Occasionally, we do the right thing in northern Ontario. We focus on the right stuff, stay with it, attract broad-based support, stop competing with one another long enough to get...

 It was greatly anticipated, widely commented on, had our attention for a few days, and then receded back into the ether as quickly as it arrived. I’m speaking about something...

When I was 11 or 12 and living in Toronto, I acquired a tiny crystal radio set which could keep me entertained for hours, mostly under the covers at night...

There is a term which more or less began with Karl Marx and his Communist Manifesto, and went on to be popularized by Joseph Schumpeter, an Austrian-American economist of some...

Unless you have been on holiday in the Himalayas without access to a cell phone, newspapers, computers, or television and radio signals, you have learned about the appalling living conditions...

I’m in Halifax. It is Nov. 11. The rain is pelting down from the aftermath of yet another tropical storm making its way up the coast. The wind is blowing...

I think I’m part of the one per cent. You know the one per cent they are talking about on the streets of New York, London, Toronto, Rome, etc. I...

I have no idea how many elections I’ve observed, but it is fair to say in three score and a few years, I’ve seen enough to fill a bread box....

I happened to be in London, England a few weeks ago when the Murdoch scandal was just getting underway. It was quite fun to pick up a couple of newspapers...

If you know me, what follows would be the equivalent of me becoming a born again Christian. This is unlikely, as I am a once-born Unitarian, which is to say,...

As you read this, it is quite possible Stephen Harper is tucking himself into a nice big comfy loveseat in the corner at 24 Sussex Drive with an apple fritter...

It's impossible to watch Egypt demonstrating, Tunisia cleaning house, Saudi Arabia desperately bribing, Jordan firing cabinet ministers, Algeria shooting citizens in the streets, and Muammar Gaddafi bombing his own people...

There were days when Jim Grassby was insufferable. I mean, you would arrive for your Sunday morning gabfests that would include anywhere from three to 10 other keeners, and he...

I sat down with some financial investors last week to talk about succession planning. Not mine, theirs. Their plan is to buy SMEs (small and medium enterprises) owned by baby...

As I write, I am on the West Coast, and the political conversation is about Gordon Campbell, the current and retiring premier of British Columbia. Mr. Campbell has run the...

John Rodriguez has served his city and his country well. We owe him a debt of gratitude for his public service. His time as mayor, frankly, is a small part...

If you run a business publication in northern Ontario, you are never far from the politics of resources. We are always either discovering something new (say, the Ring of Fire)...

 Sometimes I frighten my wife. “All I need is a stereo, sufficient cash flow for a steady stream of Kraft Dinner, a bike and a one-room apartment the size of...

Long strikes get forgotten everywhere except where they happen. Sometimes they get forgotten before they are over. The United Steelworker/Vale Inco fight to the finish this year had many twists...

Some of you might remember Eleanor Clitheroe. Her 15 minutes of fame came in the early years of this century. She was the CEO of Hydro One, our beloved provider...