The Olympic Ideal: Faster, Higher, Stronger and now…Kinder
Dear Karen, Did you watch the Olympic coverage Tuesday? If you did, you probably saw, or maybe just heard of, a great act of human kindness from one team to an opposing team on the Cross-Country ski...
View ArticleShe shoots! She scores! Team Canada takes gold at Sochi
Dear Wendy, First things first: I fully acknowledge that I am in no way a sports fan. Even though we grew up in a hockey-loving household (or perhaps because of it!), I have managed to live quite...
View ArticleSenior Badasses: Cane to the genitals helps foil robbery
Dear Wendy, For years now, I’ve been telling my (slightly alarmed) children that when I’m old enough to need a cane, I plan to get one with a big honking spike on the end. Because you just never know....
View ArticleBulletin from the flood zone: Pass the sandbags!
Dear Wendy, Well. While you were gallivanting about the English countryside in search clues about the life and times of Dame Agatha Christie, we’ve been thinking about things like sandbags, sump pumps,...
View ArticleA Canadian Scottish referendum party!
Dear Wendy, As I write this, the rich smell of roasting haggis is gradually permeating every nook and cranny in my house. We have laid by a store of single-malt Scotch whisky, stocked up on Irn-Bru and...
View ArticleOttawa shooting: Shock and dismay
Dear Wendy, I’m still in shock after yesterday’s terrible events in our city. It seems silly to say it now, but this kind of thing just doesn’t happen in Ottawa. And yet…it did. So I guess it does...
View ArticleClaims of satanic abuse proved false – at last, sanity reigns
Dear Readers, Remember how we promised we weren’t going to talk about the whole Karen and Wendy are Satanists thing again? How we washed our hands of the whole bizarre experience, and that we’d stand...
View ArticleIs your kid a juvenile cyber-criminal?
Dear Wendy, Have you heard the news story about the Grade 8 kid who was arrested for the crimes of “offense against a computer system” and “unauthorized access”? His crime: he used his school’s...
View ArticleThe dark side of stardom
Dear Wendy, You might remember last fall when I was shocked—stunned, in fact—that CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi had been fired from his job with the Mother Corp’s most listened-to show. The reason? His...
View ArticleThe Satanic Cult that Wasn’t
Dear Wendy, Can you imagine this scenario? You’re a parent of school-age children who attend a nice little school in a nice neighbourhood. Your kids are happy there, and you’re comfortable with the...
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