Two weeks ago, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced joyfully to his countrymen that the corrupt western Europe is sinking. As proof he offered the soccer results of the World Cup. The South Americans, he claimed, are taking over. But look who are the last teams standing: Europeans!
Memo to the Molsons: We don't care about the office, or off-ice, succession. What we want is success on ice.
There is usually some regret and yet much pride for parents when offspring become independent and decide to leave home.
So Pierre Boivin is going to take a lesser role with the Montreal Canadiens next year and Geoff Molson will increase his executive duties with the club. It won't make any difference on the ice as long as the black hand of Bob Gainey is still part of the organization.
Re: "CSIS head should learn to keep a secret" (Editorial, July 7).
I spend six months of the year in Britain, so I rely on the Gazette's website to keep me in contact with my hometown.
When it comes to oil spills and the tarsands, who is really responsible?
I moved to Quebec just in time to witness the annual "moving day."
My mother is a witness to the sad fact that Jewish people were once restricted from owning homes in T.M.R.
Re: "Indian state seeks millions from Ottawa; Shipload of Sikhs turned away in 1914," (Gazette, July 4).
Here's an idea for the governor-general: Instead of begging the Chinese government to loan you two pandas for $1 million a year so that we can watch their every move in confinement, why not pay them that much to release two political prisoners a year and make a difference in some human lives?