The term “bottom line” used to (and still does in some circumstances) refer to the end of the accounting process that revealed whether a business had turned a profit or a loss. It resulted from the final calculation and provided the final judgement on the success or failure of the endeavour.
In more common, colloquial usage, [...]

The Voice has done a story or two in the past about the group of “ordinary citizens” who are researching whether or not our council members should have a raise, and if so, why.
Councillor Cheryl Miller has been outspoken in her belief there must be no last-minute delays and the report must be released to [...]

I don’t know where you stand on the issue marijuana use, and frankly I’m not all that interested. It has been my experience as a professional entertainer that a room full of stoners is infinitely preferable to a room full of drunks as an audience. There won’t be any fights, the crowd will get into [...]

Our society is schizophrenic about pets. Some people loathe them, others are indifferent, while for some they are the centre of their lives. And it is unusual for people to cross from one group to another- the lines can be pretty sharply drawn.
But for those in the latter group, this weekend is something special.
An alliance [...]

It is no secret, though I say it with no particular pride, that I never went to university. For that matter, I didn’t even finish high school. But I grew up in a boarding house full of UWO students and I do credit that atmosphere of intellectual curiosity with helping me achieve whatever success I [...]