Archive for October, 2006

Hey, Canada, we’re rich. Now what?

Thursday, October 26th, 2006 Posted in Economy | 1 Comment »

Finding itself awash in billions of dollars it neither expected nor wanted, the Harper government now faces the only test of leadership that actually counts in federal politics: How, exactly, ... Read more..

Why some dogs should never hunt

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006 Posted in Politics | 3 Comments »

One of the few axioms of political journalism is that a story always strengthens in direct proportion to the number of gags headline writers successfully wring from it. So it is ... Read more..

Is there new hope for high tech in New Brunswick?

Thursday, October 19th, 2006 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

Is New Brunswick’s ICT sector heading back to the future? The answer is a resounding yes if the ebullient and optimistic Gerry Pond has anything to say about the unfolding ... Read more..

When smart people say dumb things

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

In a performance worthy of bickering chess club nerds, Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae accomplished the nearly impossible feat of handing Prime Minister Stephen Harper his first win in a ... Read more..

Seeing Atlantica

Saturday, October 14th, 2006 Posted in Atlantica | No Comments »

Peering down from 200 kilometres above the earth, Atlantica emerges only at night when darkness defines its boundaries more clearly than daylight ever could. From this satellite vantage, North America is ... Read more..

Major Drilling’s global reach is an award winner

Thursday, October 12th, 2006 Posted in Business | No Comments »

It’s never been quite clear to me how awards ceremonies advance the causes they purportedly embrace. Does a rotary club’s Man of the Year, for example, actually inspire others to ... Read more..

Broken arrow: a cautionary tale of Canadian innovation

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006 Posted in Business, Economy | 1 Comment »

On a heartbreakingly glorious Thanksgiving Sunday, outside the Toronto Aerospace Museum, more than 2,000 people thronged to glimpse an artifact of Canadian aviation history, glittering in the sun. In its day, ... Read more..

Gardening in the days of living dangerously

Sunday, October 1st, 2006 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

On Saturday morning I poured myself a bowl of bran and cracked open the first of two daily papers I pay a small fortune to have whacked, like dead flounders, ... Read more..