Lather. Rinse. Repeat. The cycle of Québec’s byzantine language politics continues. Nothing seems to change. The culture authoritarians propose. The anglos protest. More people make the...
There were a number of galvanizing moments for Canada at the Paris Olympics. But for sheer drama nothing topped the upset gold-medal win by Canada’s veteran...
In the lazy summers of our youth, news went on holidays, too. That’s why the Wayne Gretzky trade to L.A. in August of 1988 was so...
There’s an old British racing expression that says what you lose on the swings you make up on the roundabouts. That’s also the attitude off predatory...
If you’ve started to feel the U.S. election is sizing up to be The View versus The Dude you’re probably not wrong. The cultural schism in...
Been quite a month for political plot lines, no? Since Joe Biden went full Sling Blade in his debate with Donald Trump to a near-fatal assassination...
It’s unlikely Donald Trump will have time or energy for a post-presidential TV encore. But were he to do so at the age of 85 he...
This was meant to be about the NBA’s new eight-year $76 billion TV contract, but other stuff has intervened. So we will save that for later…...
First, the nostalgia. In 1974 we worked at the (now departed) Huron and Dupont LCBO site for Xmas. In those days, when people arrived by dog...
Watching Canada’s mens team at the Copa 2024 soccer tournament has been a hoot. With a coach who hasn’t been there long enough to unpack his...
