Mark H.

My wife is a lifelong die hard Sens fan. By extension, I tend to stick up for the Sens. So a little of all of the above...

Sarcasm alert...

Fantastic hockey now that the Sens are out - just superb

Valuing all lives equally is not a prerogative.

Defend the rights of all who cannot defend themselves - such as a refugee child who cannot defend itself. I'm not in a position to know how badly various refugees across the world need help - go ahead and share if you have something other than an opinion on that. I do know that nothing good can come out of people spending years in refugee camps, due to wars, famine, et. al. https://twitter.com/selkirkrecord

He's just throwing a bone to his base. The Conservatives have MPs that need to have a talk with themselves. They claim to be pro-life but are anti-refugees - a life is a life.

The Conservatives need MPs who can function in 2017. If Scheer has to keep them gagged the way Harper did, because of their socially conservative views, expect a few more Liberal governments

Well, I should be able to tell my friend that he needs to have more than rye & coke at the bar, if he plans on being successful. See, my friend didn't have time to purchase anything else, but he didn't want anyone else doing it.

If there is another team Canada - Mark Methot will be on the blueline - you heard it here first

Great game! I'm sure even the naysayers can find a way to stomach it...

Karlssen and Methot were outstanding - on both ends of the ice

1. Other provinces: we are, on average $$ per annum, behind Alberta and ahead of BC and Sask. Overall, we fit right in the middle of the pack. 2. Private schools: they look at public sector collective agreements and pay the same wages or more, as well as giving similar benefits. I know this for a fact - I'm in a unique situation where I work for both public and private schools - the good ones pay the going rate or more. 3. Education grads who can't find teaching jobs: are you suggesting more of them would find work if wages were lower? Hardly the case - there are fewer teaching jobs because family size is shrinking. Also, I find it depends a great deal on the education program from which they graduated (eg. BU grads had a 94% hiring rate in 2016) and also the experience they acquire while they're in University. I advise teacher candidates to take more courses in summer, so they can spend a couple of terms working as an Educational Assistant, and work their tails off during their teaching placements. You have to do something to promote yourself - otherwise that degree is just a piece of paper. School Divisions have the luxury of hiring the cream of the crop. Oh and - be willing to work absolutely anywhere.

Oh sure, you can't cause crime sprees while you're behind bars, but jails do little or nothing to prevent further crime. That's a big part of the problem. I have police officer friends - 90% of the people they deal with are repeat offenders. More time behind bars isn't going to improve that, especially with most jails already full.

Even more common is the belief that tougher sentencing and more jails will solve any of that

Caint pound book learnin' into dem unruly boys heads...

Do you have actual numbers for the police? The last two teacher contracts averaged a 2.25% increase per year, which covered a period of 8 years. That isn't very much more than the rate of inflation. The next increase for all public workers has already been legislated - 1.75% over 4 years. Yep, they should be able to start fixing the streets any day now...

Indeed - he is marooned...

Murray made a huge difference tonight - especially when the Sens were pressing early

You just can't replace your best puck moving defenders when they go down - those guys are pure gold in today's hockey (see Karlsson, Erik) They can always march next year - the Caps have proven themselves irrelevant for once and for all.

Next you'll tell us you call him 'a good Mennonite boy' you having worked for Golden West & all...

They were supposed to remain Leafs fans after their city got its own team? Well ok then.

Just a regular water cooler yawn fest

Next game will be interesting - they seem to find ways but tonight they had nothing

I'm sure you could get help for all of that...

Tonight's game is as good as you'll see. Passing, speed, hits & goal tending