Canada, Maritimes, Ontario, The West, Toronto

Think of it as an electoral echo. While many British Columbians are just getting over the election hangover from May’s blockbuster BC Liberal comeback win, 13 municipalities are about to head into by-election mode.

The following commentary was published in the June 19th edition of Calgary Sun & Edmonton Sun

In war, when one side is clearly beat, they will sometimes put up a token fight before surrendering: A small battle to show that you don’t enjoy being beaten and perhaps to encourage a degree respect from the victors.

Following yet another fire-bombing of a Jewish owned business in Montreal, B’nai Brith Canada, the senior Jewish community organization, is calling on the Montreal Police to get to the bottom of the attacks before people are seriously injured.

In late May a man called into a Brandon, Manitoba radio station and described how he regularly saw lots of Manitoba license plates in parking lots in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

QUEEN’S PARK – Premier Kathleen Wynne must order Liberal staffers to co-operate with the Ontario Provincial Police’s investigation into her government’s gas-plant scandal by turning over all stolen documents immediately, PC MPP Michael Harris said today.

In late May a man called into a Brandon, Manitoba radio station and described how he regularly saw lots of Manitoba license plates in parking lots in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

When he’s on home turf, media-hammered Toronto Mayor Rob Ford gets “acidic” fruit juice thrown on his face. The mayor the media are trying to get the people to love to hate had a cup of orange juice thrown into his face when he was attending an Italian street festival on the weekend.

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A couple of weeks ago I met a young lady at the Bloor St. Boxing Club.

For those of you who don’t know, along with being an author, I’m also a boxing promoter and broadcaster and am the President of Championship Boxing Inc. Along with my friends Paul Ryan, Richard Souce and John Melich we are starting a new Boxing series called The Toronto Boxing Championships on the Rogers Network. Well this young lady’s name is Ally and man when she walked through the door she took everyone’s collective breath away. She was brought in to meet me so I could arrange to put her in the Toronto Sun as a Sunshine Girl to help promote our event. Within 5 minutes I knew that firstly this was a young woman of not only great beauty but the possessor of a great heart and humor. A young woman of quality!!

Toronto Sun