By James Bow

We'd been warned that severe thunderstorms -- even a possible tornado -- were in the offing later in the day.

An Open Letter To: The Right Honourable Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, The Honourable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, The Honourable Steven MacKinnon, Federal Minister of Transport, The Honourable Prabmeet Sarkaria, Ontario Minister of Transportati…

What's with the teapots in Ottawa?

I realize this will not go anywhere, but I need to say it: it's time for Ontario to have its own flag.

So, it appears that Doctor Who may be done for a while.

The image to the right is by Denis Vermeirre, and is used in accordance with their Creative Commons License (Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0) There's been an interesting development in the games we play with Ontario license plates.

It's been a bit chaotic here at home, which has kept me away from this blog, but I do want to thank Miss Liz for a fantastic podcast "teatime" back on April 23rd at 7 p.m. wherein we talked about The Night Girl, my development as a writer, the perks and c…

This piece originally appeared in the web magazine Relatable Media back in September 2025.

This is a review of the first season of Pluribus, but I'm going to do it by talking about lots of things that aren't Pluribus, including and especially Doctor Who.

Man plays piano in Prague's Airport.

Kitchener GO Station, looking west on a bitterly cold December 8, 2025.

This photo, entitled Tim Hortons Drive Thru, was taken by Ann Baekken, and is used in accordance with their Creative Commons license.

Because I would attempt to reason with it.

Image courtesy Apple TV+ Apple TV seems to be providing some of the more highly original, thought provoking, and thoroughly creepy science fiction television out there today.

I'll be attending the Bakka-Phoenix launch of Stephen Kotowych's Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, taking place at Bakka-Phoenix books at 84 Harbord Street in Toronto tomorrow (Saturday, November 8) at 3 p.m.