Your veteran correspondent relates how Clark Gable maybe killed the undershirt industry, how Jack Kennedy maybe did the same for hats, and Pierre Poilievre might do the same for his prospects of winning in Alberta.

our wide-eyed correspondent bears witness to a legend born in the Middle East, is staggered by the news the pesky magpie is now the official bird of Edmonton, and warns Donald Trump that his affinity for Superman could invite unwelcome scrutiny to his views on immigration.

Your imperturbable correspondent celebrates Canada Day with a free beer, goes to town to stock up on supplies, and wonders what’s in store for his Social Security now that the politicians are involved.

f you get to feeling a tad sorry for the residents of Canada’s zoological parks in wintertime, think again. At the Calgary Zoo in, er, Calgary, the king penguins in residence go for a daily and oftentimes icy stroll.

In this edition of the Reader, your unwavering correspondent ponders the idea of dogs driving golf carts, muses on the historical...

We’re going to share this story with you as proof you are going to read stuff here you’re not likely to find anywhere else.

Many of us have had our encounters with celebrities doing things you don’t normally think celebrities do. Defining what constitutes a...

A life without burdens is a life without regrets — and we all have regrets, no matter what Frank Sinatra said. No adult is that carefree....

I am a storyteller -- by nature and by profession. It is what I am and what I do. Truth be told, I have a catalogue of life stories that...

Gerry Charron was a distinguished man, a man of high achievement. When he was still at a very tender age, Gerry took over the family...

For most of my life, I’ve been a pretty determined fellow. That has not always served me well, however. Take the time when I was nine....

Maybe you’ve heard of Stockholm Syndrome. If you haven’t, I’ll do my best to explain it here without going into minute — and thus, boring...

Newspapers have been in financial difficulty for about as long as my recent memory can recall. Not all newspapers, of course. Most of the...

This is the eulogy I wrote for my former father-in-law, who died in November 2010 in Dundas, Ontario: My thanks to the family for giving...

As you grow older, the people you’ve known since childhood grow fewer in number. Certainly you expect to lose those dear souls who first...