Canadian Trailblazer Donna Strickland Wins Nobel Prize in Physics

 Photo credit: Niklas Elmehed, © Nobel Media AB 2018 At 5 am Donna Strickland received a phone call that would forever change her life. She was jolted from a peaceful slumber, worried about the bad news that often comes with these types of abrupt early morning awakenings, only to be put “on

On The ‘Lookout’ For Common Sense in the CBSA Where There Isn’t Any

 By Professor Darryl T Davies The 16th century Elizabethan poet and playwright William Shakespeare once wrote “There is a tide in the affairs of men which when taken at the flood leads on to fortune”.  Today when talking about the actions of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and how

The Rhythms of Life

 Family Furnishings: Selected Short Stories 1995 - 2014 Alice Munro Reviewed by Don MacLean May 2015 The short story can sometimes seem in jeopardy of being forgotten if not dismissed. This danger is not at all due to a dearth of this particular form of storytelling. Countless are written and many