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Olympic fever has griped a nation!!

How surprising was it to see CBC look at the medal standings and suggest that if Quebec separated Canada would flounder as Quebec seems to be the breeding grounds of great winter talent. Are you kidding me?!

So while we are competing...

I spent an odd day yesterday, watching war movies. As one ages one looks at those movies with quite a different eye. The 'great' battle scenes with the blown up bridges and blood and glory gun battles seem to fade away as you start to wonder who these people were and w...

Suddenly everyone is talking about Halloween and it isn't about which treat is the best. Incidentally, that would be rockets. What seems to be gripping conversation these days is whether the costume we have for the boy types and the girl types is appropriate.

Gone are...

there have been a couple of fairly high profile suicides of some young girls that were attributed to bullying and in particular cyber bullying. Girls who were going through the angst of being a teen and all that it encompasses, clothes, girl friends, boy friends, schoo...

Congratulations Don Iveson. Ran a seriously energetic campaign and will now take this great city forward for the next four years. Congratulations to the other candidates who cared enough to throw their names in the hat. It takes a lot to decide and actually run for pub...

In mere minutes we'll be headed to the polls to elect a new mayor, new councillors and new trustees. I suppose you've given some thought to the mayoralty candidates and my guess is you've at least glanced at the list of councillors in your ward but i'm willing to bet m...

Colour me crazy but i believe i am sick to death of the pink ribbon campaign! Buy a car and we'll donate one hundred bucks to the cause. Buy your next pair of jeans, mitts, running gear..really that blasted ribbon is everywhere and everywhere, somebody is making coin....

Your Edmonton Oilers had a remarkable game the other night. A come from behind  shootout victory over the New Jersey Devils and the Oiler player of the game was given an incredible incentive, a Canadian military jacket. The idea of the jacket, to be passed from this ga...

There are many issues that need addressing and I hope this website will address many of them either by me, by you or a combination of both. However the issue of my departure must be addressed as there appear to be many rumours most with a hint of truth or at least poss...