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All smoke, no mirrors

All smoke, no mirrors

Let's see if I have this right. Vaunted Canadian carbon merchant Harpo Polo sets off on a trade mission to China and returns with billions of dollars in agreements and a pair of Giant Pandas in hand.
Owed to a duplex

Owed to a duplex

After 25 years of working to daily deadlines for newspapers, magazines and anyone else who'd pay me to tell stories, I knew that writer's block was simply something that never happened to me. Never. Well, I got it and I didn't like it.
Men are as beastly as women ever imagined, and other romance-obliterating observations

Men are as beastly as women ever imagined, and other romance-obliterating observations

I was standing at the urinal when a gentleman sidles up two stalls over.It was that time of night where people start swaying from the booze and he seemed to be wading through some very difficult waters.
Off-piste is on in Japan

Off-piste is on in Japan

There's a reason it's called backcountry. And though that's mostly to differentiate it from frontcountry — the otherwise nameless, road-bound zone where most of us congregate — the term also connotes at least some promise of wilderness.
Which Canada does the world see?

Which Canada does the world see?

Canada's justice minister swooped in last week to contradict his own lawyers with the news that the government believed all same-sex marriages conducted since 2003 were legal, whether the spouses were Canadian or not.
Save the planet one compost bucket at a time

Save the planet one compost bucket at a time

It can cause bad smells and look disgusting but it is a habit ingrained in me from childhood. I have been collecting food waste for a long time, almost all my life.
A recovery in 2012?

A recovery in 2012?

In June, it will be five years since the beginning of the Wall Street-bred financial crisis that triggered the worst global recession since the Great Depression.
Food for thought

Food for thought

Some disturbing statistics: charitable donations in Canada dropped by $1 billion between 2007-2009, and have sunk further since; 61 per cent of us agree that food charities are in need, yet food bank donations have declined countrywide; conversely, u
Kill your Christmastime loneliness

Kill your Christmastime loneliness

Christmas is here. Have you been touched by the holiday spirit yet? I certainly have although...well, Christmas is always such a sure thing. There's absolutely nothing whimsical about the holidays anymore. No surprises and no variation.
The Weebums of Whistler

The Weebums of Whistler

There was small town at the base of a hill Where the Weebums of Whistler were wishing for chill A thick blanket of snow to warm all their hearts For a fresh fall, some fresh tracks, for the season to start.