Dear Readers: Your exuberant  reporter is pleased to announce our winner of the day! ———————————————————— By Richard J. Brennan, National Affairs Writer They may look like white pines on steroids, but they’re actually Bell Canada towers. The telecommunications company plans to disguise the towers it erects in cottage country to look like trees so they [...]

Dear Readers; With the rising cost of food over the past few years, every Canadian needs to watch and think about this video! It’s not only about rising costs, it’s about keeping our money in our farmers hands and not some multinational food processor like Archer, Daniels , Midland! The 100 mile rule is a [...]

Dear Readers; Since I grew up on the outskirts of  T.O. I have an affinity for this article, and like Christopher Hume’s stuff, even when he takes a shot at the ‘rotund one’ now and then!  (Ford) (By the way………… the correct pronunciation is Torawnna, not Toe-ron-toe!) By Christopher Hume Urban Issues, Architecture; All is [...]

Dear Readers; At this moment, Carmen Miranda is spinning in her grave. How things can get this nuts is totally beyond me! ——————————————————————— By Carol Christian, QMI Agency The Alberta Enterprise Group (AEG) is calling for a boycott of Chiquita Brands International after it agreed to avoid fuels derived from oilsands crude. ForestEthics announced Thursday [...]

Dear Readers; I have to admit that I’m a big fan of Ezra Levant. Ever since I first saw him on Michael Coren’s show a few years ago his comments on political and social issues are insightful and astute with a minimal amount of hyperbole, so when I read his comments on the Keystone pipeline [...]

By Michael Oliveira, The Canadian Press TORONTO – Google’s share of the Canadian smartphone market doubled between June to September while Research in Motion and Apple slipped, according to a report by measurement firm comScore. About eight million Canadians owned a smartphone in September and 35.8 per cent were using a BlackBerry, said comScore on [...]

By Peter Nowak It’s true what they say: once you’ve tried 80 inches, you never want to go back. I’m talking, of course, about televisions (get your mind out of the gutter). I recently spent a few days with Sharp’s new 80-inch Aquos TV and, having fallen in love, I’m sad to say I have [...]

Dear Readers: If you are wondering why society is going to hell in a hand basket ……………….. this is a perfect example! When I first read this article I thought I was missing something because I didn’t get what the problem was. When I finally understood what she was saying I could only shake my [...]

By LORRIE GOLDSTEIN, QMI Agency The problem with complex issues is that they’re, well, complex. Take the stand of Tea Party protesters against Big Government and the Occupy Wall Street crowd against Big Business. Many Tea Partiers condemn Occupy Wall Streeters as dirty, communist-loving hippies, while many Occupy Wall Streeters accuse Tea Partiers of being [...]

A U.S. architectural firm best known for creating some of the tallest skyscrapers in the world has turned its creative eye to the Great Lakes, advocating for a new economic and environmental vision that spans borders. The bi-national blueprint from Chicago-based Skidmore, Owings and Merrill is still in its infancy, but the concept has garnered [...]