With friends like Canada, who needs enemies? That appears to be the thinking of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. Justin Trudeau seems to feel the same way. The two men have doubled down on a cycle of recrimination that has poisoned relations in ...

Time does funny things with memory, magnifying events that should have been forgettable, diminishing moments that, when thoughtfully considered, changed a person forever. Nevertheless, I choose to treat as fact my recollection that I was lucky to be ...

Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for May 1, 2024.

By Dr. Timothy Woodford As I prepare for my annual canoe trip, I marvel at the intelligence and ingenuity of the people who create maps, without which I would surely disappear into a portage, never to be seen again. Primary care transformation also ...

The province of Ontario has just introduced the most restrictive ban on cellphone use in schools in the country. Yet, even that does not seem thorough enough to turn the tide on one of society’s greatest challenges in this age. Set to begin in ...

There are times in life when you regret past decisions. What once looked like a very good idea at a certain point in time might come back to haunt you, and you wish you could go back in time for a “do-over.” I wonder whether Canadian Prime Minister ...

Led by the left-wing Armed Forces Movement and supported by most of the population, the so-called Carnation Revolution not only brought down Portugal’s dictatorship, but also paved the way for the end of the country’s colonial wars in Africa. The ...

We have all seen the ads for laser eye surgery promoting 20/20 vision and a life liberated from glasses. While this may be true for many, it's not the reality for everyone. For me, Aug. 20, 2021, stands out as a day that I will never forget – it ...

If anybody doubted the ‘otherness’ of the Province of Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith’s latest power grab may help to illustrate it. The dear lady has, since her election to the office of Premier, tried to sabotage the universal effort to fight ...

The furor over Justice Minister John Hogan’s saying it was impossible for a lawyer to re-traumatize a complainant in the trial of someone she had accused of sexual assault reminded me of something the late Chief Justice Robert Furlong of the Supreme ...