April 1, 2010 RSS feed / Columns

‘Canada really doesn’t believe in free speech’

National Affairs

In the same way that it’s usually best to think before you speak, editorial letter writers should re-read before they send. Take a letter published this week in the National Post from reader Abubakar N. Kasim for example. More...

Budget may give McGuinty a lasting nickname

Queen’s Park

Dalton McGuinty will spend much of his future as premier cutting costs and this may be what he will be remembered for and even give him a nickname that will stick. More...

Give me Paris, any season!

With Your Permission

Throughout my life, one of my greatest pleasures has been to travel without a schedule through Europe, Asia, Africa, Canada (so far). More...

Playing a part in the Passion

Angles ’n’ Attitudes

An aprocryphal story tells of Jesus appearing to his disciples after the crucifixion. He says, “I was wrong; there is no God”. One of them replies, “Teacher, we have seen in you all we ever thought God to be. More...

Farming: A Forester’s views

From the Global Classroom

The dominant global system of agriculture is “conventional”, defined in State of the World 2010, as “mechanization, monocultures, the use of synthetic, chemical fertilizers and pesticides and an emphasis on maximizing productivity a More...

Special trains left Toronto and Kingston for Northwest Rebellion

Dipping Into the Past

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 2, 1885 More...