Carey Kinsolving — “Let us be thankful for the fools,” wrote Mark Twain. “But for them the rest of us could not succeed.” Is there more to thankfulness than this rather cynical view expressed by one of America’s most beloved ...

Bill Freeman — For decades there has been talk about creating a bike path along Bloor Street, and in August it finally opened to much fanfare in the city. I promised myself that I would go for a ride on ...

Jock Finlayson – Many Canadians are understandably uneasy about the direction the U.S. may take under new leadership. At a minimum, Trump’s political ascendancy injects added stress and uncertainty into an already fragile and unsettled world.Donald Trump’s surprise victory in ...

Safeguarding the health of your eyes goes beyond having a pair of glasses that fit well. If you want to ensure your eyes are healthy, you need to have regular comprehensive eye exams that check for some of the common ...

Frank Touby — In the past I always felt good about the objectivity of Canadian news media versus those in the U.S. when it comes to independent reporting. But lately not so much and now, after the 2016 U.S. presidential ...

Sylvain Charlebois — [Troy Media] Donald Trump has been a topic of conversation at dinner tables for some time. Now, the American president-elect is poised to push up the cost of the food on those same tables. Policy proposals on immigration, ...

Danielle Dewar — On Nov. 9, 2016 at the John Sopinka Courthouse in Hamilton, Ont., Justice Bernd E. Zabel reportedly entered the courtroom wearing a red hat embroidered with the slogan “Make America Great Again.” The slogan is tied to ...

W. Gifford-Jones, MD — This week, I mean not to be a financial advisor for penny stocks. For years I’ve followed Warren Buffet’s advice to purchase stock of quality companies. But if Sir Frederick Banting, the Canadian discoverer of insulin, ...

Maurice Smith — [Troy Media] There is no doubt the surprise election of Donald Trump to president of the world’s second-largest greenhouse-gas emitter will deal a blow to international efforts to cut emissions. His past statements and tweets suggest he ...

St. Lawrence Market’s wildly popular Evening at the Market was held Nov. 10 and, as usual, was quickly sold out of all 1,500 passes. It’s an evening when merchants at the world-renowned St. Lawrence Market strut their most extravagant best ...