I’m tired. I’m not getting enough sleep. Blame it on my Canadian pride. I’ve always been an early riser. I just can’t seem to sleep much beyond 5 a.m. When I was doing morning radio, my alarm was set for 3:30, and I usually woke up before it went off. Normally I compensate by going […]
First it was the National Guard, then the Marines. U.S. President Donald Trump has sent troops into Los Angeles to put an end to protests against his immigration policies. Needless to say, there is a lot of outrage. The courts may yet restrain him. For those of us old enough to remember the Guard being […]
With heat, humidity and haze from forest fires, Ottawa has not topped my list of places to live this week. I’ve been missing the clear, fresh air of Germany’s Black Forest. Today’s photos are from one of the last walks we did before moving back to Canada four years ago. I can’t tell you anything […]
When the water main burst the truck was not in the hole. It wasn’t even on site. I’m not sure I have much confidence in the City of Ottawa’s repair crews when practically the first thing they do is get their truck stuck in a hole. That’s probably why the repair has taken longer than […]
Apparently Kevin Costner wasn’t completely accurate in the movie Field of Dreams when he said “if you build it they will come.” The Ottawa version is “we have built it, and we are going to make sure you come. You have no choice” Ottawa’s transit provider, OC Transpo, unveiled a complete revamping of its system […]
Being neither a tea nor a coffee drinker I have no idea as to the accuracy of this statement. However, it seems true, given what I have observed in others. And probably double that on a Monday morning. If Monday has taken you by surprise this week, you have only yourself to blame. You did […]
Getting old is no fun, my mother used to tell me. It is something to be avoided at all costs That isn’t practical for most of us. We are all going to age, slowly but inevitably. The question is, how do we handle it? Denial (my favorite) doesn’t seem like a viable long-term option. My […]
The polls are never wrong. We know that. But sometimes they are, so I have no prediction as to the outcome of today’s Canadian federal election. There are some things to watch for though. The Conservative lead in the polls has vanished with Justin Trudeau’s departure and Donald Trump’s ascension. But when people mark their […]
When the self-styled Longest Ballot Committee convinced dozens of people to run for Parliament in a federal byelection last year, I was amused. Ninety-one names on the ballot seemed a little ridiculous, but that’s democracy. As I understood it, the idea was to protest the Liberal Party’s broken promise to make 2015 the last “first […]
Canada’s federal election is this coming Monday, but these signs went up on Parliament Hill last week. I guess there’s nothing like being prepared, but things are probably pretty quiet in the Members’ Orientation Centre this week..
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