From a colleague’s complaints about having to pack to an acquaintance’s whines about missing one afternoon of sunshine out of seven, I’ve had it with vacationers who have negative stories to tell about getting away from this horrible winter. Â Please tell me you had a great time, show me photos, give me highlights but don’t you dare bitch about it! …
It’s Sunday shopping all over again. Convenience store owners versus the government, over expanding sales of beer outside of the Beer Store. Â …
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They mean well, they really do, but celebrities aren’t always the best ad-libbers. This week a couple that offered some hyperbole with a capital HYPER caught my attention. And so I randt. …
Before I left 680 News, legendary political reporter John Stall and I had a discussion about cynicism.  He made a very good point.  Being a cynic is a barrier to growth.  Even when it comes to the Mayor of this city where unemployment and closing companies are issues and he says what we need is a gondola ride over the Thames. At least I thought about it before I dismissed it as dumb!  So I randt. …
One of the things I love best about doing Brandt’s Randt every week is that it can give me a chance to talk about something that many people are aware of, but might not actually make the news. And that’s what had me randting this week. …
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More than 500 workers at Kellogg’s are losing their jobs in 2014 but they continued a tradition of generosity.  Good people.  Great story.  And worth a randt. …
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I just can’t believe that someone in charge of the welfare of children was dumb enough to think that an asthmatic child’s inhaler should be put under lock and key.  But that’s what happened last year at a Staffordville school and a student paid for it with his life.  So I randt. …
I’m privy to a lot of stuff that never actually makes the news. For example, right across the province there have been dozens of stolen cars in recent weeks right out of peoples’ driveways because owners have left the keys in them. Dozens.  Everywhere. …
It’s not usual for a randt to come with a photo but this one does. Â …
One of my favourite actors is one of my least favourite people. Does that make sense? …
Toronto, London, Montreal, Detroit – I have the solution to your  Mayor woes. Just listen to this randt!
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Let’s end this era of molly-coddling some businesses while leaving others to flail in the wind. Â The federal government finally plans to get rid of bundling TV stations from cable or satellite providers and I think it’s long overdue. And so I randt. Â …
This will be a familiar topic for regular readers. I tried to rehab myself, I really did! But I can’t get over it. I see it everywhere and it’s so irritating. So I randt. Â …
So much talk about retirement lately. I just read a terrific book titled Neurotic Money by Joe Ornato. He was one of my table-mates at the book signing at Chapters on the weekend. Smart guy, totally debt-free and living on a hobby farm with his family after abandoning his six-figure job in the financial industry. Â …
Even if you don’t care a whit about Miley Cyrus, current music or the MTV Video Music Awards you probably couldn’t escape some sort of commentary about what happened last Sunday night. …
It looks bad for London Police and for Toronto Police right now in light of two recent incidents. Â …
Did you hear about the 3 wannabe Canadians who don’t want to pledge allegiance to the Queen? They claim it’s against their rights. Â What rights?!?!? Grrrrr. Â It’s the subject of this week’s Brandt’s Randt. Â …
A Windsor man was treated pretty poorly last weekend. Â All he wanted to do was see some really cool Lego buildings and things and he was unfairly profiled! Â …