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August 22, 2007
- BRUCE WHITESTONE Could be a year before economic picture clear When the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, there was only a limited spillover on the rest of the economy, as the business contraction was very mild.
August 16, 2007
- Canada finally moving on Arctic sovereignty After several versions of the federal Canadian government have more or less ignored Canada's north in general and the Arctic in particular, it seems that we finally have a government that shows a keen interest in Arctic sovereignty.
August 15, 2007
- Images of the Afghan war do not comfort the mind The Canadian War Museum begins well by being honest about what it is. It is a commemoration of combat.
- BRUCE WHITESTONE Markets warning signals are there to see No mortal can predict the future with any precision, and that certainly is true for the course of the stock market, at least over the near term.
August 14, 2007
- Gwynne Dyer The next generation will experience rapid change William Gibson invented the word 'cyberspace' (in his debut novel Neuromancer in 1984), which gives him the right to pontificate about the future.
August 13, 2007
- Gwynne Dyer Harper needs different approach to Arctic claims Among the headlines I never expected to see, the top three were 'Pope Marries,' 'President Bush Admits Error,' and 'Canada Uses Military Might.'
August 9, 2007
- I want my, I want my, I want my C...B...C It's hard to be anything other than annoyed with the folks at CBC Radio these days. First, they cancelled the relatively inexpensive and nicely soothing Northern Lights program that used to run from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. in favour of more talk show reruns.