During my 5 years back in Canada, I have been faithful to one beer brand – King Pilsener. King was a microbrewery in Nobleton (next to...

When I moved back to Canada in 2010, I had a new commuting challenge: to regularly travel 220 return kilometres, from west Toronto to...

We’ve moved into our new home with 2 showers, and I did the thing everybody on HGTV gets excited about. Each shower area has a rain...

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I like Weetabix. It was introduced to me in my youth, when my British-raised Cypriot-Dutch cousins would have it on the breakfast table...

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Thanks to Paul, the webmaster of the immensely popular activist site  www.love6music.com for placing my article about BBC 6 Music on the...

Hi, just a short one today. I’m off to Canada for an Easter Holiday. My Easter brand point: Easter Bunnies are dumb and have much more to...

Trying too hard to hit the number Molson Canadian is a popular beer in Canada. Canada became a country in 1867. Michelob is making lots...

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My brand brain hurts. Remember when Johnny Carson would take vacation and Jay Leno or someone else would host the show instead? That...

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