The Norwester

Russell Wangersky There's a lot of bread in bread. Loblaws has started sending the $25 gift cards it promised to partially recompense customers for the company’s role in fixing the price of store-bought bread. Not ...

The honeymoon isn’t just over, it may have been forgotten by now. And if Justin Trudeau and his Liberals don’t figure out how to fix things, the marriage may be on the rocks as well. For the first part of the Trudeau administration, ...

What would you pay to live in paradise? When I was a first-year geology student in 1988, one of our first lessons was designed to help us start to appreciate geological time. If you think about the history of the Earth in terms of one day, the ...

Russell Wangersky Your benevolent social media overlords have a message for you. You know those photos you’ve been uploading to Facebook? You know, you, the kids, your spouses, your friends? It’s bad enough that they ...

Most Canadians believe journalism plays a vital democratic role in the country. An Angus Reid survey last month found that 94 per cent of respondents say the media performs an important democratic function, sending a clear signal to elected ...

At Notre Dame Academy in the 1950's my teachers (K-8) were Presentation Sisters. They had their flaws, but were flawless in the pursuit of teaching us proper manners and respect. Outdoors at recess, being children, we raised holy hell being ...

Have you heard about the changes coming to minimum wage? We want to hear what you think. Related:  Pennies for your thoughts What do you think of the 15-cent increase in minimum wage? ...

So, will it be a learning experience, or is it a sign of things to come? There’s no way to sugarcoat it. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s trip to India flirted pretty closely with complete disaster. In the beginning, it looked as if ...

Russell Wangersky There are notes everywhere. Take off some of the old eight-inch vinyl siding, its surface pitted to buff beige by the elements, remove the long sheet of quarter-inch of sodden and mossy polystyrene beneath it, and ...

We blast The Tragically Hip’s “50 Mission Cap” on the way to hockey. My son loves the song because it involves two of his favourite things — hockey and fishing. I love it because it’s about hockey hero Bill ...