U.S. and Canadian politicians join forces in renaming project

Harry Shannon Former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is working with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to change the names of the Trans-Canada Highway and the Trans-Alaska pipeline. Palin told a news conference that evangelical groups have complained about the use of “trans” in…

Who likes Poutine?

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,’ …