I have to admit I know so little about the background that I am somewhat unsure what tho think about the recent incident of the Prime Minister's apology. But perhaps you have an opinion on what happened:  •  ...Mr. Harper ignored their advice. He offered the apology and left the stage immediately …

I don't recell this being on the platform of any party or being discussed by the minority Parliament or in a constitutional conference. But the deCanadianization project is now off and running:  •  The Harper government is prepared to let Quebec negotiate a unilateral labour-mobility deal with …

A simple question for this Canada Day four day weekend...well, for me at least. Some of you are in the cube farm enjoying your Coffee Mate enhanced alertness beverage while others are in the bush with a 26er of rye, screaming kids, rain soaked cheerios and smelly clothes. Things should run better …

I don't usually get caught up in the bashing of various news sources. The Toronto Star gets its share of grief from folks with a variety of levels with incoherent thought - leaving the brighter stuttering when they see the error of their ways. But this column/article/piece, for me, is worth a bit …

I know I don't care but if there is any one else even considering this for a moment, do you?  •  “One British politician said the pair's behaviour – including selling pictures of the Queen – "diminishes the institution and compromises Her Majesty." Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb told the Toronto …

Oh, for the 1950s and their simple concerns - nuclear fear, lack of access to tea:  •  “Even in the nation's darkest hours, nothing has traditionally given so much comfort and succour to the British soul as a nice cup of tea. So much is the beverage bound up with the national character that …

Finally. A new crop farmers can grow - even in the third world - that the industrialized nations a desperate to get their hands on. But all is not well with biofuels. We should have heeded the warning of The House Martins from twenty years ago:  •  “Me and the farmer get on fine,  •  Through …

I wonder. I am as sympathetic to the farmer as the next guy who has worked a plot as big as I have. A farming friend - a brother, in fact - once let me know how you can spot a 40 cent a post cost hog farm from a 80 cent a pound one. One survives these times while others do not.  •  But not if the …

As the recession talk heats up and the economy slows, what can we expect from the conspiracy theorists and fear mongers? I mean, what better time to get out our finger-pointing and scapegoating skills than when jobs are disappearing and bank accounts and emptying. And I don't mean shadowy figures …