Opinion

Why an election? Why now? Well, apparently, why not. After four elections in seven years, that testy Ottawa Club at least wants to keep the routine alive. But if truth be told, Harper is just as keen as any of his opposition foes to go to the polls to try once more for that elusive majority he’s burning for. Right now he has the most to win while the Liberals and NDP have the most to lose.

So here it is from someone who doesn’t appreciate driving on a bumpy, rough road, to say it mildly.

I have to echo Alston Lee’s letter of March 8 (Prest Road needs upgrade). My family has experienced two almost tragic/fatal accidents on that road in the past 10 years. First incident was my wife taking my son to a football practice. Another on coming vehicle, started to veer into her lane, and my wife having to actually get into the on coming lane to get out of the way.

When the devastating 9.0 earthquake struck off Japan’s east coast Friday, it was so powerful it not only shifted Japan’s largest island eastward by 2.4 metres but it shifted the Earth’s axis by 25 cm.