Profile of Marc Lalonde

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• We can learn a lot from Dr. Suzuki if we only take...
  Here we are, 20 years later, and humanity’s over-reliance on oil and big-money concerns have conspired to push the environment to the back of our ...
• Having it all : a myth of the media’s making
  I don't necessarily think that's true, but I know some might beg to differ. That's fine. Let them beg. The simple reality of life in the ...
• Taxpayers have a responsibility to be informed
  It's inevitable, especially in the run-up to a federal election, that discussions held around barbecues last weekend centred on Laytonmania, ...
• Tough week makes me thankful for kids' unconditional...
  Everybody has them – weeks where no matter what happens, nothing seems to go your way, be it traffic, at the office, at home or wherever. It ...
• Scarpaleggia takes lead back in Lac St. Louis
  It's still anyone's race in Lac St. Louis, as Francis Scarpaleggia leads NDP Alain Ackad by 17 votes, and a re-count could be in the offing. ...
• Ackad leads once more
  Just nine votes separate NDP candidate Alain Ackad and incumbent Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia. Scarpaleggia, shown here with the Stanley Cup in ...
• Scarpaleggia storms back to take the lead
  Liberal incumbent Francis Scarpaleggia has stromed back to take the lead in Lac St. Louia back from NDP challenger Alain Ackad. It's the only ...
• NDP leading in all four local races
  West Island, get ready for a wave of orange. Only Lac St. Louis is still close at this point, with NDP candidate Alain Ackad having stormed back ...
• What in the world were they thinking?
  What's going on in the U.S. midwest these days, anyway? Is there something in the water? It starts with a school in Chicago doing ostensibly, ...
• Finding a way to break the monotony of the winter
  It's a similar routine; one we go through each and every day of the work week in the wintertime, pretty much. We all get up in the morning and ...
• Chara hit on Pacioretty: Police investigation should...
  In the wake of Zdeno Chara's devastatingly nasty, overwhelmingly dirty and complete anti-social act of running Max Pacioretty's head into a ...
• I've got Jerry Seinfeld in the back seat
  I drive down the street, keeping my eyes on the road and watching for ice, snow, other cars, pedestrians, the occasional (very occasional, ...
• Editorial: Province's train commitment a testament...
  Last Monday, Quebec transport minister Sam Hamad announced the province had committed $22 million to begin preliminary engineering studies on the ...
• I wish my kids were less like me
  My kids are chips off the old block and it's making me crazy. Start with my daughter. One of my personality traits that annoy me to no end is my ...
• He's a monster and it's just beginning
  My son reached a very important milestone last week. He learned the word 'no.' This is a watershed moment for the boy, who was heretofore limited ...
• Public versus private: what are parents to do?
  The debate has raged on and on in Quebec and shows no sign of slowing. In fact, with further restrictions on access to English education and the ...
• Bundling, unbundling and the snow pants conundrum
  My beautiful little boy, bless his heart, is at the age of no-reason. Anywhere from the age of 18 months to three years old, children develop ...
• Editorial: Smith brings star power to Lac St. Louis
  Make no mistake about Larry Smith. The man is a politician, and a darn good one. That's why incumbent Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia now has his ...
• Looking back on 2010
  One of my childless friends asked me once what having children was like, and how it had affected me. I told him that kids are like a natural ...
• How do I give my kids everything…
  Everybody wants to give their child the world, and I'm no different. I want for my daughter to experience all that life holds in store for her, ...
• Parents' sweat equity helps kids learn about helping...
  Last weekend marked the real beginning of winter. Our first stretch of consecutive days with a high below zero, our first series of snow flurries ...
• Gifts, anyone?
  We've just passed Black Friday (The Friday after U.S. Thanksgiving that is the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season) and with the ...
• Dominican trip sends wrong message
  At a time when English public schools are crying out for 'oxygen' from the provincial government, the timing of a report last week indicating a ...
• It's holiday fair time of year again
  :I don't know what it is, exactly, that turns my crank when it comes to holiday and Christmas fairs – you know the ones; they typically sell ...
• End of Summer brings sadness, joy all at the same time
  As the month of August slowly but surely winds down, (leaving me to wonder if it was ever there in the first place), I can't help but feel a ...