Opinion

Seedy practice Many of you have, possibly, seen the video of a doctor who was asked to leave an United Airlines flight because there was no room for some of the company’s employees.

Robert J. Flaherty invents the documentary and immediately bends the rules.

By Kaare Askildt

If you own a smartphone, you have more computing power at your fingertips than NASA scientists had when they put people on the moon in 1969! And it’s in a small device, unlike the massive hardware the space agency used.

In today’s wonderful world of cuisine, salt has evolved from being just another staple in our pantries to a myriad of choices with considerations based on texture, flavour, and health aspects.

I attend a lot of events in my line of work, whether it’s a banquet, a school function, or a local theatre performance.

Other than these columns, I spend most of my writing energy penning serious letters and emails, on behalf of the amazing politician I work for and with. I’m blessed to do it, and thank God I can.

Just how important is the Space X launch of a used rocket last week? In last year’s Academy Award-nominated film Hidden Figures, the women who did the calculating for NASA’s Mercury mission were called computers. That is what they did.

Blackstone’s formulation states: “It is better that 10 guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.” This is a foundational principle of modern justice systems, but it has ancient roots.

Dear Editor: The 2017 provincial budget presented last week contained a number of measures that will affect our province. Tough decisions were made to manage deficits and put the brakes on future debt.