Harry Shannon
In the Anglo-Saxon world, the President of Russia’s name is spelled Vladimir Putin. So I was surprised to see how the French write his surname. The picture is a still from the CBC’s nightly news show ‘The National’ on 29 December.
Here’s an idea for Margaret Atwood. Her book this year, ‘The Testaments,’ …
Month: December 2019
Doing a difficult job – my letter in the Hamilton Spectator
Harry Shannon
A few weeks ago we had an ice/snow storm - the sort of conditions that cause an ice build-up on tree branches or utility lines that can bring them down. And sure enough we lost power for several hours, from mid-morning to early evening. There were several other outages in the region. I read via my cell phone that one of them wa…
The inefficiency of the private sector
Harry Shannon
A few years ago, my wife and I spent nine months in the
UK. Before we came from Canada, we had
to start a bank account to transfer some money to make a deposit ahead of our
arrival for our rental house. We tried
various banks; the only one that accommodated us was Lloyds.
We set up the sterling (pounds) accou…