“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...
I’m breaking with my own personal tradition and devoting this column to several random thoughts, rather than giving you nearly 800 words on a specific subject.
It’ll be a nice change of pace for both you and me, and it...
This time of year is usually about arrivals, not departures.
Little ones eagerly wait for Santa Claus to slide down the chimney or show up at the mall. Christians celebrate the arrival of God’s son in their world, while also...
This week, I’d like to address my fellow members of Montreal Canadiens Fans Anonymous.
Okay, that’s probably not the right name for my fellow Habs supporters. We’re hardly “anonymous.” Even in the toughest times, we proudly wear, fly, and bleed...
While our neighbours to the south struggle with the latest debate over the right to bear arms, a former Canadian Prime Minister thought the time was right to launch a conversation over the right to bare arms.
Kim Campbell, who...
“Oh, Bob, we couldn’t have picked a better time to visit your sister in Maine. What a beautiful summer this has become!”
“Yeah, I can’t wait. Love the Maritimes but Maine has always felt like a second home to me....
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...
Okay. One more election column. Bear with me, we can do
this.
Just as a marathon race often boils down to the
individual legs of the event as opposed to the overall track, a federal
election in...
I recently played a part, and played some music, in a theatrical adaptation of The Passion that ran twice at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Judique on Good Friday.
One of our last rehearsals took place on the final Sunday...
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...