Canada is in search of individuals with great Canadian potential, and one of the best places for us to identify and seek out new Canadians is through our post-secondary school system, but the recent uncovering of how “consultants” are getting international students into Canada threatens to shatter the lives of hundreds of international students by… Read more »

Elections in a parliamentary democracy are much like a high school dance: sometimes there’s a core theme and often there’s fixed dates for their occurrence.  Human dates matter too, as any dance attendee knows.  It’s a reason why many students stay away from prom; on the other hand, if you had a special someone dance… Read more »

Last weekend was May long weekend.  While I typically work a part-time job during the weekends, I found that this year I wanted to take a breather and take my parents out for dinner.  My folks are from out of town, and I found that the older I get, the less time I feel I… Read more »

Later she wondered if she’d heard the thump before or after she looked out the window.  Not that it mattered—what mattered was she’d heard it.  If she’d gone to work, she wouldn’t have heard it, nor would she be gazing out the window now.  He was down below, exactly where she’d seen him earlier, legs… Read more »

If we want to write books or create courses, we have some great AI resources.  AI is cheap, at roughly $10 per AI platform.  I tried the free version of the Tome.app, which can instantly generate book outlines or pdf presentations on any topic.  All we need to do is indicate our subject, “Study advice”… Read more »

I did some banking last week and encouraged my banker to exercise.  She said she used to exercise but stopped because she lacked energy.  I told her how when I stopped exercising, my power waned but skyrocketed only once I restarted my fitness program.  She sounded inspired and then said, “But I have no time. … Read more »

Last night the one and only leader’s debate was held for the main contenders for the Alberta election, and the winner was the media.  I don’t think there’s anybody else who could be said to have gained significantly from the entire affair, not the parties, not the leaders, and certainly not the viewers watching. Normally… Read more »

When I was growing up in the late 60s and early 70s, we had a particular name for the holiday Monday in May.  We did not call it Victoria Day (although that was its official name), nor did we call it May Two-Four, like we often do now. We called it Firecracker Day. At that… Read more »

How often does a baseball story play out like the speech Christopher Walken’s gave as Mike in the 2002 film Poolhall Junkies, where he talks about nature documentaries and lions, and how a bunch of jackals and hyenas decide to attack a lion that they perceive to be weak, before the lion munches them all… Read more »