60 ml Canadian whisky (Alberta Premium Dark Horse) 30 ml maple syrup (preferably Grade B if you can find it) one dash of lemon bitters Add ingredients to an old fashioned glass filled with a large ice cube. Garnish with a mint sprig smacked between your palms to release … Continue reading
Fall colours
Reader Bill sends us this picture taken earlier this week north of Kingston, Ontario. Is this a sign?
Separate Schools are a federal responsibility
Michael Den Tandt thinks the federal Liberal Party should take on separate schools. Liberals could begin speaking truth about education. This is provincial jurisdiction — but the constitutional guarantees that provide for separate schools in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, as well as the statutes that provide the same in the … Continue reading
Your god is wrong!
An anti-abortion activist is appealing her conviction after the judge declares her god wrong. Justice S. F. Clements launched a “conditional attack on the Christian God” during the March 21 hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice, in which Mary Wagner was convicted of mischief and breach of probation, apellate … Continue reading
Another Lord’s Prayer soon to fall
While everyone is busy making fun of Joe for hating women, Veronica has decided to do something useful and take the City of Peterborough to court to stop the recital of the Lord’s Prayer at council meetings. Veronica Abbass is hoping the City will decide to stop using the prayer … Continue reading
The course of human events
Bob Hepburn thinks getting rid of the monarchy is easy. A three-step process should be considered. First, Ottawa should hold a national referendum on a Yes-or-No question: “Should Canada sever ties with the British monarchy?” A simple majority would be sufficient to proceed further. Second, if the answer is yes, … Continue reading
Canada!
via European Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics
New poll finds Ontarians support elimination of Catholic schools.
The Forum Research survey also found more than half of Ontario residents — 53 per cent — oppose the public funding of Catholic schools with 40 per cent supportive and 6 per cent unsure. As the issue of gay-straight alliances dominates debate around new anti-bullying legislation, the poll concluded people … Continue reading
Lahey (finally) stripped of clerical duties
The Holy See in Rome has dismissed Raymond Lahey from the clerical state in what is one of the most serious penalties that the Roman Catholic Church can impose, the Diocese of Antigonish, N.S., said Wednesday. The decision means Lahey, a former bishop of Antigonish, can no longer work as … Continue reading
It’s a beautiful day in the neighbourhood
University of Toronto biology professor Larry Moran has new neighbours. The Dean knows me. She is well aware of the fact that I’m a prominent defender of evolution in the war against creationism. She also knows that I am an atheist who doesn’t shy away from the the conflict between … Continue reading