• This traveler A man and two lands.   Drawn to latitudes he might never see he dreams in sterling water.   A narwhal’s tooth is the [...]

  This traveler

  May 11, 2012
• The MP (Member of Parliament) for Fort McMurray-Athabasca is planning to introduce a bill into the Canadian House of Commons banning foreign [...]

  MP wants to ban foreign money if it supports Canadian environmental groups

  February 12, 2012
• Canada has become the only country in the world to pull out of the Kyoto Agreement. I am not surprised by this development because Canada now has [...]

  No more Kyoto (apparently)

  December 15, 2011
• What a terrific programme “Sunday Morning” was. I still remember seeing it come on television as a young child and seeing Charles [...]

  “Sunday Morning” on the Birch Bark Canoe

  December 1, 2011

• It snowed today while I was teaching and as soon as it started to fall from the sky many of my students began to groan. I asked them if I was the [...]

  Winter (as metaphysics)

  November 17, 2011
• I was in Peteborough, Ontario yesterday for my research and I had the pleasure of sitting down for tea and conversation with Professor Tom [...]

  Bonds of Respect and Affection

  November 16, 2011
• This is very frustrating: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/09/canada-cuts-environment-spending?newsfeed=true I spend much of my [...]

  We Need An Extensive Discussion On Our Energy Future

  November 10, 2011
• I caught a very brief listen to Adam Gopnik’s Massey Lecture on “Winter” last night on the CBC. For those who are not familiar [...]

  The Winter Experience

  November 8, 2011

• This is a very significant story that has been developing over the last several months. In early November there will be a mass protest at the [...]

  Keystone XL Pipeline

  October 27, 2011
• My wife and I were briefly in Algonquin Park on Monday/Tuesday. Algonquin is, without a doubt, a national treasure and if you ever come to [...]

  The Near North

  October 19, 2011