BUT REPARATIONS, YES! Opinions

BUT REPARATIONS, YES!

Divided we stand, but united we will fall… unless Last September, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron made a state visit to Jamaica and some unfinished business, which probably wasn’t...

Black History Means African History Opinions

Black History Means African History

So as I was winding down, getting ready to settle in for the Christmas break, one of my colleagues called to bring a matter to my attention. Of course,...

CONSUMER AFFAIRS Opinions

CONSUMER AFFAIRS

So how are you managing your shrinking dollar? As the Loonie continues its downward spiral, anyone paying attention to the news is au courant with the sorry state of...

Money and sex and politics… Opinions

Money and sex and politics…

“It’s all about money and sex,” some of my colleagues quickly remind me whenever there’s another sex-oriented story in the news. That has become a tacit truism. There was...

PEACE ON EARTH? Opinions

PEACE ON EARTH?

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Luke 2:14 At this time each year, the old traditional seasonal greeting, “Peace on Earth,...

TAXPAYERS’ LAMENT: GOUGING  IS THE CITY’S PLEASURE Opinions

TAXPAYERS’ LAMENT: GOUGING IS THE CITY’S PLEASURE

What’s in your wallet? So there they were, Mayor Denis Coderre and his right-hand man, Executive Committee President, Pierre Desrochers, both looking glum as they delivered another annual tax...

Roosting colonial chickens are pecking… Opinions

Roosting colonial chickens are pecking…

Like many people these days, my mother is living with Alzheimer’s. But while the memory is no longer what it once was, there are things that still come to...

Concordia’s JMSB reaches out to Community Community News

Concordia’s JMSB reaches out to Community

People Helping People “Canada is a nice place…” That has become the mantra of a gentleman around town who immigrated to Canada decades ago. He was referring to all...

Always good for the bottom line Opinions

Always good for the bottom line

Bad Food and Remembrances… In this competitive consumer market with its abundance of outlets, and weekly delivery of a public sac of places all offering just about everything that...

Is it the dawn of a new political era? Opinions

Is it the dawn of a new political era?

And there we have it. The candidates came, they promised. We listened and most of us voted. Some were elected, others rejected. For those from the victorious party, it’s...