Dear Barb, I hope you can help me with my problem. My sister-in-law is driving me crazy. Steve and I have been married for over 20 years. Steve’s father died when Steve was quite young. Therefore his mother and older sister raised him. His sister never married, but ended up taking care of the mother… Read more »
At Home: Strike now possible for Ontario college instructors A recent vote brought the possibility of strike action one step closer for some 9,000 Ontario college instructors. According to the CBC, roughly 57 per cent of those voting gave their union ?the green light? to strike. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) represents the… Read more »
Sometimes, interesting discoveries are a bit like sun showers: they appear without notice out of a clear blue sky. These links on the amazing story of Jack Hall arrived the same way. In response to our recent ?Matchless? column, Jack’s son Tony shared the tale of his dad’s days as a deckhand in the 1930s?and… Read more »
Pursuing your education can be a complicated (if exciting) venture: choosing a university, filling out enrolment forms, picking classes. And It’s even more daunting if You’re trying to navigate the complex world of student loans. If You’re new to the process (or still wondering if student loans are right for you), CanLearn is a government… Read more »
In the closing stages of 2009 I moved, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century: I joined the social networking world. That is, I created a Facebook page. I caved on my long-standing aversion to groups of any kind (an invitation to a tea party is likely to send me running for the first ferry… Read more »
Student: Tyler Nagel If you thought the computer age had made printing and printing presses obsolete, you’d be wrong. ?It’s anything but old-fashioned,? says Tyler Nagel, a National Expert in offset printing, and, since 2002, a student in AU’s Bachelor of Commerce program. Here, the e-Commerce major explains why ?traditional? printing is key to so… Read more »
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Giant Hand is Kirk Ramsay, an impetuous young dude with no musical background who one day decided to start making music anyway. He enjoyed a surprisingly immediate?and positive?response from listening audiences. Recently Kirk made both the cover of Ottawa Magazine and the ?Hottest Bands in Canada? list. See Voice review of his debut album, Coming… Read more »
Book: John Geiger, The Third Man Factor: The Secret to Survival in Extreme Environments Publisher: Penguin Canada Publication date: 2009 Someone is Out There ?Who is the third who walks always beside you? When I count, there are only you and I together But when I look ahead up the white road There is always… Read more »
I don’t know what astrologers and clairvoyants have said about 2010 but based on what I’ve seen less than two weeks in I predict the craziness will continue. From matters sublime to sordid, from issues vital to vacuous, from people astute to asinine, there is no compelling indication that this year will be any better… Read more »