Just the facts? Don’t count on fact-checkers
A closer look at almost every fact-checking organization shows a great deal of politics and vested interests involved…
Get those bird feeders up and enjoy the show
Our tips so the birds – and bird-watchers – get the most out of your feeders…
What happens when capitalism lacks a soul?
Corporations have created a structure that’s unsustainable on political, economic, environmental and even spiritual levels…
Mazda3 Turbo is a good car gone bad
For 2021, Mazda has built in so many nanny features that it renders the car almost undriveable – or, at the very least, a pain in the butt…
In crisis, radicalism works against balance and progress
Far-left activists and politicians are recruiting and radicalizing in the same way far-right groups did back in the 2008 crash…
Feel out of control? Try naming your year
Being rooted and attentive to a guiding motto, principal or goal can keep us from being distracted…
The new pandemic-induced pet food economy
The pet economy represents tremendous growth potential for the food service industry. Pets are already influencing the market…
Google’s leverage raises serious antitrust allegations
As the world’s favoured search engine, dominant email service and most popular video provider, Google has immense power over public opinion…
The tricky – and often absurd – business of trading with the EU
Since Canada established its agreement with the EU, the EU's nonsensical barriers have stood in the way of businesses trading internationally…
The congested logic behind congestion taxes
Vancouver is considering a tax on vehicles entering the downtown. It may well reduce pollution, but at what cost?…
Why can’t Trudeau grasp what ‘conflict of interest’ means?
If he can’t figure out that his family’s involvement with the WE Charity was a conflict of interest, then he really does have an ethical blind spot…
Alberta’s politicians need to take a pay cut
Our politicians are asking Albertans to make massive sacrifices, but most don’t seem willing to make the same sacrifice…
Despite the alarmism, Covid-19 is not the Black Death
Instead of focusing on a problem concentrated in our long-term care facilities, politicians have closed vast swaths of our economy…
The government is not our mom
The ruinously expensive spring lockdown just delayed the inevitable, yet leaders are ‘locked’ into a lockdown model that does more harm than good…
Freer cross-Canada trade will most benefit Atlantic provinces
A number of restrictions inhibit labour mobility, as well as the free trade of goods and services. And trade barriers add regulatory burdens on businesses…
