It seems to be that time of year again – there’s a slight chill in the evening air, some trees are beginning to change colour and student groups are starting to whine and complain again about the costs of tuition and student loans. Recently, the Royal Bank of Canada...
Apparently you shouldn’t believe everything to see. Last month, L’Oreal – the parent company of Lancôme and Maybelline – was forced to pull two of its magazine ads, as per the ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK (full story in The Guardian UK). An advertisement...
The Space Shuttle Program will come to its official end with the landing of Atlantis on July 21. In 2010, US President Barack Obama cancelled the Constellation Program (another moon visit), so after many years and nearly $200 billion in funding, manned NASA space explorations have been halted into...
I’m not completely gaga over the Royals, but I appreciate their history and the traditions that still exist – if even minutely. And of course, I will admit, I get caught up in the celebrity of it all from time to time. This time, it was in Ottawa for...
I read an article in the Hamilton Spectator today and someone posted the below comment. I didn’t take economics or business in school, so this is the first time I have seen this. Many of you may have read this before and provided your thoughts on it. If so,...
As we Canadians embark on a weekend full of food, fun and fireworks to celebrate Canada Day, we should also keep in mind that it’s the birthday of our beloved Loonie. It was brought into Canadian circulation on June 30, 1987, after being designed by Robert-Ralph Carmichael from Echo...
It’s a little late, but did you know that 18 years ago on June 25, Canada swore into office our first-ever female Prime Minister? Those who were just of legal voting age for the last election probably don’t remember – and they probably don’t remember the federal Progressive Conservative...
Should we “Keep on Dancin’ til the World Ends” as dictated to us by Britney Spears, or should we soak up some sun this May 2-4 holiday weekend and only worry about mosquitoes? A preacher from Oakland, California is predicting that millions will die with the second coming that...
When looking into what happened in history on May 18 for my post, I came across some information noting that a huge fire occurred in Montreal in the 1700s. I thought this may be quite timely considering the terrible fire that is happening in Slave Lake, Alberta at the...
Twenty-five years ago today, the worst nuclear accident in history took place – Chernobyl. A month and a half ago the second worst nuclear disaster began and still continues at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. Both are the only nuclear disasters classified as level 7 events on...
