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The recent January figures provided by Russia’s own department of finance is that Revenues are down by 40% and Expenses are up five times. This is before Price... more
February 9, 2023
I had a happy childhood but that doesn’t mean I had a childhood that would suit another child. Today for the middle-class children, summers are for camps,... more
By
Clive
Doucet
February 5, 2023
Canada’s export of live horses to slaughterhouses in Japan is a national shame, and an update on a recent flight reveals unlawful transport conditions,... more
February 2, 2023
Cape Breton is wild country and the wildest part is northwest Inverness where great south-east storms roll down from the mountains then sweep across the... more
By
Clive
Doucet
January 28, 2023
There’s no greater grace than to be where you are supposed to be and know it. I lived in that graceful place for eight years. Of all the jobs I’ve ever had,... more
By
Clive
Doucet
January 26, 2023
The first difficult issue that came at me after my election was similar to the Aberdeen, but much smaller beer. The City of Ottawa had decided it would like ‘... more
By
Clive
Doucet
January 26, 2023
By
Peter
Biro
January 20, 2023
First, I would like to congratulate the incumbent, and all incumbents who won... It's nice to win anything.
Why did no one show up for the All-Candidates... more
January 19, 2023
The Ottawa River is one of the largest, grandest rivers on the entire planet. When you look down at the earth from 20,000 feet, you can’t see Parliament Hill... more
By
Clive
Doucet
January 16, 2023
As everyone knows this LRT Project is a massive unfinished and troublesome file; some people would say it is a mess. So, in limited time and space I only... more
January 11, 2023
I had the good fortune to see the ground breaking documentary film “Love in the Time of Revolution” before Christmas in Toronto at the Royal Theatre in Little... more
January 10, 2023
When I first ran for city politics, I ran because of the six-lane, Bronson Expressway which the city was planning to ram though our old neighbourhood from... more
By
Clive
Doucet
January 6, 2023
Sounds of desperation rung out from the Kremlin earlier this month with Vladimir Putin’s cry for peace negotiations on the war in Ukraine as it became public... more
December 31, 2022
A new Draft Convention on Biological Diversity (see below) was released December 18th, with officials praising the spirit of compromise. This is certainly true... more
By
Meg
Sears
December 18, 2022
John Lorinc recently won the mouthwatering $60,000 Balsillie Prize for his book on cities. This prize is for books that are deemed to be important enough to... more
By
Clive
Doucet
December 9, 2022