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• Losing the backseat driver
  I had the best trip ever back home from Moncton.My wife is a notorious back seat driver or, more accurately, front passenger seat driver. She ...
• Lowering the bar wrong approach
  High school students across the province are now in the process of writing final exams for the first term.However, students at Colonel Gray High ...
• Putting my feet up
  Our twin daughters have finally gotten their licence. While that brings with it a new set of worries, especially during the winter months, I have ...
• EI continues to be hot issue
  Since P.E.I. has a strong seasonal component to its economy, employment insurance is a fact of life for many Islanders.While there is a ...
• ‘Beater car’ is anything but
  We have solved our car problem but now my wife and I are having second thoughts about the solution.Our twin girls still haven’t got their ...
• New highway plan a reasonable solution
  The Robert Ghiz government has finally abandoned its ill-conceived plan to build a highway through Strathgartney Provincial Park.It still amazes ...
• The tree is still standing
  One job I was dreading this year was putting up the Christmas tree. I wasn’t trying to be a Grinch, but I had visions of seeing the tree sprawled ...
• Different approach needed for education
  As a government appointed commission looking at ways to revamp the education system wraps up its work, P.E.I. students have once again finished ...
• Just call me Barack
  The older I get the less patience I have for telemarketers and scam artists.I know it is probably unfair to put them in the same category. The ...
• Abortion issue back on the agenda
  The abortion issue is back on the P.E.I. public agenda.That issue occupied centre stage for several years in the late 1980s as opponents of ...
• Collecting for the food bank
  I recently had the opportunity to work with my teenage daughter and her friend collecting for the Upper Room Food Bank.As anybody who has ...
• Islanders show affection for Layton
  Like many other Canadians, Islanders are expressing their affection for the late federal NDP Leader Jack Layton. The Cradle of Confederation has ...
• Another child leaves the nest
  The chances are good that while most readers are enjoying (hopefully) this column, I will be in Moncton cleaning my son’s first apartment.He is ...
• Close race developing in east
  When the campaign for the October 3 election officially begins in just a few weeks, one riding to watch will be Souris-Elmira.
• Getting away from it all
  My beautiful bride and I have reached the point where we can take a vacation without any kids.It was something that was years in the making. Two ...
• Tiime for a new approach
  As the Confederation Centre of the Arts begins the search for a new executive director, it would be a good time to redirect its focus back to ...
• Parenting goes on the road
  My daughters are at an age when nothing is ever their fault.Even when they admit they did something wrong, they can never go that extra step and ...
• Another black eye for Health PEI
  The future has apparently arrived when it comes to the handling of medical records. While Health PEI is trying to paint the decision of Dr. ...
• Phone scams take a dark turn
  The latest Internet scam I heard about a few days ago has me intrigued.Apparently, the scammer sends you an email and pretends to be a paid hit ...
• Focused planning for the future
  I continue to be amazed by how focused my 16-year-old daughters can sometimes be.They can be self-centred like every other teenager – that ...
• Interesting campaign on the horizon
  As dog days of summer approach, the provincial political scene is beginning to heat up.Both of the traditionally “old line” parties are in the ...
• A very special hat
  I fall into the category of being folically challenged.In case you haven’t figured out, that is the politically correct term for bald. I’m not ...
• Another family milestone reached
  The Walker family now has another university graduate. My son was included in what I understand is the largest class ever to graduate from the ...
• The royal wedding day blues
  Of course, this was the week of “The wedding.” It has achieved the status where no further explanation is required. No need to clarify when ...
• Feeling out of touch
  I remember when my family had to persuade me to get a cellphone.I only started to realize how much I depended on it when the battery went dead or ...
• The training wheels come off
  “Can we drive there? That’s the only question we seem to hear from our twin 16-year-old daughters these days? After practising for a couple ...
• Charlottetown, not Egmont, the riding to watch
  I can’t agree with the contention of the National Post that Egmont is one of 20 riding to watch across the country on election night.This is a ...
• Adjusting to the new puppy
  After the death of our dog, the family pretty much agreed a new pet would be somewhere down the road but it was not in the immediate ...
• Getting behind the wheel
  I now have this bright yellow “L” sticker and I start to get a little nervous when the weekend comes around since it’s time for driving practice. ...
• Board trustee should be temporary
  Education Minister Doug Currie was left with little choice but to dismiss the Eastern School District board. Despite statements to the contrary ...