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Visa: Check. Train ticket to Toronto: Check. Flight to Moscow: Check. Suitcase full of gifts: Check. Last $10 To My Name: Check It appears I...

Tom Brokaw Explains Canada to Americans

As the US congressional elections heat up the closer November 2nd gets, Republicans have started throwing a lot of mud towards America's...

OSAP

If hatred is caused by fear, then I have an abnormal fear of telephones. When a telephone rings the hairs on the back of my head stand up an...

Autumn In Ontario

Despite its faults, Ontario is absolutely beautiful in the autumn. The whole province explodes into a multitude of dazzling colours as the ...

The Trouble With Canadians

"The three great themes of Canadian history are: 1) Keeping the Americans out. 2) Keeping the French in. 3) Trying to get the natives t...

Maple Leaf Forever

When I got home to Canada I brought along with me a suitcase brimming over with gifts. Matryoshka (aka: nesting) dolls for my cousins, siste...

A Great Russian War Documentary

In the lead-up to the big 65th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War, a series of documentaries were made in Russia covering alm...