An American female celebrity breezed into town last week, here to hawk her latest product, accompanied by her equally famous rapper beau-of-the-moment. >From the remarks on Twitter that their visit generated, one would think th
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In this old world we are faced with many conundrums yet, in spite of that reality, or more likely because of it, we like our dichotomies.   We have a federal government that has made a point of its law-and-order stance;
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By PAT WATSON   Quebec’s university students have been on ‘strike’ for the past 11 weeks and they do not appear intent on returning to class anytime soon. They are protesting over tuition increase
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By PAT WATSON The leaders of Canada and the U.S. have stepped away from a more enlightened approach on illegal drugs, holding instead to failed policies that have criminalized millions and caused drug wars throughout the Americ
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By PAT WATSON Something happened in Florida after the February 26 shooting death of 17-year-old African American Trayvon Martin that then spread across America. Or maybe something has been happening in America
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By PAT WATSON Whitney Houston. Whitney. The name alone evokes so much emotion for so many. Going forward, Black History Month will have additional resonance for many since it was on February 11 that the gifted
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By PAT WATSON After all the shenanigans we have been witness to in the past weeks regarding public transit construction, members of Toronto City Council must have breathed a sigh of relief with the minority Lib
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By PAT WATSON It says something about the late, much admired Jack Layton, sixth leader of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP), that it would take the election of two persons to replace him.   &nbs
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By PAT WATSON So many of the answers to life’s health concerns come in the form of a pill these days that it’s beginning to look like we can find a cure for everything just by popping the right pill. Maybe
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By PAT WATSON Here is why we must uphold the march forward for equality for women: One hundred and fifty-eight Canadian soldiers died in combat in Afghanistan and that includes women soldiers, yet only two days
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