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FORSETH – Beating the drum of crazed conspiracy theories won’t win

August 26, 2022 // 1 Comment

THIS MORNING in my political email Inbox, came another in what has been hundreds of emails from all of the candidates seeking to become the next leader of the Conservative [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Export of hydrogen to Germany by 2025 is a pipedream

August 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

I ADMIRE GERMANY for doing so much to reduce greenhouse gases. Too bad that the initiative has left them dependent on the import of natural gas — half of it from Russia. [Continue]

PETERS – Nostalgia is powerful but is it enough to sustain a Zellers revival?

August 20, 2022 // 1 Comment

THE NEWS OF THE ZELLERS REVIVAL engendered such an excited response this week, you would think this place was retail utopia. Unique products at rock-bottom prices in a [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – New Russian movie villains won’t look like the old ones

August 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

THE NEW RUSSIAN VILLAINS probably won’t be like the old ones in movies. In the 1950s, Russian villains were seen as alien invaders with superior weapons and mind control in [Continue]

JOHNSON – A story about how I quit smoking after almost 40 years

August 15, 2022 // 2 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON ArmchairMayor.ca Contributor THIS IS A STORY of how I stopped smoking cigarettes. First the disclaimer. I used vaping products. I do not in any way endorse [Continue]

KNOX – We live longer if we read, study says, but does quality matter?

August 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

News item: People who read more than 3½ hours a week lived 23 months longer than those who didn’t read at all, according to a study published in the journal Social Science [Continue]