Author Archives: the proprietor

Making Danger Illegal

I heard on the news yesterday that Opposition MLA Leanne Rowat introduced a private members bill to amend the HTA to ban passengers riding on the exterior of a vehicle. Primarily, this is intended to make it illegal to ride in a pickup box. Over the years a number of people have been killed while […]

Bound for Torino

Two great finishes. Two great teams. It’s official: Kleibrink and Gushue will play for Canada in Torino.

Bureaucratic Build Up At Pelican

It seems that along with the silt the bureaucratic nonsense is building up at Pelican Lake. The Province of Manitoba is being prevented from opening the artificial inlet to the lake by DFO because the inlet has been classified as protected habitat. The problem is that the purpose of the inlet is to manage the […]

Election Season

Recent polls have come in quite strongly against an election right now. And, I agree that as things currently stand Canada is likely to come out of this with another minority government. However, I also don’t see much evidence that an election on the Prime Minister’s timeline would have produced a majority government either. In […]

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