Monica Kucharski 
When Dr. Stephen Hawking, the famous theoretical physicist (and the icon of the wildly popular TV show “Big Bang Theory”) pronounced earlier in November at a summit in China that the human species had 600 years to survive on planet Earth, his prediction was met with a collective head-scratching. It … Read More
Don Draper, Frank Sinatra, James Bond…. these and other quintessential “real men” are rarely seen with a glass of wine or a bottle of beer. They are usually seen holding a highball with some exquisitely distilled alcohol in one hand, and a gorgeous woman (or gun) in the other. Maybe … Read More
Gord Downie was awarded the Order of Canada in a Rideau Hall ceremony in June; the rest of his iconic Canadian band received this honour last week. Downie, who had announced last year that he had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, became a strong advocate for Indigenous people. … Read More
Keeping abreast of all the executive orders, new Obama-erasing regulations and proclamations (not to mention those never-ending “alternate facts” tweets) coming out of the Trump Whitehouse could give you a whiplash, so many just tune out. Understandable. However, if you travel to the U.S. on business or pleasure, you … Read More
Most Generation Xers and Millennials identify with what Jimmy Fallon, the host of the Tonight Show, said on the day after the David Letterman show had its final night in 2015. “I, like every kid who grew up watching him, will miss him.” That sentiment was echoed at the October … Read More
