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The Voice Great Canadian Place Challenge

Are you a snow-loving Rocky Mountain gal? A wide-open-spaces Prairie kind of guy? Or maybe someone who can’t get enough of the rugged coasts and fresh Atlantic air in the east? Tell us why the place you live is the best place in Canada, in The Voice Great Canadian Place Challenge! Is it the people?… Read more »

Click On This – Vehicular

We’ve all got to get there in the end somehow; but who says getting there has to be a bore? Twike http://www.twike.us/ I wonder if I can get this little beauty in neon green? Gypsy Caravans http://gypsy-caravans.co.uk/ Not just a thing of vehicular beauty, you can have one of your very own! Strange and Unusual… Read more »

Noam Chomsky on the Climate of the Times

I often feel that I should be more active in following world politics; that being fed the information passively leaves me vulnerable and uninformed. So, I resolved to read the political pieces in the national newspapers, but found them rife with bipartisan personal opinion or spin. Not my idea of being informed. Turning to the… Read more »

Sun Signs – Gemini: May 21 – June 20

Gemini May 21 – June 20 The glyph for Gemini is indicative of the Roman numeral II and is symbolic of the astrological sign for Gemini, which is twins. The glyph can also be seen as depicting the human lungs–the part of the body that Gemini rules. The duality of the glyph symbolizes the choice… Read more »

From Where I Sit – Smell the Roses

After the longest winter of our lives and a spring that came in fits and starts, I finally got to spend some time in my garden during the long weekend. Because we live on a farm our yard is huge, with multiple flower beds, many trees, and grass galore. The early onset of winter and… Read more »

International News Desk – At Home: Official languages commissioner accuses Harper – In Foreign News: Hillary Clinton makes it official

At Home: Official languages commissioner accuses Harper of stepping on the Official Languages Act In September of last year, the Harper government decided to cut the Court Challenges Program. In a report released May 15 by the official languages commissioner, Graham Fraser, this was cited as a blatant disregard of the Official Languages Act (OLA)… Read more »

Lost & Found – Blindfold

Imagine you are writing in the dark. You are writing in a darkened room. There is no window, there is no light. There is one naked light bulb hanging from the ceiling in the centre of the room. The light bulb has been turned off. The light bulb has been turned off, but It’s of… Read more »