Is Trudeau’s gamble about to backfire?
After six years in power, Canada’s Liberal Party Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, called a snap election on 15th August...
Category: Canada
2020 – lost together in a video and a song
Nothing really sums up 2020 – the sadness, frustration, decency and hope – than CBC’s lock down production of...
30 minutes of Blue Rodeo
Since no one can tour at the moment here, from the House of Strombo, are thirty fabulous black and...
The problems with virus denial
I am not entirely sure why I am bothered by this or why I bothered to write a response....
Why ‘Black Lives Matter’ matters
When I was a teenager my father went to work in Nigeria. I was banished to boarding school in...
Into the waves of my heart……
Sing – a – long. Beauty and heartache in a single song – that is a Canadian anthem. You...
Oh Canada
Toronto was 5C with rain and wind. In mid May. But arriving in Niagara Falls in time for some...
Working for the wires in the analog age
I could not really find a relevant picture – so this is the Reuters Toronto Dragon boat team from...
Blue Rodeo – on the road
Made a few years ago this short film pays tribute to beloved Canadian country rock band Blue Rodeo. They’ve...
Panda versus Snowman
The Guardian goes a little over the top ad describes this as a metaphor for 2016! “The panda, you...