There are so many expressions out there that make no sense once you start to think about them. Sure, you can attract more flies with honey than vinegar. But why would you want to? Flies are annoying. People are always saying, “Don’t let that fly land in the potato salad, you don’t know where it’s [...]

There has been so much sorrow expressed over the loss of grain elevators that you would think some of that affection would have spilled over for wooden granaries as well. Just like the big wooden grain elevators have been replaced with cement grain terminals, the rows of wooden granaries that once edged almost every Canadian [...]

Wedding season is in full swing. I have been to all kinds of weddings over the years and my favourite is always the most recent. Last weekend we attended a wedding in the country – everything about it was beautiful; the setting, the ceremony, the exchanged vows written by the couple themselves and, of course, [...]

After languishing in the U.S. market, on June 29th – just in time for Canada Day – Tim Horton’s announced its return to the Great White North. Headlines brewed with words such as “Tim Horton’s Canadian Owned Once More!” However, the way I understand it, the coffee chain is still owned by a U.S. parent [...]