Author Archives: Lorne Anderson
This Time Last Year…
In 2022 at this time the trucks were on their way across Canada to Ottawa. Over the next little while I’m going to repost some of my thoughts on the Freedom Convoy. It is going to be very interesting to see what happens when the Rouleau Commission inquiry report is released next month. Was the […]
Christmas Comes Early
When I arrived downtown Monday, I noted that there were film crews near Parliament Hill. I thought it might have something to do with the first anniversary of the arrival of the Freedom Convoy, but I was wrong. Turns out it was a Christmas movie. Yes, in January, when there is actually snow on the […]
Back To Work
With the COVID-19 pandemic easing, federal civil servants working at home have been tod they must return to working in the office, at least a couple of days a week. Some are not enthused at the thought. I’m not convinced working at home is as productive for many people. Witness the problems the civil service […]
A Take of Two Stores
They may be the world’s biggest retailer, but Walmart doesn’t appear to know much about Canada. Or at least about Canadian weather. My snow shovel broke. Not surprising after 20 Canadian winters. It is still usable, just a chunk missing from the blade, which broke off when I hit ice. Still, with at least two […]
Shut Him Down?
Celebrity psychologist Jordan Peterson is coming to Ottawa on a lecture tour and a coalition of community groups want to see him banned from the city instead. They don’t like his message. Peterson rose to prominence in 2016 when he made headlines over his refusal to blow with the prevailing winds and use preferred pronouns […]
New Things
Let’s call this Flashback Friday, with this post from eight years ago today. For me travel is about discovery: New places, new things, new people. Vacation is about rest and relaxation. Five countries in four weeks in July 2014 was definitely travel. In Ypres, as I have mentioned, admission to the In Flanders Fields Museum […]
The Booze Bandwagon
Turns out drinking alcohol is bad for you. Who would have suspected that? Maybe everyone. On Tuesday the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction released new guidelines an alcohol consumption and the potential health risks of drinking are more than previously thought. Any more than one or two drinks a week significantly increases your […]
Thoughts At 2 a.m.
No, I wasn’t awake at 2. It’s a song title. Written by Julie Miller and recorded with her husband Buddy a few years back. I had the album, Breakdown on 20th Avenue South, playing in the background Tuesday morning as I was working. I chose it as ambient music, something soft that wouldn’t distract me […]
The Red Chamber
The ongoing renovations in Canada’s parliamentary precinct means there has been a certainly amount of shuffling as buildings close and reopen Canada’s Senate, for example, is now located in the government conference centre, moving there in 2018. The building was a railway station when I first was in it, about 1966. Then it sat empty […]
Monday’s Smile
I was going to use these images last Monday, and got sidetracked. But I remembered that I had them and am sharing them today. They are more inspirational than funny perhaps, but who doesn’t need a bit of inspiration to start the work week? I must admit I have never been overly concerned with Mondays. […]
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