Some of you might remember a few months ago when I received a surprise cheque from the government of Ontario for a portion of the child support my ex has owed me for many years. They’d seized the money from his bank account.

Well, about six weeks ago, I got a call from that same […]

If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, you’ll probably recall the occasional post about Paddy Mitchell. After a long and illustrious career as Canada’s favourite bank robber and prison escape artist, Paddy is now retired and writing from a maximum security prison in the US. He’s also battling lung cancer, and trying to get […]

I emailed both my City Councilor candidates yesterday (Blake Batson and Maria McRae) and asked them a couple of questons.

1) Where do you stand on a pesticide ban?
2) Where do you stand on the Safe Streets Act?
3) What is your preferred approach to dealing with crime in the city?

Blake Batson got back to me […]

Tomorrow is election day in Ottawa: we get to pick a new mayor and city council. This is the first time I’ve ever been undecided the day before the election. I’ve been busy moving and unpacking, and haven’t paid enough attention to what’s going on. Plus I moved to River Ward, so I’m not familiar […]

I only heard about Red Friday a few minutes before it started. I’m sure it started out as something non-partisan and non-political, but Lowell Green was promoting it on his right-wing, redneck morning radio show and to me it just reeked of mindless American copycat patriotic fever.  [click photos to enlarge]

I was within spitting distance of […]