London Ontario News Editorial

Tattoo You

Tattoo You

By Lisa Brandt | October 28, 2011 at 5:05 am | No comments

Mattel has released a new Barbie.  She is tattooed.  No, I mean she's really tattooed.   You have to want your body ink to be "out there" to have tattoos done around your neck and this doll does.   ...

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There is no honour in “honour killing”

There is no honour in “honour killing”

By Scott Kitching | October 24, 2011 at 1:10 pm | No comments

One of the more horrific trials in recent Canadian history is currently playing out in a Kingston courtroom. Mohammad Shafia, his second wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, and their son Hamid Shafia are accused of first degree murder in the deaths of the couple's three daughters...

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Dumb Smartphones

Dumb Smartphones

By Lisa Brandt | October 23, 2011 at 6:07 pm | No comments

As much as I love what my iPhone can do, I think I'm finally fed up with its keyboard.  I'm thinking about heading back to RIM and getting a Blackberry Torch. ...

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Occupying The News

Occupying The News

By Lisa Brandt | October 17, 2011 at 10:26 am | One comment

Some of our esteemed colleagues in the US are dismissing the "Occupy" protests as nothing more than a bunch of hippies looking for a cause to clamp onto. ...

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A Squeeze Star’s Castle

A Squeeze Star’s Castle

By Lisa Brandt | October 11, 2011 at 3:08 pm | No comments

The other morning Donovan and Pasqualina played Pulling Mussels From a Shell by Squeeze and it all came back to me: the private tour hubby and I took of the 12th century castle owned by former Squeeze member Jools Holland in Kent, England.  ...

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On voter turnout, and the lack thereof

On voter turnout, and the lack thereof

By Scott Kitching | October 7, 2011 at 2:03 pm | No comments

What must it be like for an immigrant to Ontario who comes from a country where the democratic process is as foreign as the new land upon whose shores they land? One wonders what they think of the fact that fewer than half the eligible voters in the provincial election...

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The Edison of Our Time

The Edison of Our Time

By Lisa Brandt | October 6, 2011 at 11:01 am | No comments

I won't remember Steve Jobs because of this crazy little gadget in my hand.  ...

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Don’t Cast a Vote – Please!

Don’t Cast a Vote – Please!

By Lisa Brandt | October 3, 2011 at 10:21 am | One comment

It's around this time of any election campaign that the pleading begins.  ...

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A victory for common sense

A victory for common sense

By Scott Kitching | October 3, 2011 at 10:20 am | No comments

It was the most emphatic of decisions. A unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada slammed the door shut on the Harper government’s attempts to shut down one of the great public health initiatives going on in our country today. With any luck, it will strike a blow...

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PR Fail

By Lisa Brandt | September 22, 2011 at 10:57 am | No comments

The London District Catholic School Board has made an error in judgment, in many peoples' views, by removing a Principal from one of its schools this week and cloaking the reason why in a shroud of secrecy.  ...

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