Look Out For These 7 Toxins You Consume Every Day
Toxins are all around us. Whether it's the car fumes you inhale, the frozen dinner you eat, or the negative thoughts you have at work, toxins are everywhere. Note: to some degree, everything can be...
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Minister Goodale: Immigrant Detainees Are Running Out Of Time
Over 50 black and brown men have been on a hunger strike since July 11 protesting their inhumane separation from their families. The hunger strikers have three simple demands: (1) to meet with Minister...
View ArticleChristy Clark's Economy Is Built On The B.C. Housing Crisis
What is looking like the most important issue in British Columbia right now is that of the housing market. We're in a crisis and it's having a wide array of effects. Rising prices of single-family...
View ArticleMelania Trump Is What A Stepford Wife Looks Like In 2016
Much of the discussion on the Republic National Convention (RNC) has been focused on words. Melania Trump was caught in the word whirlwind when charges of plagiarism dominated the media early in the...
View ArticleYour Modern-Day Diet Is Robbing You Of Calcium And Healthy Bones
Are you setting yourself up for brittle bones (i.e. premature ageing) without even realizing it? Well, you are if you consume lots of sugar and salt, which tend to interfere with your body's absorption...
View ArticleResilience Is A Circular Bounce
Resilience is a circular bounce. A person returns to the same state of being before an experience. But the person is different. Transformed. What's the first thing you think when you hear "resilience"?...
View ArticleChange Can Be A Renaissance If You Accept It
One of my favourite moments in the TV series The Apprentice (the British version, of course, a.k.a. the original), has three contestants sitting in the back of a black taxi returning from a disastrous...
View ArticleA Checklist To Help You Have A Healthy And Efficient Workday
This is a checklist for myself as much as it's for you. Although much of it applies to everyone, especially those who work at a desk, if you are an entrepreneur and work intensely, you likely need...
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Where Is The Accountability For Ottawa's Communications Spies?
A security camera is seen outside the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) headquarters. Canada's electronic spy agency has been intercepting and analyzing data on up to 15 million file...
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Summer On A Shoestring: 5 Outdoor Staycations In Ontario
If a holiday abroad isn't on the cards for you this summer, don't worry. There are plenty of ways to make your Ontario staycation fun without breaking the bank. From sunbathing on Toronto Islands to...
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5 Canadian Startups That Want You To Share
I had a call earlier today with someone who told me that the sharing economy was not sharing because we charge people for things. Now, this article is just an idea, but it's an idea worth sharing --...
View ArticleYakov M. Rabkin Asks 'What Is Modern Israel?'
This is an interview I conducted with Professor Yakov M. Rabkin of the Université de Montréal, author of the recently published What Is Modern Israel. Professor Rabkin's earlier book on the subject of...
View ArticleHere's Hoping New Canada Child Benefit Will Boost RESPs
The federal government has been having a wee bit of trouble paying its employees lately. Let's hope they have better luck paying Canadian families under the new Canada Child Benefit. The Canada Child...
View ArticleTraditions Unite My Family At The Cottage
A visit to my sister's cottage prompted us to reminisce about cottage traditions. All those things you do, the glue that holds a place together and keeps you coming back year after year. It all started...
View ArticleHomosexuality Is Not A 'Test' From Allah
Not even 7000 years of joy can justify seven days of repression ~ Hafez After Orlando, instead of perpetuating the discourse of obscene tastes, calamitous diseases and protecting children, mainstream...
View ArticleIs Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould Willing To Ask The Hard Questions?
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould writes, "And I challenge the critics that say it cannot be done - those, who on the one hand, say the government is not serious or sincere, and on the other, say...
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5 Thoughtful Ways To Raise Respectful Children
"I gave you a warning two minutes ago. Let's go," she says. He shakes his head, expressing he'd like to stay a little longer, "I'm going to count to three. One, two...." "I'm thirsty. More water?" he...
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When Will They Stop Killing Us?
It was just last month that I found myself in Barbara Hall Park mourning the loss of 50 of my LGBTQ family members in Orlando. The tears I shed then haven't even fully dried up, yet here I am again...
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Millennials Need Pharmaceutical Coverage Too
By Melisa Foster, Global Public Affairs An estimated one in 10 Canadians cannot afford their prescriptions -- that's one in four if uninsured. You may be thinking, I have benefits, why should I care?...
View ArticleHow Canada Should Support Low-carbon Growth Abroad
By Jason Potts At last year's Paris climate change agreement, all countries committed to help adapt to climate change and reduce emissions. Canada's official development assistance (ODA) now needs to...
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