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The Unofficial Start of Summer
In Canada, summer doesn’t wait for the calendar to say June 21st. It arrives earlier, marked not by a solstice, but by a collective cultural exhale. Much like my first…
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When Fiction Isn’t Fiction at All
Fiction is often presented as a world apart—imagined, invented, entirely "made up." But any writer who has sat long enough with a character, or shaped a scene from nothing, knows…
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Is This the Year the Maple Leafs Finally Make a Deep Playoff Run?
Another rite of spring is the beginning of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Toronto Maple Leafs have won a playoff round for only the second time since 2004. With their…
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Accept the Election Results
After the polls have closed,the people have voted, remember it was our people. Fellow Canadians. Whether it is the result you wanted, please accept the election results. In a country…
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Why Trump’s 51st State Idea Makes No Sense
In the ever-theatrical world of Donald Trump’s political commentary, contradictions are not rare. But one of the more baffling ones to surface involves Canada—America’s peaceful neighbour to the north. Trump…
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The Masters is My Rite of Spring
I haven’t golfed in several years and don’t even own clubs anymore. The itch to get out on the greens after a long, hard winter is no longer there. Despite…
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What does it mean to be patriotic?
I never considered myself patriotic before. Sure, I'm proud of my country and love living here. I cheer for our athletes in the Olympics. Any national sporting event I will…
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The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are Broken
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a broken organization. For too long, with many iterations of players and coaches, the same things keep happening.
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Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) Becoming Too Much?
We are being inundated with messages about artificial intelligence (AI) but it is becoming too much? Are we ready for it?
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Why am I Here?
In the last month, three things have brought focus to what I want to do and explains why I am here.