Jane Stannus

The downfall of Thomas King, Canada’s most influential ‘indigenous’ man

30 November 2025 9:00 pm

It’s an awkward time in the upper echelons of the Canadian cultural establishment. It’s come to light that influential indigenous…

The downfall of Canada’s most influential ‘indigenous’ man

29 November 2025 5:00 pm

It’s an awkward time in the upper echelons of the Canadian cultural establishment. It’s come to light that influential indigenous…

Anne of Green Gables perfected the kitchen mishap

18 November 2025 9:48 pm

There’s something wickedly entertaining in reading about other people’s kitchen debacles, whether actual or fictional. They’re just so relatable. The…

Why bother banning US booze in Canada?

5 November 2025 9:52 pm

You know what they say about America: beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain and purple mountain majesties…

The Freedom Convoy trial has disgraced Canada’s justice system

8 October 2025 10:39 pm

In a disgraceful conclusion to a disgraceful trial, Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber have been sentenced to…

Robert Munsch’s license to die

20 September 2025 12:56 pm

Once upon a time, there was a hugely successful children’s author named Robert Munsch. His books (more than 70!) sold…

Jailed for embarrassing the Canadian government

7 August 2025 12:56 am

At long last, the Ontario government’s drawn-out legal proceedings against the organizers of the Freedom Convoy is winding to a…

The joy of preparing freezer jam

3 June 2025 7:25 pm

July, and the morning sun blazes over fields of pick-your-own strawberries. The black bears scope out the blueberry patches in…

Mark Carney won’t change Canada for the better

29 April 2025 5:54 pm

Apparently Canada hasn’t taken enough punishment yet. After a close, hard-fought race that extended into the wee hours of the morning, Mark…

Canadians need saving from Mark Carney, not Donald Trump

27 April 2025 5:35 pm

Tomorrow’s election will be one of the most important in Canadian history. The results hang on one crucial question: what’s…

Why have Canada’s conservatives backed euthanasia?

15 April 2025 9:09 pm

There’s two weeks left before Canada’s federal election, and we’re dying over here. Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney…

Trump is making showers great again

11 April 2025 3:13 am

Sometimes it’s the little things. Get ready, world. America is back – with shiny, clean hair, glowing skin and a faint…

Fishy business

9 April 2025 4:04 pm

Britain’s most popular fish comes with batter, not scales – but America can virtuously say its favorite fish is salmon.…

Canada is more conservative than politicians think

8 April 2025 4:00 pm

Finally, some good news for Canada’s Conservative party. For the first time since the federal election was announced, a poll…

The small town in Ontario with a world-class chocolatier

14 March 2025 12:00 am

I’m sipping Madagascan hot chocolate out of white-and-gold Haviland Limoges, and nibbling on Venezuelan milk-chocolate bonbons, under an oil painting…

Is Canada doing enough to stop the US trade war?

12 March 2025 10:13 pm

There’s such a thing as cutting off your nose to spite your face, and the tariff war between Canada and…

Canada can do more to address the fentanyl crisis

5 March 2025 5:52 am

It was a field day for the Canadian freight industry on Monday. Every truck in the country, stuffed to the gills…

The dark legacy of Justin Trudeau 

7 January 2025 5:47 pm

He’s gone – but he’s not gone. As per his announcement in Ottawa on Monday, one of Canada’s most disliked prime…

Prepare for the National Suicide Service

30 November 2024 8:18 pm

Tragically, British lawmakers voted on Friday in favour of a bill legalising medically assisted dying. Despite all the talk of…

Kombucha future: my scoby is taking over my life

12 September 2024 7:55 pm

I once read the back cover of a book with a brilliant premise: a Silicon Valley wage-slave with a dull,…

Pavlova: a dessert inspired by the Dying Swan

19 July 2024 1:50 am

Pastry chef Alistair Wise says never to make pavlova on a rainy day. “Just forget about it,” he advises. And…

Summer flavor pairings

15 May 2024 6:30 pm

Does anything say “June” quite like strawberries and cream? The sweetness of sun-ripened strawberries allowed to remain on the plant…

Don’t bother avoiding microplastics

16 March 2024 9:00 am

They’re everywhere, it seems: in the oceans, the fish, the soil, our drinking water, our vegetables, our grains and cereals,…

Canada’s Orwellian online harms Bill

5 March 2024 5:15 pm

There’s a way of getting children to eat something they dislike – medicine, for example – where you bury the goods in…

A culinary tour of southern France and northern Spain

19 October 2023 2:51 pm

If I’d known what a whole monkfish looks like, I would never have ordered it. It was only weeks later…