once you’d think...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Beers of New York
Your globetrotting liquor reporter decided to jet away to NYC for the recently passed New Year’s Eve. As you might imagine, in a city of over 8 million...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
Now that hockey is back…
You don’t miss it until it’s no longer available and that was the story of NHL hockey lockout, which wiped out the first four months of what should...
Columnists - Jai Murugan
(talk)
Some of my former imaginary friends and enemies could speak. They had squeaky voices from dry air, insensitivity toward my feelings, and clouds of confusion in...
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