Guns and Crime: Fact Versus Fiction
Once again, the firearms debate is making headlines. The reason for this is simple: when the Liberals need to change the narrative on their failures…
Kurek: Looking Back at 2022
As we look forward to 2023 and back on 2022, I wanted to take this opportunity to discuss some of the important developments that impacted Parliament…
Trudeau bingeing on alcohol tax hikes in 2023
With sky-high inflation, climbing interest rates and carbon tax hikes, you could be forgiven for drinking.
Pop 89: The Mystery of In-Between
I just finished reading “Thin Places” by Jordan Kisner. Subtitled “Essays from In-Between,” it’s a fitting read as we transit into the new year.
Check It Out: Think, learn and express in 2023
The question was posed as to what is the worst thing about censorship. The amusing response was that no one is allowed to answer the question for fear of getting censored.
Pop 89: The Twinkle Zone
Some of us are old enough to remember the tv series The Twilight Zone. I can still hear Rod Serling give his clenched-jawed introduction…
Check It Out: The best gifts aren’t under the tree
The man’s wife said she’d be happy with any gift with lots of diamonds in it, so he wrapped up a pack of playing cards.
Growing Through Grief: Presence and Moments
The more I walk this path the more I realize this life is really about surrendering control, letting go and just spreading love.
Hope and Perspective During the Holidays
The story of Jesus’s birth reminds us of the hope, peace, and joy which can restore our faith amid even the most difficult of circumstances.
Pop 89: Surrender to Wonder
Mid-struggle to stay cheery, I look up from my computer, and lo and behold, the snow is glittering. The cause of this glimmering grace is both moon and sun.
Check It Out: Contradictions in Canada
Two kids were arguing. The girl accused the boy of throwing something at her. “I didn’t do it! I never threw that! You can’t prove I threw it,” the boy yelled back.
Kurek: Community and the Christmas Season
It’s December, and Christmas is around the corner. I want to highlight some important points about this time of year and the joy it brings to you…
Pop 89: It Starts In the Language
My friend Page emailed me the other day to point out the misuse of a word in a recent column. I just wish you’d let me edit it before it went to print, he said.
Check It Out: Does the truth set you free?
Although many people are looking for truth, it’s been said a mother who is concerned about her child does better research than the FBI.
Pop 89: The Bard in Your Back Yard
In 2010 the Grammys decided to do away with the Polka category. “They can’t do that!” I complained to Carole, my producer, “Canadians clean up in that category!”
Check It Out: When Bill C-7 becomes personal
A teacher asked her students to use the word “beans” in a sentence. One girl said, “My father grows beans.” A boy said, “My mother cooks beans.
Growing Through Grief: Love, Loss and the Holidays
Christmas has always been important to me. I love the magical feeling of the Christmas season and the way Christmas music sings to my soul.
Pop 89: Just Blew In
Everyone has a history. Everything has a history. Even “history has a history” - as Marilynne Robinson writes in one of her essays.
Check It Out: Canary in a coal mine
The cartoon pictured two caged canaries in a coal mine. One canary said to the other, “If you really want to mess them up, lay down and have a nap.”
Canada is Broken. It’s the Conservatives Who Will Fix It.
At every turn, the Liberals find a way to pit Canadians against each other and have stopped at nothing to do so at the great expense of our democracy…