A few weeks ago a reader asked me how I came to name my four legged partner.  I think he was hoping for a simple answer but it was a bit more complicated than that, and brings us to this post. When Hondo came to Canada his name was ‘Oleg’.  Having a foreign sounding name [...]

“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.”                                                   – George Eliot

You can tell a lot about a person by how they handle bad situations.  I’m not talking about devastating. life changing incidents like losing a loved one, getting laid off, or having your home foreclosed on, but occurrences that have an immediate and relatively short term effect.  Things like getting a speeding ticket,  losing your wallet,  or having your car broken [...]

I’m really excited about the newest release from the Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team (IMPACT) in regards to bait car technology. Up until this week, a suspect in a stolen ‘bait car’ was video and audio taped with the location, speed, and direction of travel monitored by dispatchers.  Officers would respond, the car would be disabled, and the [...]

“Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone.  There were many others who felt the same way.”      – Rosa Parks