I’m going about my business getting groceries at the local supermarket when the elevator music playing overhead changes to a song I never really liked but triggers happy memories today. It’s one of the favourite songs of a lovely lady I dated many years ago. I couldn’t…
In an email today from Mayor Bob Bratina’s Chief of Staff Peggy Chapman, the Mayor announced his traditional New Year’s Levee will coincide with New Year’s Day on the Julian Calendar used by the Orthodox faith – January 14th on the Gregorian calendar we use to mark time.…
Is the golden age of tech blogging over? Is the golden age of blogging over? Jeremiah Owyang’s blog post End of an Era: The Golden Age of Tech Blogging is Over [http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2011/12/27/end-of-an-era-the-golden-age-of-tech-blogging-is-over/] is a good read as it provides both sides…
Dr. Ilene Busch-Vishniac, a U.S.-trained mechanical engineer, is scheduled to take the helm [http://news.usask.ca/2011/12/19/university-of-saskatchewan-announces-ilene-busch-vishniac-as-ninth-president/] of the University of Saskatchewan as the institution’s ninth president on July 1, 2012. Having seen Dr. Busch-Vishniac’s work at McMaster University first hand and…
Dr. Ilene Busch-Vishniac, a U.S.-trained mechanical engineer, is scheduled to take the helm [http://news.usask.ca/2011/12/19/university-of-saskatchewan-announces-ilene-busch-vishniac-as-ninth-president/] of the University of Saskatchewan as the institution’s ninth president on July 1, 2012. Having seen Dr. Busch-Vishniac’s work at McMaster University first hand and…
An interesting read about what is to become a political footnote: Everett, Massachusetts is moving to a unicameral system of municipal governance, marking the end of a governance structure popular during the colonial era of the American colonies.…
During my time in residence at the University of Manitoba, I discovered how much my friends on the Prairies looked to their American neighbours more than Ontario as their closest friends. Mall of America was the place to go for a weekend trip, not Thunder Bay or anywhere in Ontario.…
During my time in residence at the University of Manitoba, I discovered how much my friends on the Prairies looked to their American neighbours more than Ontario as their closest friends. Mall of America was the place to go for a weekend trip, not Thunder Bay or anywhere in Ontario.…