By: Bruce Penton In what will undoubtedly be a week-long celebration of the curling career of Brad Gushue, the 2026 Montana’s Brier will almost certainly crown a rink skipped by somebody else.
Read MoreDefence strategy key to Canada’s security
By: Jordan Twiss Since shortly after World War II – and especially since the end of the Cold War – Canada hasn’t had much cause to defend itself militarily.
Read MoreCUSMA’s future shrouded in uncertainty
By: Calvin Daniels The Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), which was signed in 2020, is now up for review, and given that Donald Trump is the sitting U.S. president that is frankly troubling.
Read MoreFinally, some smiles from Sabres fans
By: Bruce Penton With the world’s best hockey players returning home from the Milan Olympics this week, the bizarre National Hockey League regular season can continue. Why bizarre? Let us count the ways, via two sections — pleasant surprises and disappointments.
Read MoreTrade talks with U.S. on shaky ground
By: Jordan Twiss At times, as one thinks of the Canada-U.S. relationship in the new context of President Donald Trump’s second term, it’s hard not to feel as if we’ve been transported into a classic mobster film.
Read MoreAg research cuts making less and less sense
By: Calvin Daniels When it comes to agriculture stories which will have a ripple far into the future we might today immediately think of US president Donald Trump.
Read MoreReputations stained, but greatness memories linger
By: Bruce Penton The two most dominating athletes of my lifetime celebrated significant birthdays in the last couple of weeks, which sent me down Sentimental Drive on the way to Nostalgia Avenue.
Read MorePipeline prospects look increasingly murky
By: Jordan Twiss A little more than two months have passed since Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sat down and signed an MOU that could result in the construction of a new pipeline to Canada’s west coast, and, for all the incessant talk about the prospective project, very little has changed.
Read MoreResearch cuts hurt ag sector, all Canadians
By: Calvin Daniels Efforts to reduce government spending are rarely seen as a bad thing.That is especially true when staff is trimmed as there is a wide-held belief government is over-staffed.
Read MoreLousy prognosticator picks U.S. to win hockey gold
By: Bruce Penton Canada’s men’s Olympic hockey team begins its quest for gold Feb. 12 vs. Czechia and, of course, this calls for a bold prediction: Canada will not win gold.
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