My year-long Canada 150 pledge to only play CDs by homegrown artists on our car stereo throughout 2017 recently reintroduced me to a pair of talented musicians and composers from my native L’Ardoise.
And even though they were featured on...
“Captain’s Bigly Log, Stardate…uh…Stardate, Sometime-In-The-Summer, 2018: Now that we have launched my most awesome and fantastic United States Space Force, we have wiped out all threats to our planet. Well, not the whole planet, but the best part, the...
As I’ve mentioned previously in this column space, I
have an “in” with Santa this year, so I’m privy to all kinds of North Pole news
that might otherwise go unreported.
Which is why I can...
We thought we had it figured out.
We, the white Canadians, were finally ready to roll up
our sleeves and right the wrongs carried out by our ancestors for the previous
500 years. We were going...
“Step right up! Step right up! Ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls, children of all ages, welcome to the biggest, greatest, most
eye-popping, show-stopping extravaganza on the face of the earth! Join us under
the big tent for the Circus...
Dear Mr. Harper:
Oh, wait, I’m sorry. You’re not Prime Minister anymore, so there’s no need to persist with these needless formalities. Let’s try again. Pretend you’re wearing a cardigan by the fireside for one of your “folksy” campaign commercials,...
Over the past five years, three different governments – run by two different political parties – set out to change the way you vote.
So far, only one of them succeeded in bringing about changes, and those alterations were just...
Do the Academy Awards bore you? Do the speeches and the red-carpet chatter seem endless? Do you find it bizarre that the most-watched entertainment spectacle in the world didn’t, or couldn’t, find a host this year?
Never fear – your...
I’ve chosen some heavy issues to fill this column space
in recent weeks, but now I’ve got a real meaty topic for you: The ownership of
our favourite comic-book superheroes.
Rumours are running rampant that Marvel...
As we grapple with the regional divisions and partisan
reactions that have come out of last month’s election campaign, I’m reminded of
a simpler time.
It was a time before smartphones, social media,
texting, DVDs, PVRs, reality...