Last Updated: April 30, 2011 12:00am
Not much Fontana can do about Friday Knight patio
The Friday Knight Lights patio is back for another spring.
Last Updated: April 28, 2011 9:11am
Harper's F-35 fighter jet numbers don't add up
The gap between what Prime Minister Stephen Harper says 65 new fighter jets will cost and what almost everyone else seems to believe might explain the gap between voters who like the idea of a Conservative majority and those who don't.
Last Updated: April 26, 2011 5:24pm
Downtown Core Summit: Let city-hall debate begin
When is a 40-year-old building just too old? And when do we accept it as good enough for now?
Last Updated: April 26, 2011 9:25am
Hey, politicians, how about the issues?
As we head into the final week of the campaign, is there still a chance the two main parties will discuss real issues?
Last Updated: April 25, 2011 9:37am
Campaign 2011: You 'do' know Jack, apparently
The penultimate week of the campaign begins today.
Last Updated: April 21, 2011 9:16am
May's Green Party on the fringe for a reason
Elizabeth May of the Green Party made a big noise recently when she was excluded from the French and English leadership debates.
Last Updated: April 20, 2011 8:57am
Taking a stand can prevent bullying in today's society
All of us went to school so all of us can probably remember a bully and the despicable practice of picking on someone is probably as old as time itself.
Last Updated: April 19, 2011 9:09am
Minimum standards needed for candidates
Help Wanted: Sometimes hard-working, maple-sugar pie-eating, baby-kissing candidate for public office.
Last Updated: April 16, 2011 12:00am
Guergis saga continues with independent run
Simcoe-Grey Independent MP Helena Guergis, who was turfed from the Conservative cabinet and caucus last year, has for months made political hay out of her status as the innocent victim of Stephen Harper's ruthlessness.
Last Updated: April 15, 2011 9:15am
UWO should just have fun with Playboy's blessing
What's better, Playboy or some stuffy British newspaper?
Last Updated: April 14, 2011 9:07am
Lower corporate tax rates are an economic winner
For a dry topic, corporate tax rates managed to capture a fair share of screen time in Tuesday's leaders' debate.
Last Updated: April 14, 2011 9:02am
Campaign platforms just political wishful thinking
Contrary to popular opinion, campaign platforms are not promises cast in anything resembling stone.
Last Updated: April 12, 2011 9:07am
Great Canadian debate: Hockey or politics?
Who says our political leaders are out of touch with the public?
Last Updated: April 9, 2011 12:00am
The ‘decency quotient’ finds leaders lacking
There's an odd malaise infecting the federal election campaign.
Last Updated: April 5, 2011 9:24am
It's time for Stephen Harper to open up to media, voters
Circumstances have not been kind to Stephen Harper or his government over the last several months.
Last Updated: April 4, 2011 9:15am
Ending political subsidies won't clean up system
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper's drive to cut taxpayer subsidies to political parties is a gut-feeling tactic that voters will like.
Last Updated: March 31, 2011 9:11am
Canadians to Harper: Show up at royal wedding
Who could have guessed?
Last Updated: March 30, 2011 9:24am
Federal Tories left Diamond to swing in the breeze
The layoff of 213 workers at London's Diamond Aircraft is not just sad but somewhat confusing news.
Last Updated: March 29, 2011 9:22am
Forget coalition debates and stick to the issues
We have just seen the collapse of a rather raucous and sometimes silly session of Parliament that was often more focused on one-upmanship than it was on informed debate.
Last Updated: March 28, 2011 9:27am
Election is time to demand tougher laws on child sex crimes
Ask any 12 people on the street to name the most heinous, unforgivable crime. A majority will identify the sexual violation of children.
Last Updated: March 29, 2011 2:00am
Hey Quebec, enough already!
Like the spoiled child, Quebec is forever wanting.
Last Updated: March 26, 2011 2:00am
Michael Ignatieff must answer the coalition question
The Coalition of Losers, trademarked now as the mantra for this untimely and unnecessary election, got its first taste of victory through its gangbushing Friday of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority government.
Last Updated: March 25, 2011 8:37am
Online teens don't know the meaning of forever
Texting is a new social problem that isn't going to go away anytime soon, if ever.
Last Updated: March 24, 2011 8:10am
Triggering election could cast opposition as villains
The clucking in Ottawa hasn't stopped since Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tabled his budget Tuesday.
Last Updated: March 23, 2011 7:53am
Jack Layton prices himself out of Tory spending reach
Jack squat?