Insight

Sometimes you have to kiss tradition good-bye

When we attend the movies we frequently engage in a willing suspension of disbelief, which enables us to accept implausible scenarios, and enjoy the show. It keeps us from yelling, “No way!” at the screen when revolvers fire more than ...

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Creative thinking crashes without this characteristic

Last Spring my dog, Buddy, started chasing chipmunks. They would quickly escape into one of their holes in the ground, where he would dig for a few minutes, then give up. One day, a chipmunk ran into the mouth of ...

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Pain, of course hurts, but it can often be a motivator

Downtown Toronto

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. — The summer of 2013 was the summer that never happened – for me at least. It started out normal enough, maybe a bit too much rain, but I was excited to finally have some warm ...

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Three pillars support a great sales organization

Kevin Higgins — Three pillars support a great sales organization, says Kevin Higgins, CEO of Toronto sales-training firm Fusion Learning. Attitude, Skills and Discipline underpin the company’s engaged and high-performance sales team — not to mention contributing to an environment ...

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Canadians are adopting more animals, fewer euthanized

Kim Elmslie — The Canadian Federation of Humane Societies (CFHS) released its report on the 2012 national animal shelter statistics today.  A first of its kind, the report is an accumulation of data from 102 shelters across the country and ...

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Downtown astrophysicist expands on our universe

Astrophysicist  Ian Steer, a St. Lawrence Neighbourhood resident, spoke recently at the Ontario Science Centre on things universal and expansive. It is a stunning presentation so filled with substance it’s best understood by seeing the video several times. Yes, there ...

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Ideas seldom occur without this critical commitment

Condos

Robert  Evans Wilson, Jr. — When I was studying Abnormal Psychology in college, I read a case study of an unusual mental illness. It was so fascinating, that I thought it would be the perfect vehicle for a novel. Thus ...

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If you believe, don’t hold back! Keep pedalling!

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr — I sat astride my banana-seat bike in a parking lot and stared down a 30-foot strip of pavement. It was six inches wide and lined with rubber balls. I was nine years old and participating ...

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Red Mass for justice, mercy celebrated at cathedral

Brian Horgan — The 89th annual celebration of the Red Mass took place on Oct. 3, 2013 at St. Michael’s Cathedral. The celebrant and homilist was His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of Toronto. The guest speaker at the dinner ...

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Diane Francis would turn Canada over to the U.S. police state

Frank Touby — In her zany new book the woman who once described herself as among the elites of “the American Diaspora” in Canada, Diane Francis argues for what would amount to the absorption of Canada by the U.S. It ...

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