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The news media, over the past several weeks, has been filled with stories, speculations, comments and analysis with either the Canadian Senate or Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto in the starring role. Perhaps they find it interesting, but for most of us it reached a point where any further reference to Rob Ford or the disgraced Senators creates nausea. Rob Ford may be an addict who needs help and somewhat of a foulmouthed individual. On the plus side, his administration has made positive gains for...

It took an alligator to remind me of a fallibility most of us have, myself included. I recently walked into the room where the television lives and witnessed a couple of guys giving a fair-sized alligator a bad time. One was near the head and the other was close to the tail. They would take turns darting in and rapping on the alligator causing it to thrash about in an attempt to defend itself. My immediate thought was that they were a couple of silly rednecks showing off. Unfortunately I...

The thought of war frightens all of us. Those who march off to that terrible experience most often return scarred, in both body and mind, if they return at all. A world free of armed conflict is a dream we can all espouse. But, as long as there are power seekers, political and religious fanatic, bullies and their like, brutal conflict will be with us. When our freedom is threatened we call upon our citizens to step forward and defend us. Most of them are the healthiest and brightest amongst...

City council has accepted the recommendation of administration to let a bit more snow accumulate before clearing our streets. That is one policy we can put on the plus list. We “save” money, which is always good news to the overburdened taxpayer. Keep in mind city administration has plans to spend the savings. We, the poor taxpayer, don’t get a single dime of savings from this change in policy. Are you surprised? Those who have been living in the city got for a long time may remember the...

Here they come and there is not a thing we can do about it. For the next four weeks we will be infested with politicians.

Are women in society slacking off on their quest for equality with men?

In the run-up to the provincial election we will have the usual mudslinging goings on.

The city council meeting on March 4 will give all of us a clear indication of the type of council we have.

This is the last session prior to the provincial elections, it will be more about scoring points than anything else.

The ever-growing use of digital technology has brought us a lot of wonderful and useful convenience to our lives.