In these worrisome time, let's say a HUGE "Thank You" to: Cheerful and polite grocery and drug store workers, especially to the young lady (the one wearing the hijab) who sprayed and wiped down the counter before checking me out; The warehouse workers and truck drivers who are working around the clock to refill the … Continue reading Thank you! →

There's an interesting article by Murray Brewster on the CBC News website; he reports that "Canada's defence department does not feel bound by the Privacy Act when conducting overseas military intelligence operations involving Canadian citizens, a parliamentary committee has found ... [and] ... That revelation was disturbing enough for the National Security and Intelligence Committee of … Continue reading Interesting dilemma →

... on 6 February 1943, Her Majesty's Canadian Ship Louisburg, a little (less than 1,000 tonnes) flower class corvette, pennant number K-143, was sunk just off the coast of Algeria, near Oran. She was escorting a convoy, which had formed up in British waters and which included many troopships with soldiers and equipment destined, eventually, … Continue reading 77 years ago … →

... to learn of the death of the Honourable John Crosbie. He was a fiery, funny, feisty and firmly committed Tory politician of a school that, sadly no longer seems to exist: He was a great and proud Newfoundlander and an ever greater Canadian. We shall not see his like again, I fear.