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When is it not enough to fulfil one’s legal obligation? When failing to go beyond legal requirements results in gross moral failures, such as harm to vulnerable people.

I have been trying to get my mind around the Occupy movement. I have no problem with understanding how it started.

Remembrance Day occasionally generates issues in the weeks leading up to it, which are then put aside until next year once the occasion has passed. An issue arose this year that deserves ongoing attention with a hope of resolution.

Years ago I was traveling in South Korea and at the end of the week we headed back to our headquarters in the nation’s capital of Seoul. On Sunday morning, my buddy and I decided to check out the “Taiwan” shopping district.

The season of celebrations is starting for this year and it seems that more of us are taking our celebrations on the road.

On April 9, 1917, John Hugh Kennedy, a sergeant with the 49th Battalion (Loyal Edmonton Regiment) was killed in action at the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Born in Glengarry, Ont. on Sept. 16, 1889, Kennedy’s family had moved to St.

We are all nostalgic to a point, but over time, as we get on in years, sometimes our memory fades. We tend to romanticize, even fictionalize events.

A few years ago I settled my kids into a convenient spot on St. Anne Street right around 10:57 a.m. on Nov. 11. They were warmly dressed and each holding a cup of hot chocolate.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper finally has my undivided attention. This is no mean feat as I have been struggling mightily with the whipsawing stock market, the BUY AMERICA movement, and preparations for Halloween.

The Scouting movement in Canada has been drawing flak for its past handing of pedophile predators. One instance has been cited where complaints led only to an alleged predator being shifted to another group.