Insight

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr I carefully filled the cake cone from the frozen custard machine, pushing it up at just the right moment to create a perfect ball; then as I shut off the machine, I pulled the cone away ...

Michael Zaagstra — Troy Media The recent presidential election campaign was one of the worst in U.S. history. As the two candidates slugged it out, neither showed much interest in intelligent engagement. In many ways, it was a campaign of ignorance. Fortunately, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shauna Snow-Capparelli — Troy Media Having lived in southern California for 25 years before returning to my native Calgary, the U.S. presidential election results hit me hard. Like the majority of those on my social media feeds—and presumably much of the ...

Howard Anglin — After harsh words and even a few tears, the on-again, off-again romance between Canada and the Belgian region of Wallonia ended happily with the signing of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the ...

Danna Horwood, Executive Director at Margaret’s Legacy and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, aims to educate youth around the world about the need for tolerance and kindness in our world. She does this through Margaret’s Legacy and the documentary “Margaret and ...

The week of Nov. 7 marks the 32nd anniversary of the 1984 Sikh massacre, a violent series of pogroms targeting innocents in India. In commemoration of the anniversary of this atrocity, David J. Cape, Chair of the Centre for Israel ...

We’ve been hoping to say this for a very long time and here it is: El Salvador’s water is safe! OceanaGold’s lawsuit against El Salvador has been dismissed — a lawsuit that threatened the country’s last source of drinkable water. ...