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Ottawa ON – The Bev Oda saga drags on made all the worse by the Prime Minister’s stubbornness to keep her in place. Unfortunately in the process a minister’s reputation will be destroyed and the government’s reputation tarnished. The one saving grace for the Conservatives is that the issue isContinue Reading
Cornwall ON- So is it time for me to reconsider my position on Michael Ignatieff the Liberals? For those that don’t know I used to be a card holding Federal Liberal, but left after Mr. Ignatieff’s leadership announcement and a certain bewilderment at my local Liberal riding brainContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – In an effort to keep gamblers away from placing their bets illegally with “bookies,” New Democrat M.P Joe Comartin has put forth a new bill. Currently, when playing Pro-Line, in order to place a legal bet one has to pick the outcome of at least three games.Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Are we ready to deal with the consequences of climate change; peak oil? This question has birthed a local community group, Transition Cornwall +. The focus of this group is “to build resilience and sustainability in Cornwall and the surrounding rural area, in preparation for the combinedContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – Concussions in the NHL have been on a steady incline for the past few years. More and more players are forced to take extended periods of time off because of long lasting effects of their injury. This is most commonly referred to as Post Concussion Syndrome; theContinue Reading
Dear Editor: Recent local media reports stated that the Conservatives feel this Riding is “critical” for them and attempted to highlight the negative. It’s important to point out the positive and that with the help of our well respected MPP Jim Brownell, we have done pretty well locally. The HospitalContinue Reading
Lunenberg ON – The Ontario PC Party under Tim Hudak seems to have come to the conclusion that if they shout all their sound bites, nobody will notice the complete lack of substance in what they are saying. . This was certainly true of Tory MPPs Lisa McLeod and SteveContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – So I had the ear of a very successful business person this morning. It’s always enlightening to listen to good sound advice and wisdom. We were talking about perception; chiefly others of ourselves and our businesses and how sometimes we can fail to create the perceptionsContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The media continues to whip itself into a frenzy over whether or not there will be an election some time in the next two months- but who is listening? It is certainly not regular Canadians, who shrug and go about their business of earning a pay chequeContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – We made it to our second birthday! Only about 15% of new companies make it to their 2nd birthday and I’m very very proud of you our viewers who have made it all possible. It’s an interesting and eye opening journey this news thing…Since February 9, 2009 theContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – Since May of 2005 the Huffington Post has been a sanctuary where lefties of the U.S gathered to find out about the news of the day, as well as comment on it. In a lot of ways the Huffington Post paved the way for this new breedContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – It took a few days, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s meeting with President Barack Obama has caused major concern throughout the opposition parties. The issue of promoting more trade between Canada and the U.S took a back seat once again to the Americans ongoing insecurities about ourContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – For those of you wanting to undertake a special project to commemorate the International Year of Forests keep in mind TD Friends of the Environment for a source of funding. . TD Friends of the Environment Foundation helps Canadians protect our nation’s natural splendor by providing moniesContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – Les Quebecois just like the Egyptians, are having a difficult time ousting their leader. The long time Premiere of Quebec, Jean Charest is the most unpopular Premiere since Robert Bourassa. In the mid 70’s Bourassa was pushed out of politics by the Parti Québécois under similar circumstances.Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Despite everything the Harper Government says to the contrary, Canada, the US, and most of the Western World are still mired in the 2008 depression, and will remain so for the foreseeable future. The reason is simple and has nothing to do with the “subprime” mortgage crisis.Continue Reading
Ottawa ON – The anticipation is almost over, and the biggest annual sporting event is almost set to begin. This year’s Super Bowl will see the Pittsburg Steelers and Green Bay Packers square off for the title. Surprisingly the 6th seed Packers who made the playoffs as a wildcard teamContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – I’m very very confused as I write this. The battle to fight the ridiculous decision by the CRTC to allow the big internet providers to charge excess and abusive amounts for band widths are on hold for 60 days. Hurrah! Methinks, or methinks not. TonyContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – Will someone please pass the smelling salts to our red chambered senators? It’s time they woke up in the real world. The decision by the Senate Committee of Internal Economy to continue to allow senators to send out a party’s political propaganda is plainly wrong. Were theyContinue Reading
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