It’s been awhile since Santa Claus last revealed his
official gift list for the naughty and nice newsmakers in the Strait area,
across Canada and around the world.
However, as some of you might know, I’ve...
‘Twas the week before Christmas, and Santa was sighing
As true Christmas spirit appeared to be dying
At this time of year, kindness should have been stronger
Instead, Saint Nick’s “Bad List” grew longer and longer
With 12 months of naughtiness weighing him...
Regular readers might recall that, a few months ago I mentioned my “Canada Through My Eye” blog for the first time in this column space.
Somehow, I got it in my head that I should spend the twelve months of...
I’d like to think that I have shown great restraint by limiting the amount of column space devoted to Donald Trump during his first year as the American president.
Of course, this is partly because The Angry Orange seems to...
I never thought I’d see the day when the federal party established to break up Canada was finally on the verge of breaking up itself.
For that matter, I always figured that if I lived long enough to see the...
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...
I find this column hard to write, because in doing so I have to say goodbye to a pair of familiar faces – one on a local scale, the other at a national level – who touched me, and...
I try not to repeat myself in these columns, but this week I think I should revisit a topic that I brought up last spring, shortly after the Humboldt Broncos tragedy.
The northern Saskatchewan town recently faced the difficult task...
When some people reach their 65th birthday, they might move to a sunnier climate like Florida, either for the harsh winter months or permanently.
In a similar vein (or, as its early slogan declared, “in a jugular vein”), MAD Magazine...
This week, two disclaimers: I’m a regular contributor
to CBC Radio One
here in Cape Breton; and I own 29 of the 30 volumes of Don Cherry’s Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Hockey.
They were all Christmas...