October 7, 2019

This week is National Newspaper Week, and someone’s probably going to ask me how the newspaper business is doing – and when they do, they may use that same tone of voice ...

October 3, 2019

The federal campaign is now past the midway point, and the environment is now the most important issue for Canadian voters, just a point ahead of the economy and jobs in a ...

September 27, 2019

In less than month, Canadians will elect a new House of Commons. The first weeks of the campaign provided several opportunities for voters to know more about the leaders,...

September 17, 2019

Some elections in Canada are all about change. In Quebec, only diehard fans and misguided academics expected the Liberal party to somehow stay in power after the 2019 ...

August 22, 2019

One of the features of social media that users have grown to either love or hate is the discussion of food. Some people welcome the opportunity to learn from the experience...

August 13, 2019

Hear that? >Beep, beep beep beep beep< It’s the sound of the excavator moving to knock flat the official residence of the prime minister, 24 Sussex Drive. Or at ...

August 8, 2019

In early June, a tweet by Justin Trudeau garnered more than 3,000 “likes” and almost 700 replies. In the succinct message, which linked to an online news story, the ...

August 1, 2019

Sixteen years have passed since Ontario’s Court of Appeal issued a decision that effectively legalized same-sex marriage in Canada’s most populous province. In July 2005, ...

July 30, 2019

As the federal election draws near, political platforms will inevitably focus – at least for a few days – on environmental policies. Previous electoral campaigns have ...

July 17, 2019

On June 27, what has become a familiar refrain rang across the interwebs. Another group is asking the courts to shut down a Canadian pipeline. This one was very different...

July 16, 2019

You’ve heard of urban legends, right? Like the lady who had a spider bite that turned into a nest of eggs that hatched under her skin, or the tale of the kid that died ...