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Or only being able to learn about creationism, or soon, being vilified for being vaccinated. I see your point about being other than a white guy. My friend is, but between the size and location of the base, it just wasn't practical to go anywhere, and the US 'hosts' were anything but.

We've already gone that route. We moved (long distance) a couple of years ago and used that opportunity to cull. Part of the problem was we were so organized that ours 'piles o' sutff' didn't look all that bad. When we have the old farmhouse, basement moisture was a problem so I built raised...

No, but it seems to be an open secret among some, including city planners, that it doesn't fit 'the vision' or isn't the 'highest and best use' for the land, or 'wouldn't it make a great spot for a condo'. Short of outright advocating that Redpath leave (which, coming from any official position...

Back in its heyday, didn't the British Army leave a lot of their kit there and just move people back and forth? I can imagine with their cutbacks, they can't afford to leave that much equipment stranded. Also, didn't they open a training space in the Middle East (Qatar?) fairly recently? I...

There's is no doubt a fair bit of background legal issues to be worked through including, but not limited to, contracts and collective bargaining issues (regional road employees, etc.). As well, taxation rates have to be re-calculated since roads will no longer be on the regional bill. The...

The PM has been openly courting Carney. Freeland, even as a politician, has a shred of dignity. When you're at a dance and your date is openly eyeing up the competition, what's a person to do. You would think so, but sometimes hubris and ego know few bounds. 'I can save them from...

Source of data for that? I can't find anything. Some of the Great Lake cruise ships are upwards of 650+ feet in length and port area at downtown Kinsgton is fairly constrained. Besides, the city would have to buy up and tear down a lot of something somebody already owns. Are you part of the...

It might have helped but there is a good percentage of the population would have deposited anyway. I read one story where a person opted to have travel documents sent by mail rather than choosing the pick-up option - the day before they walked. It had been in the news for weeks. I had to...

The short answer is, the federal government tells it to and funds it to as part of its 'regional and remote services' mandate, similar to, say, the northern Quebec of Jasper-Prince Rupert services. I don't know the definitive history but I suspect that when Canadian service was moved from CP...

True, but the roots go much further back.

You know the only reason White River-Sudbury service exists because it is mandated. Without that protection I suspect it would have been discontinued decades ago. At least it connects two places that are, well, places.

Fair. I can't argue EU vs NA vehicle design and standards. In terms of size, part of it could probably the 'goldfish effect'. Our commercial/emergency/etc. vehicles are larger simply because they can be. Fire vehicle, garbage trucks, etc. that have to be able to navigate narrow, windy...

True, but what underlying cultural conditions allows Europe to start to flourish and the ME to stagnate? A lot of the math and scientific principles that enabled the Industrial Revolution originated in the ME. Even in terms of trans-oceanic exploration and trade, Europe built increasingly...

Actually, the entire range of inter-provincial trade restrictions (and commerce restrictions for that matter) needs to be eliminated.

I sure hope the people who are going to be the target of the business case see some economic merit in it - I certainly don't. I'd be interested in seeing what they claim for a revenue stream.

No more dishwater American beer. I think I'll survive.

Then I suppose we await a reliable commercial-grade fleet of electric buses, garbage trucks and snow removal equipment. Really? You think today's standard urban and single-deck highway buses are significantly larger? I remember the complaints about increased vibration when the TTC...

While it's fashionable these days to blame everything on the British, Afghanistan might have considered a puppet state of British India for less than a decade in the mid-1800s, and Libya was under allied occupation (British/French) from 1943-1951 after the defeat of Italy which had colonized it...

I don't know if it is the engines themselves that are louder but most heavy commercial vehicle engine now are turbocharged and their automatic transmissions contain high-pressure fluid turbines, plus they have air compressors which are typically noisy. In an urban environment, particularly a...

Installed propane/NG heaters do that. I understand in other areas to do (or used to) ignite diesel or used oil. I don't know but doubt there are rotary blowers in eastern Canada. Maybe QNSL. Auger-type blowers on MOW equipment, sure. We simply don't get the rapid snow accumulation. Even...