I am admittedly a television junkie. I like to watch just about everything, except soap operas. They, I do declare, have a profound effect on the opposite sex’s opinion of life in general, at least in the early afternoon. When […]

The wind swirled the newspapers around in a funnel-shaped cloud of debris in the poor section of Montreal. These newspapers work as good insulation if stuffed in the ragged, cast-off summer jackets that can be found at the Sally Ann […]

First, I tuned to the weather network and cackled watching the tons of snow heaping down on the south along with freezing temperatures in the minus-30s, then the rains that washed out the remnants of winter, then watch the weather […]

Some were noticeable and others never made it to the headlines. Looking forward, I see certain things that might just become reality. The past year brought us some flicker of hope for our future, as a new trusteeship was established […]

’Tis that time of the year again, when all spirits should be on the rise in anticipation of Christmas and the holidays. Since I am writing for the Cree, who are mainly Christian, I will stay regionally politically correct and […]

The music turned on everyone in that venue. The audience was comprised of hardline politicians, small business entrepreneurs, mayors and chiefs, not to mention nearly every economic development officer from all the communities. This was the icing on the cake, […]

The discs turned out fairly unscratched sounds and the beat increased to a frenzied rhythm. Some feet were itching to try out the unusual music. Some ears were sensitive to anything different. Whatever the music was, it was new and […]

As the new millennium approached back in 1999, we still told scary stories to the kids, just to keep them in bed and hopefully not too scared to stay awake all night – but just enough to keep them quiet. […]

I recently attended a conference centering on excellence in economics; learning from, teaching to and awarding smart people; winning big one small step at a time, that sort of stuff. All that, condensed into four short days – albeit they […]

Sometimes life’s aggravations seem to intensify at certain points in time, like when you try to buy a vehicle or big-ticket item at a store, dealership or even by mail, and then get rejected. What a bummer… Can’t buy that […]