Of the two by-elections held in Ontario last week, the outcome that made the headlines was the one in Kitchener-Waterloo that resulted in the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) gaining the seat with the win by Catherine Fife. &
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You’ve seen them trundling off to school with all the excitement only one newly arriving into the education system can generate, their backpacks almost the same size as their tiny selves. They are the third wave of four- and fiv
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It is indeed unfortunate that it had to take ‘the worst mass shooting in Toronto’s history’ to get provincial politicians seriously focused enough to take action on a report on how to stem such violence – a report that had
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At a time when educators are working hard to get the message out to school children that bullying is unacceptable, Dalton McGuinty, our ‘education premier’, is using bully tactics to bring teachers’ unions across the provinc
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Salaries are always a touchy subject, so in today’s culture only a braggart would tell you what he earns. But when one holds public office one’s salary is a matter of public interest and is available for public scrutiny. As su
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The Ontario Liberals seem to be gambling on turning their minority government into a majority with upcoming by-elections. Or maybe they are just going to call a fall general election.     Up until a few days ago
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Hundreds of volunteer hours, tens of thousands of dollars in personal spending, astounding creativity and pure heart and soul are about to take centre stage in the 45th annual presentation of the Caribbean Canadian gift that keeps
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Whatever it was that Mayor Rob Ford sought to do in the aftermath of the tragic shooting incident in Scarborough, it fell short of the kind of direction and clarity we expect from civic leaders during times of crisis. We don’t n
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Two young people with their whole lives ahead of them – and a lot of potential – were murdered earlier this week because they were in the wrong place at the wrong…     No, hell no. They were in the right p
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Before going on summer break, the federal Conservatives pushed through their first budget as a majority government which they claim is designed to lower the deficit – which stood at about $23.5 billion for the 2011-12 fiscal yea
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