Ontario suffers from a funny sort of guilt - sorry it is so large and populous and diverse and economically strong and sets the national agenda. It could spin off Toronto, you know...that might work. And, because someone had a whacky idea a few years back, Ontario has fixed provincial elections …

So here it is. Eight months to May. Around five to the Super Bowl and the beginning of spring training. Why the horror? I'm too fair skinned to tan. Oh, yes. That bleak lump on your sofa has to go to school next week  •  Update: Rob has posted an entertaining memoir of his move to Canada 35 years …

None of the above. Like most Canadians, the lack of a compelling leader is either a big problem or an admission that we really do not need someone to tell us what to be, we just need someone to administer. It is interesting that many of our southern nieghbours may feel the same thing if ry is …

Don't expect much from me today. What a thunder storm. Like the 1812 Symphony without the orchestra: boom, blam, whammo. What with the many mouths a wailing, not a lot of sleep. I almost wrote "flat chest" up there. One more week in August and therefore in summer. Summer really ends around here in …

Another week has passed. What have we learned? Friday is better than Monday, that's what we have learned - are you kidding?  •  Update: Toronto in 1977 and 2007. Just click on "next day" for the next comparison. 1977 was waaay cooler.  •  The Totalitarian Olympics (and, really, when weren't they …

You know, it is a great idea to set up something that sounds like an encyclopedia that anyone can edit. It just has to turn out to be the best source of truth going. And Canadians are sooooo trustworthy. Dudly Do-right picked up a Canadian Federal government wage, right? Just like the people doing …

See the differences?  •  This year I am understanding football more. But not CFL. I have had a drop in my interest in CFL and NHL that I am finding a little disconcerting but, frankly, it's not my fault. No doubt the current national NuGov's determination to undo Canada is a big part of it. Heck …

Now that I am back in Canada even after only a few days, I can celebrate the lack of a third colour on the flag, our poor standards for lawn mowing and trimming as well as the capacity of our national leaders to leave all the toys on the political stairway, like these results of Steve's great idea …

Just a week off. Just one but, really, it's already begun in my mind. When did it start? When I began planning? When work got quiet from other people being away? It's always better on holiday.  •  Death to the animals update: We salute you, cougar choker!  •  Thanks for nothing, Norma.  •  So even …