by Jonathan van Bilsen Self-driving vehicles are certainly here to stay, but they do come with a series of defects which need to be...

by Jonathan van Bilsen I have always been fascinated by many of the sayings we have and often wonder where their roots lie. In fact, the...

by Geoffrey Carpentier For the last few years, we’ve had new neighbours on Elgin Pond, in Uxbridge. A family of swans moved in and each...

DAN CEARNS The Standard As a resident of the country of Canada, there is a lot to be proud of at the end of the 2024 Paris Summer...

by Jonathan van Bilsen Whenever people travel, there is inevitably the unexpected which happens. This was the case when I went to...

by Jonathan van Bilsen NASA constantly searches for better ways to feed astronauts, especially on long space missions. This is certainly...

by Geoffrey Carpentier I woke up early today and went outside to watch the sunrise. A flash of colour caught my eye. Was that an earwig...

DAN CEARNS The Standard For years, I’ve been an avid follower of politics in this country, interested in things which happen at every...

by Jonathan van Bilsen After five years and sixty episodes of my travel show, photosNtravel, it has finally run its course. Although I...

By Jonathan van Bilsen I seldom write about politics in this column, but events of late have made me wonder, when is enough, enough?...

DAN CEARNS The Standard So far, the Toronto Maple Leafs general manager, Brad Treliving, has done exactly as he has promised. He has made...

by Geoffrey Carpentier If you’re a faithful reader, you might already know poop fascinates me, not so much ours, but that of animals....

By Jonathan van Bilsen I have often wondered who the first to do something was. For example, who was the first person to look under a cow...

by Jonathan van Bilsen In my early twenties, I had a great job being an announcer on a radio station in Owen Sound. The station, CFOS,...

by Geoffrey Carpentier Every May, I honour a pledge to myself, to go out and raise money to help our Canadian birds, as they struggle...

by Jonathan van Bilsen Like so many of you, I subscribe to a number of streaming services which no doubt, have great programming. I am,...

By Jonathan van Bilsen Many of you may have recently heard about the devastating turbulence encountered, on a flight from London to...

DAN CEARNS The Standard After another season of disappointing results for the Toronto Maple Leafs, all eyes are on what this team will do...

by Geoffrey Carpentier I’ve noted, of late, a number of posts in some local Facebook groups expressing how happy folks are to see...

by Jonathan van Bilsen Last week I flew back to Toronto, from a few weeks of fun and travel in Europe. The trip and everything associated...