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POLITICS – Big threats to personal privacy in the era of big data

November 17, 2017 // 1 Comment

By ALLAN BONNER Troy Media and BRENNEN SCHMIDT ALEUS Technology Group IN THE DAYS before computers, politicians still had a way to determine how much help they’d give you. [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – My beef with Canada’s new food guide

November 16, 2017 // 2 Comments

CANADA’S NEW food guide is being influenced by agencies whose chief focus is the consumption of their products, not our health. Food industries and a branch of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Growing marijuana is one thing, selling it is something else

November 16, 2017 // 1 Comment

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AMONG THE many questions still to be answered on how best to deal with the legalization of recreational marijuana is — [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What if our own leaders were as candid as Rodrigo Duterte?

November 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HAVE YOU ever been to a meeting and later heard someone else who was there describe what happened, and wonder whether you [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Portugal no rogue state of hippie drug enthusiasts

November 14, 2017 // 1 Comment

LAST WEEK’S column on our failed policies of criminalization and enforcement on drug use, generated a large number of comments with opinions ranging from: “Build [Continue]

EDITORIAL – No, Coun. Denis Walsh has not gone stark, raving mad on parking

November 14, 2017 // 10 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. POLITICS is an interesting business — one day you’re a hero, the next you’re a bum. If Coun. Denis Walsh didn’t [Continue]