Archive 1997-2016
By Jamie Irving
It’s not your father’s environmental movement. Conservationists throughout Canada have changed the way they approach environmental activism. But it’s a touchy subject.
Environmentalists don’t want to be seen as backing off, not for a minute. And make no mistake — their cause is still to save the earth.
Frankenfoods. This frightful word immediately conjures images of supernatural produce and grains that have been genetically altered by sinister scientists who want to test their diabolical experiment on unsuspecting consumers.
By Jeremy Sandler
Standing at intersections and off-ramps in cities all around Ontario, squeegee people wait for cars to roll up to their mobile window-washing stands, hoping to get a few cents from the drivers.
It is hardly a surprise that Ontario’s government, led by Premier Mike Harris, targeted squeegee people in the cross-hairs of their safe streets act as part of the “common sense revolution.” They mentioned it during last spring’s provincial election campaign and again in the throne speech opening Ontario’s 37th Parliament on Oct. 21.
Children should be held legally responsible for their own actions.