November 28, 2018

In 1984, the Irish Republican Army tried to kill British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with a bomb. They did not succeed, but they did send a message. “You have to be ...

November 21, 2018

Twenty-five years ago, a cop beat on me. Why? I was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and it’s all the Blue Jays’ fault, and the team’s home, SkyDome. That year, 1993...

November 14, 2018

Few things are more concerning in business than the possible impact of something new and unknown. And that is exactly what the agriculture sector is facing as the ...

November 7, 2018

So the Cannabis Act came into force on October 18. Depending upon where you live in Canada the reaction has been quite different. In British Columbia the potential for ...

October 24, 2018

The other day I visited a long-time friend of mine, and together we lamented the state of political discourse today. Steve and I have known each other since somewhere ...

October 23, 2018

I saw one of my high school teachers in Regina a while back who told me that he reads my columns with great interest. He is still not sure how I ever became a law ...

October 17, 2018

We have a trade deal and here in Saskatchewan that is a very big deal. Our livelihoods depend on trade. And that especially applies to trade with the United States, ...

October 10, 2018

It is common these days to find news outlets that run features under headlines like: “A look at what didn’t happen this week.” Journalism never used to worry about what ...

October 3, 2018

Recently I was doing some net surfing to pass the time, and ended up visiting a number of sites related to the hobby of keeping pigeons. While city dwellers may look at ...

October 2, 2018

A few weeks ago, the World Health Organizationexpressed great concern over the low rates of childhood immunization observed in some European countries. Research by medical ...

September 26, 2018

It’s not exactly fair to say politicians have the wrong priorities. Politicians’ priorities are generally focused on what the people need. However, they tend to be a ...