Reading Time: 3 minutes Hugs would help – real physical ones, from family and friends we can’t visit or get close to. But we’re not there yet, so make someone smile
Month: December 2020
The case for creating informal neighbourhood schools
Reading Time: 4 minutes In the midst of a pandemic, home-schooling is an important option. And tutor-led neighbourhood schools can help fill the curriculum gaps
Three political dramas worth watching
Reading Time: 4 minutes Think of them as a form of therapy, a way of easing back to everyday life while still experiencing the atmospherics of the political arena
Atlantic Canada facing a political vulnerability
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fiscal federalism, the lifeblood of the region’s economy, faces increasing pressure for reform, especially in the post-COVID-19 world
How baby’s first breath triggers life-saving changes in the brain
Reading Time: 3 minutes Discovery may help explain cases of sudden infant death syndrome
The dangers of over-extending yourself
Reading Time: 4 minutes There is good stress and there is bad stress. Can you recognize the difference?
Turn your seasonal business into a year-round money-maker
Reading Time: 4 minutes Seasonal businesses can be derailed by weather, economy, technology, social changes or just down-right bad luck. It’s time to change your fortunes
NDP fortunes on the wane in federal politics
Reading Time: 4 minutes Will it dare move closer to the centre as the responsible left-wing vote in the face of a Liberal party bent on cracking the trillion-dollar debt barrier?
Focus on getting aid to families in need
Reading Time: 3 minutes Federal government shows no interest in properly targeting assistance, despite growing deficits that will be paid by future generations
Federal Clean Fuel Standard is all smoke and mirrors
Reading Time: 4 minutes As proposed, the CFS will do little to reduce GHG emissions, will hike the cost of energy and undermine Canadian energy security