Archive : March 2012

Is there a Tory in the House?

  What with Vickileaks, robocalls, Bill C-10, and the usual Ottawa shenanigans, the Tories have been much in the news of late. I thought of all this when a Conservative friend complained that the current governmen...

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The drama continues

  It was a brief, but greatly anticipated, message received in Winnipeg: “Mother and three girls are well, Charlie and father missing — signed Ethel Fortune.” Unfortunately, the only two males of...

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Not so great trip to grocery store

  In the endless list of things in life that drive you crazy, grocery shopping should near the top.  Why?  There’s quite a few reasons, such as ... The aggravation of ads,...

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Who the dickens said that?

  Readers may have been surprised when last week’s column failed to deal with slang usage of “dickens.” But dickens as found in exclamations like, “What the dickens?” has nothing to d...

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A balmy winter

  Officially, winter ended on March 20, but the so-called cold-weather season never really began in earnest. In fact, with the exception of a few days when the thermometer hit around -20°C, temperatures were well above nor...

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