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Notes from a Garage
with John Gardiner

A couple of quality guys; where government should go; and the end of the world

I’ve known Jeff Wesley for 25 years – that’s how long it’s been since I moved to Wallaceburg. In the late summer of 1985, I met this young guy who worked for Union Gas and attended every Wallaceburg Council meeting. He told me away back then that he was going to run for Council that fall and that he’d already personally called on every household in Wallaceburg three times to introduce himself and find out about the issues.

At Issue
with Philip Shaw

Counting Smartphones On the Magnificent Mile

Last week I found myself on Navy Pier in Chicago. Navy pier juts out into Lake Michigan from downtown Chicago and is a wonderful place to recreate, shop and take in the sights. It also gives you a beautiful view of Chicago, especially at night. It is an alive place, full of fun and I highly recommend it.

East West
with Philip Shaw, MSc and Dr. A.K. Enamul Haque Ph.D

World Cup 2010

June-July was the month of World Cup for the whole world. When I came first in Canada, I was stunned to see that Canadians also worry about the World Cup but not in football (soccer in North America) but in hockey. That was a truly Canadian game. But to learn that Canadians are not even curious about it when the whole world is crazy about it was a surprise. However, I do remember watching the World Cup in the Grad Lounge at Guelph but most of us were from Asia, Europe and Latin America. The Americans and Canadians were mostly ignoring it while we were tense to find out who won or lost.

Agriculture Podcast
with Philip Shaw

Philip Shaw's agricultural commentary.....

Hear what agricultural economist and working farmer Philip Shaw has to say about the issues facing farm country.......

Stratford Festival Review
with John Gardiner

Phedre failed to lift me up and take me away......

I am, by nature, the type of guy who really enjoys a piece of serious theatre......I will travel a long way to see something that is desparately bleak and grim, if only it offers up great emotion and makes me feel something wonderful. I have said before in my reviews that I expect a great piece of theatre to lift me up and take me away......away from the mundane and dreary everyday of life.