Category Archives: Canada

Little Victor Sunday Update | Eating Pears Playing At The Splash Park And Projectile Milk

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Gabriel

. We don’t know how much Victor weighs right now. I’m guessing more than he used to, because this weeks clothes always have to be bigger than last weeks clothes. It has been three weeks since we took him to … Continue reading →

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How To Deal With A Hot Headed Neighbour And The Smoke From Their Fire

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Gabriel

People living in rural communities such as the one I live in sometimes confuse rural with abandoned. There are people who live in Vankleek Hill (pop. 1800) who, with their large and mostly enclosed backyard, forget what they do for … Continue reading →

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Saving Newspapers From Their Slow Suicide

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Gabriel

Fifteen years ago no one in news reporting knew what to do with the Internet. The general consensus of analysts was newspapers should put their content online, but the only way to make money was to offer it a paid … Continue reading →

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The Hyperbole Of Hope And The Inevitability Of Change

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Gabriel

President Elect Obama won the election, yet Senator McCain didn’t lose so much as he came in a very close second. The person electors wanted to punish was President Bush, and they have. The almost-former President’s place in history has … Continue reading →

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Ten Years Ago SCAN Could’ve Had Me Evicted But Activists Nearly Did It On Their Own

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Gabriel

A friend of mine raised some concerns on her blog about Bill 106 – ‘The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act’, which was recently introduced into the Ontario Legislature as a private members Bill by Ottawa Centre Liberal MPP Yasir Naqvi. … Continue reading →

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There Is A Connection Between 59 Percent Voter Turnout And Four 36 Day Elections In A Row

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Gabriel

Voter turnout has been taking a nosedive over the past fifteen years because 1. the Canada Elections Act put a 36-day minimum on campaigning, and 2. the federal parties figured out that if you have $50 million dollars to spend … Continue reading →

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