The small town in Ontario with a world-class chocolatier
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?
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
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
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
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
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
Pastry chef Alistair Wise says never to make pavlova on a rainy day. “Just forget about it,” he advises. And…
Summer flavor pairings
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
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
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
If I’d known what a whole monkfish looks like, I would never have ordered it. It was only weeks later…
Canada’s parents are taking to the streets
In the biggest demonstration since the Freedom Convoy, large numbers of Canadian families and supporters took to the streets across…
In praise of the Moscow mule
If called upon to declare the seven greatest cocktails of all time — a Magnificent Seven, as it were —…
Climate change didn’t cause Canada’s wildfires
Is the hazy stuff out there smoke billowing down from Québec, or hot air emitted from smoggy-brained politicians and journalists?…
In praise of burnt Basque cheesecake
Spring, as Chaucer pointed out, occasionally has the curious effect of making people “long on pilgrimage to go / And…
Don’t spare us the asparagus
Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts, or so said Charles Lamb in an essay about grace before meals. Other vegetables had come…
Did China influence the Canadian elections for Trudeau?
It’s been a sticky couple of weeks for Canada’s natural governing party, as the Liberals like to call themselves. Anonymous…
What Lenten fasting has in common with Tough Mudder
The prospect of meatless Lenten days does not thrill me
The truth slips out about Justin Trudeau’s euthanasia regime
Two cheers for a brief hiatus in the Canadian stampede towards suicide for all. Earlier this month, David Lametti, Justin…
Justin Trudeau’s strange defence of his protest crackdown
On Friday, Justin Trudeau made his much-anticipated appearance before the Canadian Public Order Emergency Commission, where he gave testimony about…
The barbarism of Canada’s euthanasia regime
“After a recent experience caring for a patient receiving medical assistance in dying, I felt distressed and uncomfortable. How should…
Where's the outrage over Trudeau's trip to Britain?
As Justin Trudeau waltzed through the UK, visiting Boris Johnson and the Queen, did anyone spare a thought for Canadians…
Trudeau's totalitarian turn
It was the hot tub that did it. Photos of Canadian convoy supporters relaxing in a hot tub on a…
GoFundMe betrays the Canadian truckers
Under pressure from the Canadian government, GoFundMe has decided to withhold $9 million of the funds raised by the truckers’ Freedom Convoy ($1…
Canada’s peaceful anti-mandate protesters keep on truckin’
Canada’s Liberal government is getting frustrated. They’ve tried everything and still the Freedom Convoy is camped out in front of…
