I was in a local drug store the other day, and as I was browsing for a birthday card when I noticed the following: the Carleton cards board had separated “wife” cards from its “romantic” cards.

One of my old instructors (as in previous, not necessarily age-ed), Mark Hamilton, laments about the blame-game nature of morning-after accident stories today. Indeed, there was a bridge collapse in America and people died. True, it’s tragic, and it could have happened anywhere — say, Quebec for example. And then there was the absence or [...]

Since when does the motel control the message? Well, if you’re Globe and Mail reporter, you might very well believe the federal Conservative Party does. Today’s Globe and Mail (online edition) ran a story about how journalists were kicked out of the hotel where the Tories are holding a caucus retreat on Prince Edward Island. [...]

File this $247.75-million sale under ‘gentrification: exemplified.’ A news release today from the Insurance Corp. of B.C. reveals the final sale price of its Central City development to private investment interests. It turns out ICBC runs its investments in the black as well as its public insurance service. According to a September 2006 Vancouver Sun [...]