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What is happening in Ukraine is a nightmare of imperial ambitions

Canadians are often portrayed as polite, decent, unassuming, and hard to anger. That characterization is especially apparent compared to our brash noisy neighbours to the south. It was therefore not surprising that the occupation of large sections of our national capital, and the very unneighbourly honking of horns at all hours, was met with widespread disapproval by most Canadians. Angus Reid Institute pointed out that three quarters of Canadians just wanted the protesters to go home.

Scrolling through my social media feed last week, I came across a clip of Pierre Elliott Trudeau being interviewed during the FLQ crisis in 1970. When CBC interviewer Tim Ralfe confronted the Prime Minister about putting troops on the streets of Quebec to deal with the threat, Trudeau shrugged and said, “Yeah, well there’s a lot of bleeding hearts around who just don’t like to see people with helmets and guns.

An ad from 1969 described a vehicle navigation system

The wildfires of 2017 no doubt had a major influence on a wide variety of animals. In our neighbourhood it was with the black bears which had normally been a concern in the fall when we had to make sure we picked our fruit trees before the middle of August.

Canada’s largest land conservation organization says there has never been a more important time for nature conservation

When the torch is lit in Beijing National Stadium February 4, marking the start of the 24th Olympic Winter Games, the host nation’s motto “Together for a shared future” may be sorely tested.

Liberals promised to rework online harms legislation within 100 days of Parliament’s Nov. 22 return

Six per cent of men and 13 per cent of women suffer from anxiety

‘I have learned the difference between fear and hope is focus’