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No Hippie Reunions & Certainly no Agridome. This Is Not The End, But A New Beginning.

It seems like a long time ago now. I got a call from my good friend and mentor John Gardiner telling me he was going to start an online newspaper. He said something about it being called the Chatham Kent Gazette. That quickly morphed into something called CKtimes.ca and the rest as they say is history.

Podcast Archives

No Hippie Reunions & Certainly no Agridome. This Is Not The End, But A New Beginning.: Tue, Dec 20, 2011
Immigrants: Southwestern Ontario Is The Place For You: Tue, Dec 13, 2011
Ontario's Auditor General Chimes In: Green Energy A Stinker: Tue, Dec 6, 2011
25 Years Ago, I Was Just a Kid: Tue, Nov 29, 2011
Giving Cold Water to Somebody in Hell: European Debt, Where Do You Start?: Tue, Nov 22, 2011
Lights out in the NBA: Tue, Nov 15, 2011
Barack Obama Next Year: The Republicans Need a Leader: Tue, Nov 8, 2011
China to Europe: What Have You Done for Me Lately: Tue, Nov 1, 2011
Ontario's Minority Government: I Give Them 13 Months: Tue, Oct 25, 2011
Occupy Protests: In the End, the World Stays the Same: Tue, Oct 18, 2011
Thinking Different, Through the Years, RIP Steve Jobs: Tue, Oct 11, 2011
The End is Nigh: Marking Your Ballot Has Tangible Benefits: Tue, Oct 4, 2011
Commodities Get Smoked, Europe Key to Economic Reboot: Tue, Sep 27, 2011
Dashed Expectations: Economic Growth Eludes Us: Tue, Sep 20, 2011
9/11 Ten Years Out: Still Feeling the Effects: Tue, Sep 13, 2011
Global Economy: Let's Just Hold On Tight. Sometimes That Works.: Tue, Sep 6, 2011
With Jack Layton Gone, Canadian Opposition Parties Regroup: Tue, Aug 30, 2011
Jack Layton, Thank-You: Tue, Aug 23, 2011
Ontario Provincial Election: Let the Chair Throwing Begin: Tue, Aug 16, 2011
Market Meltdown: How's that Hopey Changey Thing Working for You Now: Tue, Aug 9, 2011
When a tree falls in the forest....: Tue, Aug 2, 2011
Jack Layton, Godspeed: Tue, Jul 26, 2011
Sovereign Debt Solutions: Canadians Better Hope for It: Tue, Jul 19, 2011
Sovereign Debt: US and European Debt May Impinge on Canada: Tue, Jul 12, 2011
On Being Canadian!: Tue, Jul 5, 2011
The Mail Must Go On: This Time With Legislation: Tue, Jun 28, 2011
Angry Canada: Vancouver Riot Taints Canadians Around the World: Tue, Jun 21, 2011
The CRTC Meets Netflix, Google and Apple TV: Tue, Jun 14, 2011
Shaq, I'll Miss Those Free Throws: Tue, Jun 7, 2011
Yearning for a 85 Cent Loonie: But Interest Rates Are Key: Tue, May 31, 2011
Pizza Hut Logo on the Parthenon: Euro Debt Woes Affect Us All: Tue, May 24, 2011
Canada's Tough Economic Choices: Kudos to Paul Martin: Tue, May 17, 2011
Canadian Liberals: The Long Way Back: Tue, May 10, 2011
Conservative Majority, Big Orange Wave, Sea Change Comes to Canada: Tue, May 3, 2011
May 2nd: Remember, We Are All Canadians: Tue, Apr 26, 2011
When Only Birds Flew: What's the Next Big Thing: Tue, Apr 19, 2011
Arm and Leg Oil Prices: We Don't Want to Go There: Tue, Apr 12, 2011
Ignorance Hits the Fan: Florida, Afghanistan and Moderation: Tue, Apr 5, 2011
Give me a reason to vote for you!!!: Tue, Mar 29, 2011
Libya Gets the World's Attention: Tue, Mar 22, 2011
Japan's Torment, The Long Way Back: Tue, Mar 15, 2011
Winter Hangs On, But I'll Take 40 Degrees C: Tue, Mar 8, 2011
Canadian Economic Balance: Wanted Robust US Growth: Tue, Mar 1, 2011
Libya, Oil and Us: Godspeed My Friend: Tue, Feb 22, 2011
