Old Vehicles Equal Old Problems
The Joy of Vehicle Ownership Like many people, we own an older vehicle as we don’t want the payments and maintenance schedules that come with owning a new vehicle. No worries about having to make appointments for oil changes and doing things like changing the brake fluid at 24,000 kilometres. However, unlike new vehicles, you […]
Ontario Minimum Wage Increase Not Going Over Well
Ontario Raises Minimum Wage It’s been a little over a week since the new minimum wage increases took effect in Ontario. The governing Liberal party decided some time ago that it would raise the minimum wage in the province to $15 an hour and that this increase would be raised in increments and be fully […]
RIP Kenny Shields
A Rock Icon Passes On I know that it’s been some time since his passing, but I was saddened when I learned that Kenny Shields had passed away last July. For those that don’t know who Kenny Shields is, he was the singer for the Canadian rock band Streetheart. There are some who say that […]
Political Perks
Just a Christmas Break Late last month it was reported that the Christmas vacation Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family took to Aga Khan’s personal island in the Bahamas violated ethics rules. I recall hearing about this trip shortly after it occurred and was wondering at the time how it could not have been […]
It’s A Canadian Winter
Damn It’s Cold Out There! No doubt the reference to the cold weather is something most Canadians have heard frequently over the last week or so. Once again, this winter we are hearing the term “polar vortex” and it’s a term that many are still confused by and wonder what exactly does that mean other […]
Happy New Year!
Welcome 2018 First and foremost, I want to wish everyone a happy New Year and may you all have health and happiness in 2018. As I mentioned yesterday, 2017 wasn’t the best of years for us and I for one am glad that it’s over. I had many plans for 2017 and was hoping it […]
Good-Bye 2017
So what did 2017 have to offer? Not much. It’s been a somewhat tough year with my wife’s mother passing away in February, which made the next few months rather tough. I was hoping to get several websites up and running, but that didn’t materialize, and I only managed to get a few posts […]
The Canadian Opioid Crisis
Under Siege As most are aware, many cities in Canada are undergoing dramatic increases in opioid related deaths. Hardly a day passes by where we don’t hear about someone overdosing from opioids. The deaths are not the result of just street drugs such as heroin, but most often from drugs which are prescribed by doctors. […]
This Hurricane Season Hits with a Vengeance
Hurricane Harvey Slams into Texas We are now in the second week of September and already have seen the wrath of two hurricanes this month with a third that is not far behind. It looks like this current hurricane named Irma is going to be much deadlier than the last one that had the friendly […]