War – what is it good for?

July 21, 2022 · 0 Comments

by BRIAN LOCKHART It was a couple of shots from a pistol that are blamed for starting the First World War. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was ...

Sri Lanka: a band of brothers

by GWYNNE DYER “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked (in Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel ‘The Sun Also Rises’). “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and ...

Paying with cash

by BRIAN LOCKHART “Cash only please.” You may have seen that sign when entering local business recently after a service disruption caused interact terminals in ...

Independent review of COVID response needed

by PRESTON MANNING Increasing numbers of Canadians are demanding a national, independent investigation into government mismanagement of the COVID-19 outbreak. Because governments themselves would be ...

Put down your phone

by BRIAN LOCKHART I read a posting on one of the forums I am involved in by a teacher who tried somewhat of an experiment ...

Canada must combat food inflation

by SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS It wasn’t a good week if you’re a consumer on a tight budget – and that means most of us. Con-sumers are ...

Rising food prices

by BRIAN LOCKHART I don’t really know a whole lot about farming other than it’s hard work and the population and citizens of this country ...

Seventy years on the throne

by BRIAN LOCKHART “Poor you.” Those are the words a young Princess Margaret reportedly said to her older sister Elizabeth when it was announced her ...