Wednesday-Night

January 18, 2008
Cleo Paskal
No country is ready for natural disasters. In fact, some of the world’s richest nations are the worst prepared. Cleo Paskal presents a guide to mitigating the huge human and security cost of our changing climate.
Environmental change is a sustained and pervasive attack on the status quo. Nothing can be taken for […]

December 18, 2007
Mandatory rules on greenhouse gases might be needed
Governments give only lip service to sustainable development
HENRY AUBIN The Gazette
As the planet approaches what could be a climate-change tipping point, it was encouraging to see the interview of McGill University environment professor Peter Brown in Saturday’s Gazette. He dared question the wisdom of measuring progress […]

We are grateful to David for his excellent election primer for all who are confused by the process (particularly the role of the Electoral College), although we do detect a tiny bit of bias in his references to certain candidates.

THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008
A VIEW FROM WASHINGTON D.C.
The Race to the […]

Posted by our good friend and far-too-infrequent Wednesday Nighter, James A.W. Heffernan, on the Huffington Post
I don’t mean to be grudging.
In all fairness, I must congratulate Hillary Clinton for winning the New Hampshire Democratic primary by almost eight thousand votes.
But in the Upper Valley, a cluster of New Hampshire towns that line the Connecticut River […]

Uneasy Neighbo(u)rs:
Canada, […]

A bit of dignity
Fondation de la Rue… a la Réussite
By P.A. Sévigny, The Suburban

Pierre Anthian, Brian Morel, Sue McDougall and Serge Fournier

While thousands of homeless continue to wander the streets of Montreal and hundreds wonder what can be done about it, some know what it takes to make the difference between a life well lived […]

MERRY CHRISTMAS SEASONS GREETINGS
HAPPY HANNUKAH Eid ul-Adha Bodhi Day

December 2007
With the massive snowfall that has enveloped us this month, we have every reason to be filled with Christmas cheer and yet this year, have been slower off the mark, possibly because […]

We are honoured that Robert Galbraith has permitted us to reproduce his eloquent and moving conclusions on his tour in Afghanistan.
EIGHT WEEKS IN NOVEMBER
Let Us Not Forget What It Means To Be Canadian
Special to The suburban by Robert J. Galbraith
Sometimes I feel that there will always be war. As long as there […]

November 26, 2007
We are delighted to confirm that Robert has returned safely from his two-month tour (in the military sense of the word) in Afghanistan and we are honoured that he has invited us, along with The Suburban, to publish this summary of his thoughts on the experience. We believe that these […]

Pierre Obendrauf, CanWest News Service
Tullio Cedraschi, head of the Canadian National Railway’s pension fund, in his CN office in Montreal. His strategy has always been to invest with a long-term horizon in a basket of good, solid companies. …

What a delight to read Sean Silcoff’s profile of our friend Tullio, and to see in […]