Take a look at who's making the money: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Internet Access Is Ubiquitous, Almost Like Clean Water: Tue, Feb 8, 2011
Borrowing Made Easy: Personal Lines of Credit: Tue, Feb 1, 2011
Political Attack Ads: We Are All Canadians: Tue, Jan 25, 2011
Finance Minister Flaherty: Slow Down Spending Borrowed Money: Tue, Jan 18, 2011
Canadian Politicos: Waiting for Defeat Snatched from the Jaws of Victory: Tue, Jan 11, 2011
2011, Where Will the Fire Be This Year?: Tue, Jan 4, 2011
Believing Santa Claus is Coming to Town: Tue, Dec 21, 2010
Canadian Do Some Crazy Spending: The End is Nigh: Tue, Dec 14, 2010
US Unemployment Numbers Hinder Canadian Economic Growth: Thu, Dec 9, 2010
The Inconvenient Truth? Ethanol Not So Green?: Tue, Nov 30, 2010
25 Years Hence, Long Hand, Social Media and Me: Tue, Nov 23, 2010
Afghanistan: It's Time To Move On: Tue, Nov 16, 2010
Something's Amiss: Conservatives Dropping the Ball in Afghanistan and UAE: Tue, Nov 9, 2010
Conservatives and Potash: Oh What to Do?: Tue, Nov 2, 2010
Commodity Prices Continue to Tantalize: Tue, Oct 26, 2010
Apple's $20 Billion Quarter: Thinking Different Was Never About Being Like Microsoft: Tue, Oct 19, 2010
"Currency Wars": The Inconvenient Truth: Tue, Oct 12, 2010
The Tea Party and the Pious Republic to Our South: Tue, Oct 5, 2010
A New Road from Dresden to Chatham Via the Abandoned Railroad: Tue, Sep 28, 2010
Economic Meltdown Two Years Out: The Long Road Back: Tue, Sep 21, 2010
Genetically Modified Salmon For Dinner: It's A Slippery Slope: Tue, Sep 14, 2010
Double Dip or Just Dip? Canadian Banks Need To Take More Risks: Tue, Sep 7, 2010
Counting Smartphones On the Magnificent Mile: Tue, Aug 31, 2010
Challenging the Technology Tsunami with a Bucket: Staying Connected Off Line: Tue, Aug 24, 2010
On going postal.....: Tue, Aug 17, 2010
Federal Election Fall 2010: It Sounds Right to Me: Tue, Aug 10, 2010
Sweet Corn Economics: The Passion for Cheap: Tue, Aug 3, 2010
Long Form Census and Other Foibles: The Clock is Ticking on the Conservatives: Tue, Jul 27, 2010
"Chocolate Finger", Broken Markets and Female Libido: Tue, Jul 20, 2010
LeBron James: We Are All Witnesses, And I Don't Care As Much Anymore: Tue, Jul 13, 2010
Asking "Anne" Her Economic Opinion: Tue, Jul 6, 2010
On Being Canadian: Tue, Jun 29, 2010
The Chinese Yuan Gets De-Pegged: That's Good for the Canadian Economy: Tue, Jun 22, 2010
Liberals/NDP Merger to Defeat the Conservatives: Calling Justin Trudeau!: Tue, Jun 15, 2010
iPhone 4, iPad, Blackberry, Android: Are They a Need or a Want or Just Too Expensive in Canada: Tue, Jun 8, 2010
The Oliphant Inquiry: Old Whores and Cash Stuffed Envelopes: Tue, Jun 1, 2010
Saving the World Economy: No, Just Chill Out and Have a Burger: Tue, May 25, 2010
Lubricating the economy: Tue, May 18, 2010
Europe's Shaky Economies, Ontario's Shaky HST Make For Volatile Times: Tue, May 11, 2010
Louisiana Gulf Drilling Platforms: The Convenience and Cost of Oil: Tue, May 4, 2010
The Canadian Jobs Economy: Finding Our Way Back Below 6% Unemployment: Tue, Apr 27, 2010
Temptation and Busty Hookers: It Must Go Together: Tue, Apr 20, 2010
What is a Liberal?: Tue, Apr 13, 2010
What is a conservative???: Tue, Apr 6, 2010
Tales From a Relic: How Will the iPad Change Our World?: Tue, Mar 30, 2010
"Yes We Can!" The US Gets Their Health Care Reform: Tue, Mar 23, 2010
What should Iggy do?: Tue, Mar 16, 2010
Stock Market Up 60% From Last Year: Who Predicted It?: Tue, Mar 9, 2010
Vancouver Olympics and the Gold Medal Game: Cha-Ching, Cha-Ching: Tue, Mar 2, 2010
