The Root of it All

Thanks to reader CBone for pointing out my error in mistaking the pay-per-use and pay-as-you-go plans.

I'm a truck guy. This is a 1960 Ford F-100 Custom Cab. My grandfather had a truck like the own pictured, although his was solid red.

As Tuesday marks the one hundred forty-first anniversary of confederation – it is, as some refer to it, “Canada’s birthday” – I thought I would take a look at our National Anthem: O Canada! Originally a patriotic poem, "O Canada" was written by Sir A

As regular readers will know, I have taken many opportunities to discuss some of the poorer driving habits I have witnessed in other drivers.

Since moving back to the Sault in late 1993, following the deaths of my parents, I have held fond memories of my time in Southern Ontario, and especially the Hamilton area.

In light of this week’s historic apology to former students of Indian residential schools by Prime Minister Harper on behalf of the Government of Canada and all Canadians, I thought I would post a paper I wrote at Teacher’s College on the vision of C

The temperature in Hamilton, yesterday, peaked at 31° C, with a humidex of 39°C. The City of Hamilton issued a ‘heat alert’ and set up refreshment stations in the downtown core.

Well, as I write this (Saturday, at 8:57) many of my classmates are assembled in the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, 1 Paul Shaffer Drive, waiting for the Convocation Ceremony to begin.

I arrived in Hamilton Saturday night. On Monday I begin a four-week Driving Instructor’s course. Providing I pass, I will soon be helping to shape the minds and habits of beginning drivers in the Sault.

Queen Victoria (b. 24 May 1819, r. 1837 – 1901, d. 22 January 1901). Not only was Victoria Queen when the Dominion of Canada was founded, she was sovereign of the British Empire during the great age of industrial expansion.