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NATIONAL PULSE – Trudeau took on big problems, but did he make progress?

March 7, 2025 // 2 Comments

Marijuana legalization, social safety net seen as positives; stances on immigration, inflation negatives By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 7, 2025 – Prime Minister Justin [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Columnists don’t see themselves as others see them

March 7, 2025 // 3 Comments

The following column was first published in The Kamloops News on Friday, March 4, 1977. SINCE I WROTE last week’s column I have learned that columnists don’t always turn [Continue]

BEING CANADIAN – The guy with the patriotic video is back, defiant as always

March 6, 2025 // 1 Comment

JOE CANADA is back. His real name is Jeff Douglas, and he works for CBC. And he’s still wearing a flannel shirt. Twenty-five years ago, he was featured in a beer [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – America, the world’s whiny superpower

March 6, 2025 // 1 Comment

AMERICA IS hard done by, according to President Trump. He says Canada has taken advantage of them. “Canada has taken advantage of our country for a long time,” [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Some mayors win their day in court against sanctions

March 6, 2025 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SOME MAYORS are doing well in the court system. Mayors other than Reid Hamer-Jackson, that is, who is putting his hopes and his pocket book [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Carney, Freeland more trusted than Poilievre to handle Trump

March 5, 2025 // 0 Comments

Conservative Party leads in vote intent by three points over Carney-led Liberals By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 5, 2025 – As Canadians get their first taste of U.S. [Continue]