Superbowl Sunday came and went with the outcome a little surprise with Baltimore Ravens taking the Championship Crown from the San Francisco 49ers. The highlights of the game centered on the coaches, Jim and John Harbaugh, two brothers became adversaries on the grid-iron rather than their family home. Another story line was the last game...

This Weekend the Provincial Liberals elected their new leader, Kathleen Wynne. She becomes Premier by acclamation. Her previous boss quit when the going got tough! Dalton couldn’t handle the heat as his lies were about to catch up. He rallied the teachers for support promising the world and then pulling the rug from underneath them....

The other day my Mother cooked a simple traditional dish of beans, spinach and potatoes, sprinkled with olive oil. With the weather so mild, my parents are still producing from their garden. April in January, it has been incredible until now. As a kid, I would gag when any sort of vegetable even touched my...

Live for today because tomorrow may never come, is the way I try to live my life. It is always easier said than done especially when you have responsibilities to others that are dependant upon you. Of course we want to see our families succeed with health, happiness and prosperity but how we achieve this...

Today not only is my sister’s 29th birthday, again, but it also happens to be the third year anniversary of the sacrifice made by John Wayne Faught, a Canadian Solider and a friend, known as “Crusty”who lost his life 3 years ago. The week before he left for this third tour of duty, he did...

Something that has been bothering me for a while involves the fallout from the hoax in England in which an Australian radio station duped a nurse, pretending to be the Queen and Prince and wanting to know the status of their grand daughter Kate, The Duchess of Cambridge, and her condition. The nurse Ms. Jacintha...

We all witnessed it again, a tragedy beyond what any reasonable person could comprehend or ever imagine being true; Simply a nightmare for the 26 families who lost members of their family to the lunacy of a young adult who probably had mental issues. There was no age discrimination as a majority of the casualties,...

Movember has come and gone as the efforts of many individuals helped educate and hopefully eradicate a disease that may have become on par, for men, in terms of what breast cancer has become to women, simply a killer. Congratulations to all for your efforts and hopefully your goals were accomplished. Now we move on...

Unprecedented turn of events at City Hall as now everyone has heard that Mayor Rob Ford has been ousted from his post at City of Toronto. It is great to see the system provide accountability to our politicians and the law should be used to reprimand those that view them- selves, ‘above the law’. At...

Do I personally miss NHL hockey? Maybe a little but not as much as my fantasy league.  This is from an email I received today; “on Sports Center, I see Shane Doan whining, and I’ll quote this as best as possible… SHANE DOAN: “If someone is gonna rob you, they say, ‘Give me your money...

This past week on Nov 11, 2012 Canada celebrated Remembrance Day. Being an Official bank holiday our Civil Service enjoyed a long weekend as Public figures took part in Remembrance Celebrations. Many other Canadians worked and were not extended the same benefit. Unfortunately for the many Canadians that perished, fighting for the rights and freedoms...

As Canadians we were inundated with the flow of information and debate for months regarding the Presidential election. Finally after all the negative ad campaigns the result emerged with Barack Obama serving another term in Office. I heard that the campaigning by both parties cost approximately $6 billion. With many Americans and others around the...