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Fall Birding

Fall Birding

With the changing season, a number of our feathered friends abandon us for warmer climes. Cranes, seen throughout the summer as they dig up the earth, have mostly left now.
Step on it

Step on it

Did you ever approach a stop light and have to decide whether or not to switch lanes because a line was shorter or did not contain a transport truck? Those of us who are in a hurry, and that seems to be the majority of us when we are in our automobil
A Blah Campaign

A Blah Campaign

When I consider the number of things to be thankful for on this thanksgiving weekend, the ending of the provincial election campaign comes near the top of the list.
Rear-view Politicking

Rear-view Politicking

Tired as we may be with the political candidates and their false promises of goodies for us, this campaign is taking more backward looks than peeks into the future, and it is getting worse day by day.
Provincial Wards

Provincial Wards

Proponents of a municipal ward system might do well to observe the system now in operation at the provincial level of government.
A Small Portion

A Small Portion

The referendum on Mixed Member Proportional voting is finally getting people’s attention. There seems to be some real fears that we in the northern part of the province will lose representation if we adopt the MMP system.
School Daze

School Daze

Whether Dalton wants it or not, it seems that the Faith-based school proposal floated by the Tories will be debated by all and sundry in the days preceding the provincial vote.
Highway of Heroes

Highway of Heroes

The well-meaning petition and the rush to rename a section of the Macdonald – Cartier Highway as “The Highway of Heroes” needs some second thought.
War Museum

War Museum

I had the opportunity to visit the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa in the past week. There was some controversy at the concept of a war museum, more over its design and even more worrisome talk about the cost to Canadians for such a museum.
Enhancing Performance

Enhancing Performance

The plethora of email spam touting male enhancement and performance provided by magic herbal potions, little blue pills, under-the-counter prescription drugs and powders of exotic animal parts seems endless.