Articles by Bill McQuarrie

I HAD AN INTERESTING but let’s say weird line of thought the other day.  It was about eunuchs and I think most would agree it was an odd thought, given the subject matter. [Continue]

  HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU HEARD or maybe even used the excuse that begins with, “Sorry I’m late but I’ve just been so busy”?  It is today’s most overused excuse [Continue]

FOR THE PAST DECADE, the City’s approach to economic development seemed focussed on the Ajax mine. There was talk of economic diversification, usually about high-tech but [Continue]

ALMOST EVERY WEEK I read a comment or have someone tell me how disappointed he or she is with a particular councillor or two. And by way of explanation they say something [Continue]

The August heat has settled in and temperatures in the high 30’s are the norm for the next several weeks. Summer vacations are still happening but you can already see a [Continue]

BEFORE WRITING this week’s column, I asked the mayor along with our eight City councillors if they could provide some perspective on a rather sensitive and fractious issue [Continue]

AS A RESULT of the Trump debacle at last weekend’s G7 meeting, I have a number of questions and concerns and the first one is a bit like the “Where’s Waldo” game. [Continue]

I’M GOING TO TAKE ON a subject this week that, for an opinion writer, is fraught with peril and affords an even higher degree of risk when said writer is male, white [Continue]