So, the David Foster Foundation is turning the big 4-0. Forty years. You know, that’s almost as old as some of my favorite jokes. But the start of this was no laughing matter…in fact it was a heartfelt one. It all started back in ’86, not with some big, formal plan, but with a simpleRead more
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We all learn early on to play fair. A rulebook scrawled in childhood crayon warns us, “Don’t take more than you give.” It paints life as a duet where every verse needs harmony, a back-and-forth of voices that makes the song ring true. The sandbox has its chorus, the potluck its refrain, and we carryRead more
Pull up a chair, grab your coffee – maybe a Tim Hortons, since we’re talking Canada here – because there’s some genuinely good news bubbling up from Prince Edward Island. You know, that quaint land in the Atlantic, where the Anne of Green Gables fans flock and the lobsters are legendary. Turns out, they’re notRead more
As the warm winds of March swirl throughout our great country, a new season openly invites us to participate in the seasonal activities we patiently waited for: spring break, baseball’s Grapefruit season, hockey playoffs, golf season and so many other fun things. The keyword, now and forever, being fun. As we slowly put away ourRead more
Let me take a good look at my clock and do the math. Seventeen hours into January 1st. That’s how long I’ve been getting to know this new 365-day relationship, otherwise known as 2025. It’s far too early to know the ins and outs of our new acquaintance, which, hopefully, becomes a good friend. It’sRead more
Dear Santa: Ah, yes. Here we are: of all the hundreds, maybe, honestly, thousands of pieces I have the privilege of putting cursor to screen this is, unquestionably, my favourite letter to craft. I know we don’t speak, email, tweet, or whichever form of communication you use throughout the year. I know, Santa, you areRead more
When the brisk, warm winds increase their mighty gusts, at the same time that the unquestionable sound of autumn arrives — a hardened leaf that fell off a tree and hip hops along the pavement’s bare cement, creating a clickety-clack sound: October is here. It’s my favourite month. I fell in love with the year’sRead more
I need to go shopping. Right now. Because the safety of my television is in the balance. No, to my TV technical friends: not colour balance. You see, my TV, to the right of my mobile command center — laptop and cell phone and the pack of Cheezies bag which is always open, and, inRead more
For the next early part of September, Canadians will start to settle into their desks for another year of education. That means one thing, right? Homework: something, I would bet Grandpa Tait’s farmstead, isn’t popular—how can it be? It takes away time from our day. It’s in that tone, I submit the following mini-thesis. ThereRead more
They were called wires. And it made a lot of sense because, honestly, they were made out of wire. Two circle lenses. Green in colour. They looked so cool. So cool. So I asked my mother, who was shopping in a downtown North Battleford, Saskatchewan store called Kresge’s, a department store eventually sold to K-Mart,Read more
