Reading Time: 3 minutes And where else do citizens turn for financial support for the local football team or the children’s hospital when the governments turn them down?
Month: December 2016
Spark ’em up, but with our eyes wide open
Reading Time: 3 minutes As we move inexorably toward legalizing marijuana, it’s vital for the federal task force to put science ahead of politics
China ready to test Trump’s resolve
Reading Time: 4 minutes Beijing has a long history of provoking incoming U.S. administrations to see how they will respond to aggressive Chinese actions
Charitable giving in Canada hits a 10-year low
Reading Time: 3 minutes At the same time, fewer Canadians are volunteering their time – and it all means that vital charitable groups are struggling
Park your iPhone and disrupt the disruptors
Reading Time: 4 minutes It is time to push back against the bloody algorithms created by techies in Silicon Valley or a village of hackers in Macedonia
Oh, the Joy of finding skeletons in Trump’s closet
Reading Time: 4 minutes American comedian, writer and actress Joy Behar is a one-woman PSA for a fascist under every bed
Alberta turns away from economic freedom
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government is ushering in policy changes that endanger the engine that has produced growth, job creation and prosperity
When Ontario public schools aren’t public enough
Reading Time: 3 minutes Increasingly, parents are looking past public schools for their children’s education – but Ontario’s legislation puts up financial roadblocks
The complicated secret life of Charles Lindbergh
Reading Time: 3 minutes Aviation hero, outcast, tragic victim and serial philanderer – an American icon’s strange and storied tale
There is power in faith to change lives
Reading Time: 3 minutes Spirituality is part of human existence: we all have goodness within us, it’s liberating to forgive and there’s joy in love and service