Your globetrotting liquor reporter is penning this week’s column while holding down a barstool at a brewpub in Halifax. With Halifax being the port city...
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Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Eastern Promises (Of Beer)
Columnists - Jai Murugan
(Wide)
“Sorry, Mister, I can’t,” I tried to mumble. He wasn’t listening. It was dismal enough being there in any situation, let alone having...
Columnists - Kevin Sorenson
Parliament Reconvenes for 2013
On Monday this week, the House of Commons resumed sitting following the Christmas break. My thanks to everyone who took the time and effort to share their...
Columnists - Jai Murugan
(Lily)
I looked forward to greeting the lilies each day. “My my, aren’t you looking dainty today? You’re absolutely dazzling! Those tiny pollen...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
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...
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