Internet ids: fake it ’til you make it

I am hopelessly old-fashioned. So old-fashioned that even in the whacked-out, surreal world of social media, I still cling to quaint notions that people are who they say they are, especially when they have built an authentic reputation on a site. Of course I know that skulduggery, bullying, duplicity and criminal behaviour abound online, but it’s ...

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All the lonely people

Posted by on Sep 6, 2017 in Opinion | No Comments

Years ago when I was a reporter for a daily paper I covered a visit by Mother Teresa to the small northern Alberta town of Lac la Biche. I am not particularly religious but she said something to the thousands who flocked to see her that hot spring day that has always stayed with me. ...

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