Watching interest rates.....: Tue, Feb 23, 2010
Canada On the World Stage: Enjoy These Olympics: Tue, Feb 16, 2010
Toyota Staggers, Our Auto Market Continues to Evolve: Tue, Feb 9, 2010
Spaceship Earth Continues to Challenge Us: Tue, Feb 2, 2010
Apple's Buzz and Those Mounting Government Deficits: Tue, Jan 26, 2010
Never say never when the loonie is involved...: Tue, Jan 19, 2010
A Pathetic Parliament Or Is It Just a Sign of The Times?: Tue, Jan 12, 2010
Interest Rates Will Be Key To Defining 2010: Tue, Jan 5, 2010
A Life Lived: Christmas Through the Years: Tue, Dec 22, 2009
What's going on with the Canadian economy?: Tue, Dec 15, 2009
Economics Is Like Dentistry: US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Speaks: Tue, Dec 8, 2009
When Dubai calls, the markets get nervous: Tue, Dec 1, 2009
Canada's Retail Sales are Telling: What About the US?: Tue, Nov 24, 2009
Passages: Tue, Nov 17, 2009
Life Before and After the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Tue, Nov 10, 2009
In Search of the Liberal Party of Canada: Tue, Nov 3, 2009
Agriculture for Realtors: Tue, Oct 27, 2009
"Jumping the Shark" It's a Balloon, No, It's a Hoax: Tue, Oct 20, 2009
Stephen Harper and His Friends: Tue, Oct 13, 2009
The Power of Sex: Measuring It in Economic Terms Is an Endgame: Tue, Oct 6, 2009
Southwestern Ontario's Economy: Depending On Its Aorta and Stephen Harper: Tue, Sep 29, 2009
Michael Ignatieff Takes Aim At Our Economic Recovery: Tue, Sep 22, 2009
Lehman Brothers: A Year Later: Tue, Sep 15, 2009
American Health Care Reform: Looking To Canada Is One Way: Tue, Sep 8, 2009
That's My Commentary For This Week, I'm Philip Shaw: Tue, Sep 1, 2009
New York, New Yawk!: Tue, Aug 25, 2009
Jack Layton and the "New" Democrats: When Will Be Their Time?: Tue, Aug 18, 2009
Twitter Unplugged: Tweeting For the Long Haul Or An Internet Fad: Tue, Aug 11, 2009
"Society Evolving": Tue, Aug 4, 2009
Another Time? Getting Agricorp Back to Chatham: Tue, Jul 28, 2009
Buying Fresh Buying Local: What's Up With The 3000 Km Caesar Salad?: Tue, Jul 21, 2009
Looking Back on the Obama Phenomenon: Tue, Jul 14, 2009
A Thriller No More: My Time With Michael Jackson: Tue, Jul 7, 2009
On Being Canadian: Canada Turns 142: Tue, Jun 30, 2009
The World Bank Reminds Us "It's Bad Out There.": Tue, Jun 23, 2009
Election Fantasy: Let's Get Real: Tue, Jun 16, 2009
Playing Arrogantly With the People's Money: eHealth Ontario Under Fire: Tue, Jun 9, 2009
"Government Motors", GM Files for Chapter 11: Tue, Jun 2, 2009
Canadian Economy Still Faltering: Federal Government Raises Deficit Projections: Tue, May 26, 2009
Sitting Down To That Biotech Cocktail: Tue, May 19, 2009
Sanitizing Protest Movements: Canadian Protests Evolve: Tue, May 12, 2009
An Election Coming? Forget About It: Tue, May 5, 2009
"Advice Well Taken" The Stars Come Out At the 2009 University of Windsor Film Festival: Tue, Apr 28, 2009
Hoop Dreams: Wallaceburg Air Hawks Bring Home the Gold: Tue, Apr 21, 2009
Liberals Might Finally Get It: Winning Back Rural Canada Is a Priority: Tue, Apr 14, 2009
Grumbling About Canadian Banks: Not This Time: Tue, Apr 7, 2009
GM and Chrysler Face the Music: Tue, Mar 31, 2009
The confidence paradigm.....who's going to start spending first?: Tue, Mar 24, 2009
AIG's Entitlement: A Dog's Breakfast For the Rest of Us: Tue, Mar 17, 2009
THe greening of Dalton McGuinty......: Tue, Mar 10, 2009
Economic Recovery Must Be Right Around the Corner: Tue, Mar 3, 2009