Written by Elizabeth McLeod
 
“I’m not home very much and I have very little free time. I make sure to make the most of the time I do get with my friends and family at home because once I get on the road there’s no room for anything but focus.”
 
Many athletes dream of one day competing [...]

Written by Rachel Shoemaker
How did you react when you heard that an Olympic torch bearer was knocked down in Guelph? Did your heart swell with pride to be a U o G student when you saw the Globe and Mail front page headline: “A blow to Olympic spirit”?
We all know by now that Vancouver [...]

Written by Josh Doyle
 
As the sun headed south this winter, along with a good cross-section of birds and rich leisurely folk with condos in Miami, the rest of us were left to deal with the many wonderful features of a North American winter.
We all know what this means: a lot of wind, a bit of [...]

Written by Daniel Wright
 
I remember the first time I heard “Tik Tok” by Ke$ha, or rather saw the video on Much Music. I distinctly remember thinking, “is this the end of the hipster as we know it?”  Usually, when the trends trickle down to the pre-high school age group, they are usually on their way [...]

Compiled by Scott Dobbin
 
Arctic hunter floats drift on Ice floe
A rescue team made its way to a stranded Inuk hunter on an ice floe on Sunday Jan. 24. David Idlout, 39, a hunter in Resolute, Nunavut, was returning home from checking ice conditions on Friday when the path he had blazed on his way out [...]

Written by Dan O’Keefe
 
It might be the only place around where parking is still free. 
Present estimates suggest that over 750 million people have rolled the dice on the classic board game Monopoly, purchased property, and spent time in jail, even if they were just visiting. Many of us can recall late nights fighting to control [...]

Written by  Michael Ridley
 
Dr. Ann Cavoukian, the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner, is very impressive. She is passionate, articulate, engaging, and very challenging. Challenging because her primary message, privacy = freedom, is compelling and yet also very difficult math.
At a recent meeting of CIOs like me from the public sector (government, universities, hospitals, etc.), Dr. [...]