Intrigues

Dana Perls — A new genetically engineered Arctic Apple® could be approved to enter the U.S.  food supply as early as December, and, like other GMO foods, it won’t be labeled and won’t have undergone independent safety testing. The same ...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered the following remarks in St. Petersburg, Russia, at the conclusion of the G-20 Leaders’ Summit: “It’s very warm in here, so I’ll try not to keep you too long. “I hope you’ve enjoyed St. Petersburg. ...

David White — Wine enthusiasts are always looking for an experience that’s completely arresting—a wine that stops you in your tracks, makes the room go silent, and just pulls you into the glass.  Sometimes, those wines are expensive—perhaps opened at ...

Why Do We Talk? A BBC documentary about the human ability to communicate in speech.  Directed by Damon Thomas and Produced by Penny Palmer and Kate Townsend; Steven Mackintosh, Noam Chomsky and William Fifer are also interviewed

Reviewed and Updated April 26, 2018 Xplornet’s TV ads misrepresent the company. There are much better alternatives than an exploitive and deceptive corporation. NOTE: This reprehensible corporation is now getting into the telephone business as well as satellites. Don’t expect ...

Claiborne Deming, Jr. — Wow. Bayer has just sued the European Commission to overturn a ban on the pesticides that are killing millions of bees around the world. A huge public push won this landmark ban only months ago — ...

Angela Bischoff— Ontario Power Generation wants to push the Pickering Nuclear Station — located in the heart of the eastern Greater Toronto Area — past its best-before date. This plant was designed to operate for 40 years.  But despite a ...

Gautam Malkani—The City of Toronto has just published a misleading pamphlet for the public consultation process for the Island Airport expansion plans that is full of bogus claims and omissions. NoJetsTO is rebuking the biased publication as the crucial public ...

David White — About 250 wine bloggers recently gathered in Penticton, BC for the sixth annual North American Wine Bloggers’ Conference. That so many wine enthusiasts would travel to a city five hours east of Vancouver isn’t surprising. Held in ...

David White — Consider the prototypical wine connoisseur — swirling his glass, sniffing his wine, and blabbering on about some French chateau. He’s insufferable. Or consider a representative tasting note. Wine Spectator recently praised a wine for offering notes of ...