In case you haven’t noticed, the massive protests in Quebec have been rather one-sided, culturally speaking. As the mindless mobs fill the streets day after day, protesting the injustice of h...
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We were dining at a good bistro. The waiter — early 20s — accidentally knocked a glass of water onto my lap. Suppressing annoyance, I was summoning a gracious smile to acknowledge his f...
Last month, Ottawa’s Museum of Science and Technology was criticized for hosting “Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition.” PEN Canada asked two journalists to debate whether the exhibit was a...
In 2008, while on the presidential campaign trail, Barack Obama’s Father’s Day message was: “[Black fathers] have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men...
Showcasing a stellar cast of Britain’s finest seasoned actors, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel had all the makings of a light, feel-good entertainment about quirky characters in a novel situat...
Nobody can predict the end game in the never-ending Quebec protest against tuition hikes. It can’t be good either way: frozen tuition means the province is being run by mobs; tuition hikes wi...
Six months ago an amendment was passed to Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). It was folded in like whipped egg white to a cake batter, the batter being Bill ...
I’m so old, I remember when vampires were scary. I would never have predicted they would quit their lugubrious fortresses in Transylvania to become the cynosure of teenage girls’ romant...
If you are interested in the results of beauty pageants – and in this day and age, who is left that is? – you will be interested to know that Jenna Talackova failed in her bid to win th...
Sometimes a cabinet minister can’t win, when it comes to public opinion. Such would appear to be the case this week for Heritage Minister James Moore, under whose aegis Sex: A Tell-All E...
Just when you thought Ottawa and area adolescents would never find out a single thing about sex until their wedding nights, along comes “Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition” to the Canada Science a...
It’s not targeted to my demographic, but I love the TV series Glee.
The talent is dazzling, the production numbers gloriously executed: It’s like watching a mini-Broadway show in the comfort ...
Canada is the only developed country in the world with no abortion law. This political vacuum suits liberals and libertarians, but discomfits many other Canadians. Since the issue is being strenuou...
You’ve all heard of “Israel Apartheid Week.” But how about Israel Peace Week (IPW)?
IPW is an initiative by Hasbara Fellowships, a training program that teaches students to co...
The Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters (ACWS) has just published the results of a Leger Marketing poll of 1000 men age 18 and over on their views of domestic violence.
According to the s...
Family photoRaymond Cave and Linda Dawe lost touch after the pain of surrendering their child as tenagers, but reconnected at their high school reunion in 2006 and found ...
I make chicken soup all the time. It tastes great and it’s a cure for everything. My younger sister does too. But she will only use kosher chickens to make it. She swears kosher chickens make...
In the immediate aftermath of the recent bloodbath executed by Mohamed Merah in Toulouse, leaving three French paratroopers, a Jewish teacher, his two sons and another Jewish child dead, a number o...
Headline in the Winnipeg Free Press: “Domestic killings in spotlight.” That’s a grabber. Are Manitoba women at more risk of violence than they have been in the past?
According to this story...
I don’t tweet. At one time I was tempted to start, because one feels like a bit of a dinosaur if one doesn’t. But at this moment I am happy to be an electronic Brontosaurus. Much safer,...