This item originally appeared March 27, 2009, in issue 1712. As the Globe and Mail pointed out this week, Canadian taxpayers ?shelled out nearly $270,000? last July for the change-of-command ceremony that bid farewell to General Rick Hillier, the country’s former chief of defence. Details of the expenses include $4,035 for a 21-gun salute, $23,101… Read more »
This item originally appeared April 3, 2009, in issue 1713. ?There’s culture on the streets too,? Fiona said defensively. ?You don’t need to be in f-ing Carnegie Hall to hear Ginsberg echo off the walls. He was ours long before he was yours.? She stood tall, erect, and full of mock grandeur. ?I have seen… Read more »
This review originally appeared April 10, 2009, in issue 1714. An interesting note is this recent Times article on the move to have the Rosetta Stone returned to Egypt. In Mirage: Napoleon’s Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt, New York-based journalist Nina Burleigh recounts the invasion of a Muslim nation by a Western military force,… Read more »
This feature originally appeared May 15, 2009, in issue 1719. In all my time spent as a childcare worker, I had never received a parent complaint about my performance. Not until near the end of my childcare career, that is, when the father of a child in my care lodged a complaint against both my… Read more »
This feature originally appeared September 18, 2009, in issue 1735. What has two legs and flies? If I can possibly help it, the answer is ?Not me.? As far as I’m concerned, the age of air travel is officially over. It’s just not fun anymore. It starts when you walk in the airport and see… Read more »
This feature originally appeared October 9, 2009, in issue 1738. Hollywood runs on love. Every TV show and movie involves some kind of romantic entanglement and every magazine cover is flooded with photos of happy and not-so-happy couples. Considering that all I know of romantic love comes from what I’ve seen in the movies and… Read more »
Welcome to The Voice Magazine‘s Best of 2009 issue! Each year we take a look back at some of the outstanding writing we’ve published during the past 12 months, and this issue had plenty to choose from. Regular Voice readers will enjoy selections from favourites such as ?The Mindful Bard,? where Wanda Waterman St. Louis… Read more »
Dear Santa, Recently, at a children’s Christmas party while I was dressed rather elf-like, I came to a realization regarding Christmas, a realization I am none too pleased with, and feel I need to air my grievances to you, the representative of Christmas. (Yes, I am aware Christmas is really Jesus? holiday but, as He… Read more »
Most students are aware to some degree of the social networking site Facebook. Michael Shouldice, a Senior Recruitment Officer with Athabasca University, has been with AU since 2006 and explains the possibilities Athabasca University sees in the use of this site. ?Facebook was created back in 2003,? Shouldice notes. ?When I started my original position… Read more »
?He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.? Roy L. Smith It’s hard to sum up the Christmas season better than that. The holiday turns on what we make of it; our attitudes and actions are key to creating that special Christmas atmosphere. It all comes down to… Read more »